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WATCH: 2021 Wisconsin signee Braelon Allen’s Week 2 highlights

In the second week of the Wisconsin spring high school football season, four-star Wisconsin signee Braelon Allen led his Fond du Lac Card…

In the second week of the Wisconsin spring high school football season, four-star Wisconsin signee Braelon Allen led his Fond du Lac Cardinals to a 56-21 victory over the Neenah Rockets on Thursday night.

Allen made explosive plays on both sides of the ball for the Cardinals including a huge hit up the middle. He racked up eight total tackles and two pass deflections on defense.

On the offensive side of the ball, Allen rushed for 138 yards and four touchdowns on only six carries including an insane 54-yard touchdown run. The explosive 54-yard touchdown is currently nominated for play of the week by Fox 11 News in Green Bay, Wis. The Wisconsin signee was also able to snag a touchdown reception downfield. What can’t Braelon Allen do?

The Fond du Lac, Wis. native spoke to Rachel Hopmayer of WGBA after the game about the likely move to inside linebacker at Wisconsin. He also mentions in the interview that he wants to try and get more film of himself this season for the Badgers coaching staff to evaluate his best positional fit.

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Wisconsin makes the top 12 for 2022’s No. 2-ranked safety

The Wisconsin Badger football program continued to receive good recruiting news today as Xavier Nwankpa included them in his top 12

The Wisconsin football program made a statement during the 2021 recruiting cycle, landing a class that finished No. 16 in the nation and No. 3 in the Big Ten.

Related: Report: Wisconsin is the front-runner to land USC transfer RB, former four-star recruit

The program now turns to the class of 2022 as it looks to continue to elevate the program into the class of the nation’s best.

Well, good class of 2022 recruiting news came today when four-star safety Xavier Nwankpa included Wisconsin in his top 12 schools.

Nwankpa is currently ranked as the No. 37 player in the class of 2022, the No. 2 safety and the No. 1 recruit from his home state of Iowa.

Related: Wisconsin makes the top 10 for 2022 four-star athlete

A 247Sports crystal ball projection has Nwankpa choosing to play for Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Wisconsin is currently without a player in their class of 2022 after four-star safety/linebacker Braelon Allen reclassified and joined the 2021 group.

 

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Wisconsin makes the top 10 for 2022 four-star athlete

The Wisconsin Badger football program received good recruiting news Friday as 2022 four-star athlete Dillon Tatum included it in his top 10.

With the 2021 recruiting cycle nearing its end and Wisconsin’s program-best class signed, the focus turns to the class of 2022 as the Badger football program looks to carry its momentum and continue to rise in the national rankings.

Related: Report: Wisconsin is the front-runner to land USC transfer RB, former four-star recruit

The program received good news Friday on that front as it made the top 10 for class of 2022 four-star athlete Dillon Tatum.

Tatum is ranked as the No. 246 player in the class of 2022, the No. 12 athlete and the No. 5 recruit from his home state of Michigan.

247Sports has not made any crystal ball projections quite yet, though the site notes Michigan and Michigan State are the current top choices.

Wisconsin is without a player in its class of 2022 after four-star safety/linebacker Braelon Allen reclassified and joined the 2021 group.

 

Follow BadgersWire for everything you need to know about Wisconsin football recruiting as the 2022 cycle heats up.

Report: Wisconsin is the frontrunner to land USC transfer RB, former four-star recruit

USC Sports Illustrated publisher Scott Wolf reported that the Wisconsin Badgers are the front runner to land USC transfer RB Markese Stepp

Today is gameday for the Wisconsin Badgers as they get set to face the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.

With today marking the final day of the team’s 2020 season, the focus hasn’t turned to the 2021 campaign quite yet. However, there was a report from last night to follow as the Badgers look to build their roster for next year.

Related: Meet Wisconsin football’s class of 2021, the highest-ranked group in school history

That is USC Sports Illustrated publisher Scott Wolf noting that Wisconsin “is currently the frontrunner for ex-USC tailback Markese Stepp.”

Stepp was a four-star recruit in the class of 2018 and was ranked as the No. 307 overall prospect, No. 14 running back and No. 3 player from his home state of Indiana.

The now-former USC Trojan entered the transfer portal on Monday after a 45-carry, 165-yard, 3-touchdown 2020 campaign.

Stepp will have sophomore eligibility next season and could provide a valuable boost to the Badger backfield. The Badgers, then, will hope he returns to his form from 2019 when he broke onto the scene with 48 carries, 307 yards, 6.4 yards-per-carry and 3 touchdowns.

If you have any questions about what he could possibly provide for the Badgers, see the thread below.

Although Jalen Berger has shown sky-high potential this season as the leader of the Badger backfield, the addition of a power back like Stepp would be a valuable one—especially if Garrett Groshek doesn’t decide to return next season.

Wolf’s report is all that is out there at this point regarding Stepp’s impending decision so it will be a situation to monitor as the offseason begins.

Wisconsin football recruiting tracker: Live updates on early signing period

The Wisconsin football Class of 2021 is taking shape. Follow here as Badger recruits officially commit on early signing day.

Today marks the beginning of the early signing period and the Wisconsin Badgers’ class of 2021 is beginning to officially take shape.

For the next three days, members of the Badgers’ incoming recruiting class will be signing their official letters of intent, making their previous commitments to the school official.

Among the players that we’re monitoring are five-star offensive tackle Nolan Rucci, four-star offensive tackles J.P. Benzschawel and Riley Mahlman, four-star safeties Hunter Wohler and Braelon Allen, four-star tight end Jack Pugh, four-star defensive end T.J. Bollers and four-star quarterback Deacon Hill.

The class as a whole is currently ranked by 247Sports as the No. 16 class in the country and No. 3 in the Big Ten–the highest ranking a Wisconsin recruiting class has ever received.

Follow along as we monitor the players in the class and update this page as they sign their letters of intent and officially become Wisconsin Badgers.

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2022 four-star in-state defensive end has Wisconsin in his top four schools

Head Coach Paul Chryst and the Wisconsin Badgers received good recruiting news yesterday when four-star in-state defensive end…

Head Coach Paul Chryst and the Wisconsin Badgers received good recruiting news yesterday when four-star in-state defensive end Isaac Hamm included them in his top four schools.

The Sun Praire, Wisconsin native included the Badgers along with the Penn State Nittany Lions, Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Hamm is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 231 player in the class of 2022, the No. 14 defensive end and the No. 5 player from the state of Wisconsin.

The Badgers are currently without a player in their class of 2022 after four-star safety Braelon Allen reclassified and joined the 2021 group.

The defensive end currently has a crystal ball projection to join the Badgers, though it must be noted that Ohio State is included in his final four schools despite not yet having sent an official offer.

 

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