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WATCH: A pair of Wisconsin 2024 RB commits go off for their high school teams

Highlights from a few Wisconsin commits this weekend:

Just because the season is here does not mean recruiting stops churning. It’s a quiet period, as Wisconsin’s class of 2024 is practically complete after the mid-summer push.

The class sits in the nation’s top 25 according to most ranking systems, led by top tight end Grant Stec, four-star quarterback Mabrey Mettauer and a loaded running back group.

Badger fans are rightfully excited about how the class will translate to the field in Madison to help out Phil Longo’s offense. We do get a bit of a glimpse during their high school action which is just getting underway. So after a big weekend of high school football, there are two Wisconsin commits to spotlight.

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The first is four-star running back Dilin Jones from Olney, Maryland. He rushed for more than 140 yards and a touchdown for Our Lady Good Counsel High School this weekend in a contest against St. Edward…all in the first half.

Here’s his touchdown:

While full stats are not available yet for this year, MaxPreps does note that Jones rushed for 804 yards in six games last year with a yards-per-carry clip of more than nine. He seems primed for a big career in Madison.

The second spotlight today is four-star Darrion Dupree from Mount Carmel, Illinois. Dupree found the end zone several times against East St. Louis on Friday night, also showcasing what he’ll bring to Madison:

Alabama ‘absolutely’ a threat to flip Wisconsin commit Darrion Dupree

Their next target may be Wisconsin, where Mount Carmel (Ill.) four-star running back Darrion Dupree committed in July.

After a first-place finish in the 2023 national recruiting rankings, Alabama got off to a relatively slow start in 2024. However, they’ve made up a ton of ground in recent weeks and they’ve done it by adding multiple blue-chip recruits, including some from other programs. Most recently, they flipped five-star safety Peyton Woodyard from Georgia.

Their next target may be Wisconsin, where Mount Carmel (Ill.) four-star running back Darrion Dupree committed in July.

According to Jon Mcnamara at Rivals, Alabama is “absolutely” a threat to flip Dupree from the Badgers.

“Is Alabama a threat to flip Dupree? Absolutely. The Tide are one of two or three premier programs in college football, and they can generally pick and choose who they want on the recruiting front. Additionally, I think Alabama was one of the schools Dupree felt could be close to offering since the start of the summer, which is one reason why his commitment to the Badgers came a bit later than expected.”

While Wisconsin and Alabama are in the club, Dupree (5-foot-10, 190 pounds) has offers from 30 teams, including Illinois, Cincinnati, Iowa, Michigan and Notre Dame. Rivals has Dupree ranked No. 6 overall in Illinois and No. 4 at his position, but the other recruiting services all have him far lower among running backs.

For now, Wisconsin’s class of 2024 ranks No. 23 in the nation, while Alabama is at No. 4.

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Wisconsin’s class of 2024 continues to rise after its latest commitment

Good developments for Wisconsin’s class of 2024

Luke Fickell and the Wisconsin football program have heated up again on the 2024 recruiting trail. The latest commitment came today from four-star running back Darrion Dupree, bringing the class up to 17 overall commitments.

There was that stretch of decommitments and seeing the top six in-state recruits commit elsewhere. But since then the program has rebounded, landing three four-star recruits in just the last week.

The class moved up to No. 21 overall in the 247Sports Composite after landing Dupree today, with an average player rating of 88.30. The group ranks sixth in the Big Ten behind Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Nebraska and Purdue. But time still remains in the cycle, and Wisconsin is still in the running for even more blue-chip players.

I make a big deal of the Blue Chip Ratio — or the percentage of a class made up of four and five-star recruits. Wisconsin’s highest ever was 42% in 2021, part of a three-year stretch from 2019-2021 with ratios of 21%, 25% and 42% respectively.

The Badgers’ current blue-chip ratio in the class of 2024 is up to 35% after Dupree’s commitment, with six of the 17 commitments being four-star recruits. Given how things are trending currently, that number should only rise in the coming weeks.

BREAKING: Four-star running back commits to Wisconsin

The Wisconsin football team added another 2024 recruit Friday, gaining the commitment of four-star running back Darrion Dupree from Chicago.

The Wisconsin football team added another 2024 recruit Friday, gaining the commitment of four-star running back Darrion Dupree from Chicago, Illinois. He’ll join the Badgers after his final year of high school football at Mount Carmel.

Dupree picked Wisconsin over the 28 Division 1 programs that offered him, including Illinois, Iowa and Michigan (amongst others) from within the Big Ten. The 5-foot-10 athlete instead opted to choose a program in Madison that churns out pro-level running backs as good as any in the country.

Luke Fickell and Phil Longo’s offense of the future appears to be coming together with Dupree and 2024 four-star quarterback Mabrey Mettauer (The Woodlands, TX) figuring to be focal points.

With Braelon Allen potentially moving on the the NFL following the 2023 campaign, the addition of Dupree is a rather impactful one.

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Report: Wisconsin top target Darrion Dupree sets commitment date

Wisconsin’s class of 2024 could grow in the coming days

Wisconsin has regained momentum on the recruiting trail after landing a surprise and entertaining commitment from four-star CB Omillio Agard.

The program will hope that momentum continues later this week, as Jon McNamara of Rivals reports four-star running back Darrion Dupree will announce his college decision on that date.

Dupree is 247Sports’ No. 366 player in the class of 2024, No. 32 running back and No. 8 recruit from his home state of Illinois. The service currently lists two crystal ball predictions for the Chicago, Illinois native to choose Wisconsin — those predictions coming from Director of Football Recruiting Steve Wiltfong and Wisconsin Insider Evan Flood.

Dupree would be the No. 16 commitment in Wisconsin’s class of 2024 if he commits and the second running back. The only running back in the class as of now is three-star Maryland native Gideon Ituka.

Stay tuned on July 7 as we hear if Dupree joins Wisconsin’s growing class of 2024.

Four-star running back Darrion Dupree gets a Rutgers football offer

Darrion Dupree, a four-star running back, was offered by Rutgers football on Saturday.

Rutgers football has sent out an offer on Saturday to Darrion Dupree, a talented running back out of Illinois.

In March, Rivals ranked Dupree a four-star recruit and plays for Chicago Mt. Caramel (Chicago, IL). He holds offers from Boston College, Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska and Syracuse.

He is the No. 95 player in the nation and the second-ranked recruit in Illinois for the class of 2024.

At 5-foot-11 and 188 pounds, Dupree has a hard running and physical style. He runs well between the tackles and gets to the second level, where he is difficult to take down.

He has good, solid speed when he gets in the open field.

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On Saturday afternoon, Dupree announced his offer from Rutgers on social media:

 

In the 2022 recruiting class, Rutgers landed a very strong running back in Samuel Brown, a standout from Philadelphia. Rutgers does not have a commitment at running back in the 2023 recruiting class.

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