Wisconsin has been keeping itself busy on the recruiting trail so far this week, with the staff extending offers to prospects in both the 2021 and 2022 classes. Here’s a quick lowdown on each of them.
Joshua Burnham
First up was 2022 outside linebacker Joshua Burnham (Traverse City, Mich.). who announced his Wisconsin offer on Monday evening.
Extremely thankful to announce I have received an offer from the University of Wisconsin!! Thank you @CoachBostadUW for this amazing opportunity! pic.twitter.com/z4GRZ5Zvhk
— Josh Burnham (@JoshuaBurnham20) January 28, 2020
The Badgers are the fourth program to offer the 6-2, 195-pounder, joining Central Michigan, Western Michigan and Iowa. Burnham is just the second linebacker to have earned a Wisconsin offer in the class of 2022 so far.
Burnham has not yet received a ranking from the recruiting services.
Junior Colson
Another outside linebacker (this time in the 2021 class), Colson took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to announce his latest offer.
Blessed to receive an offer from University of Wisconsin #Badgers pic.twitter.com/zjev6Jq6UA
— Junior Colson (@JuniorColson) January 28, 2020
The 6-2, 201-pounder from Brentwood, Tenn. already finds himself situated fairly highly in the 247Sports composite rankings at No. 14 for his position and No. 208 overall, and his massive offer list reflects that: Arkansas, Auburn, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, South Carolina, Tennessee, Toledo, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Western Kentucky have all thrown their hats in the ring for Colson’s services.
Robert Regan
Next up was Regan, a 5-10, 170-pound cornerback in the class of 2021 from Orange, Calif.
Thank you @BadgerFootball and @jimleonhard for this huge opportunity offering me a scholarship. #OnWisconsin #Badgers pic.twitter.com/4fslimK7Ow
— Robert Regan Jr (RJ) (@RobRegJR1) January 28, 2020
A 3-star prospect who ranks No. 25 at his position and No. 468 overall nationally, he has compiled a nice offer list early on that includes Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, BYU, Florida, Kansas, LSU, Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, Utah State and Washington State.
Nicholas Singleton
Wisconsin dished out its first offer to a running back in the class of 2022 to Singleton on Tuesday afternoon.
Blessed and Grateful to receive a offer from @BadgerFootball ! Big thanks @PaulChrystWISC @CoachTurnerUW @DylanPacker2 @CoachGebhardt @GMSDAthletics pic.twitter.com/xIFz1xxbaQ
— Nicholas Singleton (@Nichola14110718) January 28, 2020
The 5-11, 195-pounder from Reading, Pa. has not been ranked yet, but will likely be slotted fairly high whenever he is considering the impressive list of schools that have already offered, a group that includes Boston College, Duke, Michigan, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Penn State, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Carolina, Syracuse, Temple, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and UConn.
J. Michael Sturdivant
Perhaps the most intriguing offer from Wisconsin so far this week went to Sturdivant, a 6-2, 183-pound wide receiver out of Flower Mound, Texas in 2021.
Proud to say that I’ve received an offer from the University of Wisconsin !! pic.twitter.com/1du4ZDNU6x
— jmike🖤 (@jmike_04) January 29, 2020
A 3-star prospect currently ranked as the nation’s No. 79 receiver and No. 466 overall player, Sturdivant boasts other early offers from Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio State, Purdue, SMU, Syracuse and TCU.
This will likely be a tough recruitment for Wisconsin to come out on top of, but it can’t hurt that the Badgers will be able to dangle the possibility of catching passes from his former neighbor.
Crazy to think you grew up right next door to me. Now look at us man! Life is crazy. Show my boy some love! Congrats brotha https://t.co/1LAPJmDkol
— Graham Mertz (@GrahamMertz5) January 29, 2020
Taleeq Robbins
The final prospect (so far) to take to Twitter and announce a Wisconsin offer this week was Robbins, a 6-3, 281-pound defensive tackle out of Philadelphia.
Blessed to receive my 26th offer from The University of Wisconsin!#GoBadgers🔴⚪️ #OnWisconsin @UWcoachnokes pic.twitter.com/rasm90I690
— 𝓣𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓺 𝓡𝓸𝓫𝓫𝓲𝓷𝓼 (@LeeqRobbins11) January 29, 2020
Robbins is currently ranked at No. 52 for his position nationally and No. 949 overall, but his offer list suggests that he is probably poised to get a pretty big bump at some point down the line. Arizona State, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Iowa State, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech and West Virginia are some of the schools involved so far.