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Recruiting is the lifeblood of any major college athletics team, but following it closely as a fan can sometimes be difficult and can often be time consuming. We’ll try and condense all the recruiting news you can use into this weekly post. It’ll include updates on current commits as well as news on players the Badgers are still pursuing. Let’s get down to business!
Official Visits Set for Basketball Recruits
A number of basketball prospects have started setting their official visit dates for the fall and the Badgers have a trio of recruits lined up to come to Madison already.
- Woodbury, Minn. 4-star forward Ben Carlson, a 2020 recruit, will be in town on September 7th for the football home opener against Central Michigan, according to Rivals.
Rivals150 forward Ben Carlson has scheduled four official visits and two more unofficial visits for the coming weeks, a source tells @Rivals https://t.co/30HPxVJcof pic.twitter.com/YVefjZHCCQ
— Corey Evans (@coreyevans_10) August 25, 2019
Purdue, Minnesota, Iowa State, Xavier and Stanford are all after Carlson, so it’s nice that the Badgers will get an early chance to impress him.
- His grassroots teammate and Apple Valley, Minn. native, 2020 3-star center Steven Crowl, will be in Madison the same weekend for an official visit. What a coincidence!
Carlson and his @adidasD1MN teammate, 2020 center Steven Crowl, will be taking official visits to #Wisconsin on the same weekend. https://t.co/6x5YH8e3yU
— Jon McNamara (@McNamaraRivals) August 25, 2019
The Badgers are battling Iowa, Minnesota and Colorado for Crowl’s services, but Rivals thinks that UW is in control.
- Matthew Mors, a 2021 3-star forward from Yankton, South Dakota, was named to this high school All-American team. He visited Madison in June and will be coming to town on September 27th for his official visit where the Badgers might be able to seal the deal.
"The 2019 Prep Hoops Circuit All-Americans (17U)"
— Ryan James (@RyanJamesMN) August 21, 2019
Today @PrepHoops is proud to announce our first ever @PHCircuit All Americans at the 17u level. The best of the circuit from coast to coast!https://t.co/5c0aKjjFnb pic.twitter.com/hRBlV2Afme
Matthew Mors (6’7, 2021) of Yankton, South Dakota will officially visit Wisconsin: Sept 27-29 pic.twitter.com/pTmusddjf7
— Wisconsin Hoopz (@hoopz_wisconsin) August 27, 2019
Mors is also being recruited by Iowa, Creighton, Iowa State, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and South Dakota State. Badgers assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft is from South Dakota and has built a strong relationship with Mors.
Football Recruits New Season Highlights
A lot of the class of 2020 and 2021 players have started their football seasons around the country. Let’s take a look at a couple of highlight clips!
- 2020 LB Malik Reed’s Chandler (Ariz.) beat Henderson (Nev.) Liberty 31-17 in their first game of the season. “But the Wolves’ defense, led by Gunner Maldonado, Malik Reed, Tate Romney and Kyler Orr, held one of the nation’s top teams to 66 rushing yards and force four turnovers with junior mike linebacker Orr recovering a fumble and intercepting a pass,” AZCentral.com reported.
— Malik reed (@malik_tbc) August 24, 2019
- 2021 QB Deacon Pe’a Hill had a stellar first game for Santa Barbara (Calif.). “Hill threw the football to eight receivers, racked up 277 yards through the air and fired four touchdown passes, leading the Dons to an impressive 51-14 season-opening victory at Buena on Friday night.”
First game highlights https://t.co/C4LnFLa8fb
— Deacon Pe’a Hill (@dhillsb10) August 24, 2019
Straight from Hill himself: 21 of 33 For 277 passing yards, 36 rushing yards, 4 passing touchdowns and one rushing.
— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) August 24, 2019
That’s, uh, that’s a pretty good dang game.
- 2020 in-state OL Sean Timmis had a good game for Marquette against Muskego.
— Sean Timmis (@SeanTimmis2020) August 24, 2019
- 2020 in-state WR Chimere Dike of Waukesha North had a rough opening game on offense, but did have a pick on defense!
Chimere Dike’s first catch of the game comes from his safety position. Big INT for the #Wisconsin commit that kills a promising driving for Mukwonago. Tied at 7 after one quarter. #wisfb
— Jon McNamara (@McNamaraRivals) August 24, 2019
The @BadgerFootball recruit is going to be a WR for the #Badgers, but @chimdk11 (Chimere Dike) can also play a little D! This pick for @waukeshanorthfb is a #WSSTopPlays nominee. Watch, retweet, and like...the Week 1 winner will qualify for the finals. #wisfb @WaukeshaNorth1 pic.twitter.com/fL5CdmcKjh
— Wisconsin Sports Stream (@WSSstream) August 24, 2019
- 2021 in-state S Hunter Wohler had a nice opening game of the season for Muskego against Marquette. BadgerBlitz was in attendance and has video of his game. The 4-star junior is high on Wisconsin’s list and is rated as one of the top-200 players in the nation.
- 2020 Hawaii (Honolulu, St. Louis School) LB Nick Herbig has helped his team to a 2-0 record. Hawaii Prep World had this quote from Herbig after the first game: “It was a great feeling to get back out here and run around with the boys,” said Crusaders linebacker Nick Herbig, a Wisconsin commit who had one of the team’s five sacks.”
SACK by ‘20 St. Louis LB and Wisconsin commit, Nick Herbig (@nickherbig_) vs Kapolei. #808FBClips pic.twitter.com/9uItyZ8wk6
— 808 FB Recruits (@808FBRecruits) August 16, 2019
This Friday night, St. Louis welcomes Nevada power Bishop Gorman to Honolulu for a clash of two top-15 schools in the country in the Aloha Football Classic. The Crusaders (28 game winning streak) are now ranked tenth according to MaxPreps and Bishop Gorman (10 straight Nevada state titles!) moved up two spots to fifteenth after dispatching Orem (Utah) in their season opener. Should be a great game and a real test for Herbig.