Wisconsin
4-star OL, 3 other uncommitted recruits slated for official visits to Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Badgers started their summer recruiting swing on a strong note.
Though they’re expecting to bring in a smaller number of uncommitted recruits in the days ahead, they could be key to further filling out the Badgers’ 2026 class
Wisconsin is anticipating to host seven total recruits for the weekend of June 5-8, and four have not announced their verbal commitments to the program.
Each are projected to play positions that Luke Fickell’s staff still hasn’t filled for this recruiting cycle.
Offensive line coach AJ Blazek has established a good rapport with four-star offensive lineman Kamari Blair (Clarksville Kirkwood, Tennessee) on his official visit last weekend.
This week, he and the staff will host Jalayne Miller, who plays for Goodyear Desert Edge in Arizona.
On3 and ESPN both evaluate Miller as a four-star recruit, with ESPN designating him as the No. 275 player in the nation.
He’s already taken official visits to Stanford and Auburn, and he announced he would take one to USC the weekend of June 20.
Miller will also see Wisconsin’s offensive line commits, Benjamin Novak (Merrillville Andrean, Indiana) and Maddox Cochrane (Richmond Benedictine College Preparatory, Virginia) during his visit this weekend.
Wisconsin hosted cornerback commit Carsen Eloms (Fishers, Indiana) last weekend.
This weekend, it will be Jamyan Theodore, a three-star recruit who plays for Chattanooga Baylor. The Badgers have targeted Temore in recent years under Fickell.
Theodore took an official visit to Kentucky last weekend and previously listed the Badgers among his top eight schools that includes Tennessee, Virginia, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Duke and Mississippi.
The Badgers announced four of their 2025 scholarship signees as safeties during the December signing period: Jai’mier Scott, Luke Emmerich, Grant Dean and Remington Moss. Scott moved to cornerback in spring practices and impressed.
With the number of younger safeties in assistant Jack Cooper’s group, Wisconsin has the luxury to take around two in this 2026 class.
The Badgers already hosted two recruits on official visits in Messiah Tilson (Rockford Guilford, Illinois) and Nick Reddish (Charlotte Independence) since late April.
The two expected in town this weekend are three-star recruits Chase Geter (Ashburn Stone Bridge) and Zachary Taylor (Katy Jordan, Texas).
Taylor was supposed to take his official visit last weekend but is now anticipated to be in Madison in the days ahead. He already took official visits to TCU and Texas Tech, and he had previously announced trips to Pitt (June 12-14) and Houston (June 19-21).
Taylor also possesses immense speed, running a 10.52 100-meter dash in April according to Athletic.net.
Geter is being recruited as a field safety, though he has potential position flexibility to move into the slot role in nickel packages.
The defensive back took an official visit to Duke last weekend and had announced an official visit to Penn State for June 13-15.
Geter has tweeted notable Power Four offers from the following schools: Cincinnati, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Rutgers, Stanford, Syracuse, and Virginia Tech.
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Wisconsin men’s basketball has added a sharpshooting wing via the transfer portal.
Miami (Ohio) transfer Eian Elmer has signed with the Badgers, the team announced April 18. The 6-foot-7 wing will join UW with one year of eligibility remaining.
Elmer averaged a career-high 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 49.8% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range in 2025-26. His production helped the RedHawks go 32-2 and earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
“We are really excited to add another excellent addition to our spring signees,” UW coach Greg Gard said in a release. “Eian brings a wealth of experience and scoring punch as a 6-7 wing. … A terrific shooter, his skillset and production fit excellently into our plan as we build out next year’s team. Throughout our evaluation process, our staff loved his size, power and skill and truly believe he will thrive in our system.”
Elmer is Wisconsin’s third transfer portal addition since the end of the 2025-26 season, joining former George Washington guard Trey Autry and former Hofstra forward Victory Onuetu. UW also added Australian guard Owen Foxwell.
The additions of Autry, Onuetu and now Elmer leave Gard’s staff with three more roster spots to fill ahead of the 2026-27 season.
The Badgers are looking to replace much of their production from a 2025-26 team that went 24-11. Nolan Winter is expected to be the team’s only returning starter after John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas entered the transfer portal and Nick Boyd and Andrew Rohde exhausted their eligibility.
MILWAUKEE – Friday’s severe storms have passed. And with that, the threat of any severe weather has also passed for the immediate future as no storms or rain are expected for several days.
However, plenty of damage remains across southeastern Wisconsin as of Saturday morning, in addition to the ongoing flooding threat.
Several area rivers are at flood stage, and there are multiple river flood warnings in effect.
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On the scene in the morning
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Farmstead damage in Franklin
FOX6’s Hayley Spitler is in Franklin on Saturday morning, April 18, getting a daylight look at the damage from last night’s storms.
Storm damage in Caledonia
Friday’s storms left quite the mark across southern and southeastern Wisconsin, including at L and L Farms and Greenhouse in Caledonia.
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Wisconsin coach Greg Gard has high praise for Aleksas Bieliauskas about a month into the Lithuania native’s freshman season.
MADISON – One of Wisconsin men’s basketball’s departing transfers is headed to an SEC program with some connections to the Badgers.
Ex-UW forward Aleksas Bieliauskas has committed to South Carolina, he announced on April 17.
Bieliauskas left the Badgers after appearing in all 35 games as a freshman and making 28 starts. He averaged 4.9 points and 4.4 points in 20.2 minutes, and highlights of his freshman year included his five 3-pointers in UW’s upset over eventual national champion Michigan.
He’ll join a program with plenty of Wisconsin ties. South Carolina head coach Lamont Paris was an assistant coach at Wisconsin from 2010-17 on Bo Ryan and Greg Gard’s staffs. South Carolina assistant coach Tanner Bronson and director of video services Roman DiPasquale also are UW alumni.
Bieliauskas is the second of UW’s four departing transfers to commit to a new school. Reserve forward Jack Robison committed to North Dakota State on April 15. Starting guard John Blackwell and reserve forward Riccardo Greppi have not announced their next schools yet.
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