Along with one future Badger and one key Badger target made the 2020 preseason All-USA high school football first team, two future members of the program were named to the second team.
They are three-star outside linebacker Darryl Peterson and four-star offensive tackle Riley Mahlman.
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The two players are key pieces of the program’s loaded class of 2021 and figure to be centerpieces of Paul Chryst’s gameplan for years to come.
Peterson, first, is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 512 player in the class of 2021, the No. 33 outside linebacker and the No. 19 player from the state of Ohio.
Mahlman lands at No. 136 nationally, No. 18 at his position and No. 1 from the state of Minnesota.
Both players are set to join the program next season as the Badgers look to finally get over the hump and win their first Big Ten title since 2012.