Another potential Wisconsin Badgers 2019 target set up an official visit this week, as Springfield, Ohio defensive tackle Isaiah Gibson tweeted on Monday that he’ll be in Madison on June 1.
Gibson is rated three-star recruit by both 247Sports and Rivals. and according to the lineman, 23 programs have offered him. That includes Wisconsin and Michigan State last week, with Syracuse offering him on Tuesday.
As we noted late last week, 247Sports lists fellow Big Ten West programs Minnesota and Purdue in the “warm” category in terms of interest, along with Iowa State, Kentucky, West Virginia and UW.
Gibson plays for the same high school as current Wisconsin wide receiver Danny Davis and 2019 safety Moses Douglass. The Badgers also offered Douglass, though the defensive back is currently verbally committed to Kentucky.
Based on B5Q’s official visit tracker below, Gibson’s official—which is his first of five allotted visits of that designation—coincides with other 2019 recruits Michael Fletcher and Dean Engram.
Class of 2019 Official Visits
Player | Position | Date/Weekend of Official Visit | Source |
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Player | Position | Date/Weekend of Official Visit | Source |
Dean Engram | ATH | June 1 | 247Sports |
Isaiah Gibson | DT | June 1 | |
James Williams | CB | June 1 | |
Keeanu Benton | DT | June 8 | Rivals/BadgerBlitz.com (1st)/Twitter |
Logan Brown | OL | June 8 | Rivals/BadgerBlitz.com (1st)/Twitter |
Marcus Graham | ATH | June 8 | 247Sports (1st)/B5Q |
Spencer Lytle | OLB | June 8-10 | B5Q |
Graham Mertz | QB | June 8 | 247Sports |
Hayden Rucci | TE | June 8-9 | |
Joe Tippmann | OL | June 8-9 | Rivals/BadgerBlitz.com |
Leo Chenal | ATH | June 15 | Rivals/BadgerBlitz.com |
Julius Davis | RB | June 15-17 | SB Nation |
Lance Dixon | LB | June 15 | 247Sports (1st)/Land of 10 |
Nick Henrich | LB | June 15 | |
Rodas Johnson | OG/DT | June 15 | #Sauces |
Semar Melvin | CB | June 15-17 | Twitter/Reconfirmed with B5Q on June 7 |
Gio Paez | DT | June 15 | 247Sports (1st/Twitter) |
Etinosa Reuben | DT | June 15 |
Joe Tippmann offered by Minnesota
The Wisconsin commit, one of two projected offensive linemen in this upcoming class, tweeted on Monday night that he received an offer from rival MInnesota.
Offer from University of Minnesota! pic.twitter.com/G7WsKoAsQw
— joe tippmann (@JoeTippmann) May 15, 2018
According to Rivals, that makes seven scholarship offers for Tippmann. After the lineman told SB Nation’s Bud Elliott two weekends ago that there was not much contact between him and Notre Dame, 247Sports’s Tom Loy reported on May 12 ($) that the Irish visited Tippmann last week.
As seen previously via the players’ tweets, Notre Dame has also offered four-star quarterback Graham Mertz and running back Julius Davis.
More links
- Both 247Sports’s Allen Trieu and Rivals/BadgerBlitz.com’s Jon McNamara reported that Davis has also received interest from Big Ten program Michigan, along with SEC schools Tennessee and Florida.
- As a reminder that athletes are stronger than us, here is Mertz power cleaning a whopping 255 pounds.
With a 255lb Power Clean @GrahamMertz5 earned Iron Mustang! pic.twitter.com/Y75vdKE3vu
— Coach Sims (@CoachAndySims) May 14, 2018