• Minneapolis-area center Jack Thelen committed to the Badgers on June 13.
• Thelen, a 7-foot-1 center, received his first high-major scholarship offer from Wisconsin on June 10.
• Wisconsin’s 2027 class also includes in-state standout Jalen Brown.

Wisconsin men’s basketball has quickly gone from zero commitments to two in its 2027 recruiting class.

Eight days after in-state star Jalen Brown’s commitment, Minneapolis-area center Jack Thelen committed to the Badgers as well, he announced via Instagram on June 13.

Thelen’s choice of the Badgers followed UW’s scholarship offer on June 10. It was his first reported offer from a high-major program. His other offers included Miami (Ohio), Murray State and Montana.

The 7-foot-1, 235-pound center is from Maple Grove, Minnesota, which also is where UW alum Brad Davison went to high school. Thelen is high school and AAU teammates with fellow 2027 recruiting target Baboucarr Ann. Thelen does not have a rating yet from 247 Sports or Rivals.

UW now has two commitments in its 2027 class, which is ranked fourth in the Big Ten and 12th nationally by 247 Sports. Rivals has similarly ranked the class fifth in the Big Ten and 18th nationally.

The Detroit Lions did something interesting out of complete necessity late in the season last year. With all of their tight ends injured, they needed to put someone out there to fill in. Instead of grabbing a free agent tight end, they threw undrafted rookie wide receiver Jackson Meeks in there.

Jackson Meeks might be moving to tight end full-time before you know it

This was expected to be a one-time thing, but then the Lions continued to work him with the tight ends at practice for the rest of the year. We never got to see him do it in a game again. Now this summer at OTAs, Meeks is again working with the Lions’ tight ends during positional drills.

As we head towards training camp, you have to wonder what Detroit plans to do with him. He’s a bigger receiver in height, but the weight is a little lower than you’d like there at 218 pounds. But you can see how the Lions could do a Devin Funchess-like move with him and have him be an additional receiving tight end.

There’s also the chance that Detroit sees him as another positionless weapon. A guy they can have at tight end in certain situations, and receiver in others. This may be his best shot to land a spot on the roster, with the receiver room being pretty full right now. At minimum, it’s his chance to land on the practice squad again.

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The Milwaukee Police Department is looking for a critically missing 31-year-old man, Devonte L. Moss.

Police describe Moss as a 6-foot-4, 185-pound Black male with a black afro. According to police, he was last seen wearing a green hoodie, gray T-shirt and blue jeans, with black and white tennis shoes.

He was last seen on the 2300 block of North 16th Street at about 12:24 a.m. on Saturday, June 13.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Milwaukee Police Department District 3 at 414-935-7234.

Police use the “critically missing” label for people who could be especially vulnerable due to a variety of factors.