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BREAKING: Wisconsin top 2025 target Jayden Woods commits to a Big Ten rival

Wisconsin top 2025 target Jayden Woods commits to a Big Ten rival

Wisconsin top class of 2025 target edge rusher Jayden Woods committed to Penn State on Wednesday.

The four-star recruit chose the Nittany Lions over the Badgers, Tennessee Volunteers and Purdue Boilermakers. He did so after official visits to all four of his finalists — Wisconsin on May 31, Penn State on June 7, Purdue on June 14 and Tennessee most recently on June 21.

Related: Wisconsin’s class of 2025 slips in national ranking after string of bad news

The top edge rusher is ranked as 247Sports’ No. 215 player in the class of 2025, No. 18 edge rusher and No. 5 recruit from his home state of Kansas. He joins a Penn State class of 2025 that 247Sports now ranks No. 6 overall in the nation and No. 2 in the new Big Ten landscape.

The talented edge rusher was one of Wisconsin’s top remaining targets in the class of 2025. Not only is he is one of the only players from the program’s May 31 official visit weekend to commit elsewhere, but his commitment also follows a string of negative news for the Badgers this week — first four-star CB Rukeem Stroud flipped his commitment to UCF, then top target CB Tre Poteat committed to Tennessee.

Wisconsin’s class of 2025 has fallen to No. 15 in the nation over the last week. The group currently has 20 commitments, one from an edge rusher (three-star Nicolas Clayton).

Attention now turns to Wisconsin’s top remaining targets: four-star DL Kade Pietrzak, four-star RB Byron Louis and four-star iOL Hardy Watts. The Badgers will need a late push in those recruiting battles if they are to reverse their downward trend in the class of 2025 rankings.

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Penn State lands another four-star edge rusher in Jayden Woods

Penn State adds another four-star commitment from edge rusher Jayden Woods.

This time on the calendar suggested there would be a lot of decisions coming for top players across the country about where they’re going to play college football, and Penn State was hoping they would land many of their top targets.

A lot of eyes were on two coaches in particular as [autotag]Deion Barnes[/autotag] and [autotag]Marques Hagans[/autotag] really had their first full recruiting cycle this offseason.

For a while, both had only landed one commit when [autotag]Lyrick Samuel[/autotag] jumped on board in the receiver room, however, since then, Barnes has been on an incredible run that continues to get better.

Not only did he get his first one in Cortez Harris, but he followed that up with a huge victory to land Max Granville, poaching him from the state of Texas to beat out Oklahoma and Texas A&M.

As if that wasn’t good enough, the Nittany Lions have landed another four-star edge rusher in [autotag]Jayden Woods[/autotag].

The 6-foot-3, 235-pounder is a consensus four-star in the class of 2025 and is ranked 23rd at his position and 201st overall by On3’s Industry Ranking.

This was another recruitment that was seen as something potentially hard to get home as Woods is a Kansas native and was heavily being pursued by Kansas State and Tennessee.

They were able to get him on campus twice in 2024, including an official visit that took place on the weekend of June 7.

The edge rusher talked about developing a good relationship with Barnes and the interesting connection his family has with [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag], as he recruited Woods’s father to Kansas State back when Franklin was coaching there.

He is now the 19th commit for Penn State in the class of 2025 as they continue to put together a group that could finish towards the top of national rankings with their continued pursuit of other top targets on their board.

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2025 four-star edge prospect schedules Tennessee visit

2025 four-star edge prospect schedules a Tennessee football recruiting visit.

2025 edge prospect Jayden Woods will visit Tennessee.

Woods will officially visit Tennessee on June 21. He will also officially visit Wisconsin on May 31, Penn State on June 7 and Purdue on June 14.

Tennessee, Florida, Purdue, Wisconsin and Penn State are Woods’ top five schools.

Woods unofficially visited the Vols on March 18 for spring practice.

The 6-foot-3, 240-pound four-star edge prospect is from Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, Kansas.

Tennessee offered a scholarship to Woods on Feb. 23, 2023.

The Vols have nine commitments in its 2025 recruiting class: Quarterback George MacIntyre, defensive lineman Ethan Utley, tight end Jack Van Dorseiaer, cornerback Dylan Lewis, running back Justin Baker, wide receiver Joakim Dodson, cornerback Tyler Redmond, safety Sidney Walton and wide receiver Radarious Jackson.

2025 edge prospect Jayden Woods includes Vols in top five

2025 edge prospect Jayden Woods includes Tennessee football in top five.

2025 edge prospect Jayden Woods announced his top five schools.

Tennessee, Florida, Purdue, Wisconsin and Penn State are Woods’ top five schools.

Woods unofficially visited the Vols on March 18 for spring practice.

The 6-foot-3, 240-pound four-star edge prospect is from Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, Kansas.

Tennessee offered a scholarship to Woods on Feb. 23, 2023. Kansas was the first school to offer a scholarship to him on Sept. 24, 2022.

The Vols have eight commitments in its 2025 recruiting class: Quarterback George MacIntyre, defensive lineman Ethan Utley, tight end Jack Van Dorseiaer, cornerback Dylan Lewis, running back Justin Baker, wide receiver Joakim Dodson, cornerback Tyler Redmond and safety Sidney Walton.

Wisconsin cracks the final list of programs for four-star edge rusher

Wisconsin cracks the final list of programs for four-star edge rusher

The Wisconsin Badgers football team was included in the narrowed-down list of programs that four-star class of 2025 edge rusher Jayden Woods is considering for his commitment.

Woods initially trimmed down his list of potential landing spots to 13 teams in February and he is now choosing between Wisconsin, Purdue, Penn State, Florida and Tennessee.

The 6-foot-3, 240-pound athlete is from Shawnee, Kansas, and he still has one more year of high school football before he’d potentially make the leap to the collegiate level. He is currently ranked as the No. 155 player in the class of 2025, No. 18 edge rusher and No. 5 recruit from the state of Kanssa.

As of right now, Wisconsin has received commitments from three three-star linebackers in the class of 2025, reeling in Cooper Catalano, Brenden Anes and Samuel Lateju so far.

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Wisconsin makes the final schools for one of 2025’s top edge rushers

Wisconsin makes the final schools for one of 2025’s top edge rushers

Wisconsin made the final 13 schools for class of 2025 edge rusher Jayden Woods on Monday night.

Woods is 247Sports’ No. 84 player in the class of 2025, No. 11 edge rusher and No. 3 player from his home state of Kansas.

Related: Which Big Ten football team has the toughest conference schedule in 2024?

The Badgers made the final schools alongside Alabama, Baylor, Florida, Kansas State, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Tennessee and Texas A&M — quite the competition for a recruit as highly touted as Woods.

Wisconsin’s class of 2025 currently ranks No. 9 in the nation with seven commitments. Luke Fickell’s class is without a blue-chip recruit at the moment, that after finishing the 2024 cycle with a blue-chip ratio of 50% (11 four-stars of 22 total commitments).

The possible addition of Woods would certainly be a gigantic signing for Fickell in his second full recruiting class. Given the competition, it’s hard to expect the Badgers to win the battle.

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Gators join recruiting race for 4-star EDGE out of Kansas

Florida is starting to shift focus to the class of 2025, and four-star edge rusher Jayden Woods is the latest junior to pick up an offer.

Florida outside linebackers coach Mike Peterson extended a scholarship offer to Mill Valley (Shawnee, Kansas) edge rusher [autotag]Jayden Woods[/autotag] on Monday, according to Gators Online.

Woods is a consensus four-star recruit who comes in at No. 168 overall on the On3 industry ranking for the class of 2025. Kansas and Kansas State are the two programs pushing the hardest for Woods right now, but the SEC is beginning to creep into the picture.

Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma and Tennessee have all offered Woods. Florida has just joined the race, but Woods still considers his recruitments open. A first cut is likely to come in the near future, but Florida should be safe considering there is talk of a January visit.

“I got sent the junior day dates in January, so we will for sure see about being able to make it up,” Woods said to Gators Online’s Corey Bender.

Florida is poised to reel in a top-five class in the 2024 cycle, but now it’s time to shift attention to the 2025s. Woods would be an excellent addition to a class that is ranked 38th in the country by On3. Four-star running back Waltez Clark is the only player under verbal commitment in the class right now.

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Wisconsin offers four-star class of 2025 edge rusher from Kansas

Badgers offer another class of 2025 athlete

The Badgers offered Jayden Woods, a four-star edge rusher from Shawnee, Kansas on Thursday. The 6-foot-3, 235-pound athlete still has two more years of high school football with Mill Valley before he’d potentially make the leap to the collegiate level.

To this point, Woods has received 20 Division 1 offers with Wisconsin joining Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Purdue in offering him from the Big Ten. Additionally, top programs like Alabama, USC and Oklahoma have offered him.

As of right now, only three-star quarterback Landyn Locke (Rockwall, TX) and three-star safety Remington Moss (Fredericksburg, VA) have committed to join Luke Fickell’s squad in 2025.

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