Wisconsin is still putting the finishing touches on its 2020 recruiting class with 19 scholarship players already signed and Jalen Berger expected to do the same on February 5th.
The Badgers were able to add one more player to the class this past week when Riley Nowakowski announced his decision to commit to the Badgers as a preferred walk-on.
Nowakowski who projects to linebacker chose to walk-on at Wisconsin over scholarship offers from New Mexico State, Air Force, Army, Northern Illinois, among his other offers, which also includes schools from the Ivy League.
Nowakowski listed at 6’4″ and 230 pounds finished his senior season at Marquette University with 126 tackles, three sacks, and two interceptions.
Nowakowski is high school teammates with fellow preferred walk-on offensive lineman Sean Timmis who signed with the Badgers back in December.
Overall Wisconsin’s walk-on class for 2020 is Nowakowski, Timmis, long snapper Duncan McKinley, specialist Jack Van Dyke, linebacker Ross Gengler, cornerback Amaun Williams, and offensive lineman Kerry Kodanko.