With official visits right around the corner, BadgerBlitz.com will be bringing you snapshots in the current recruiting cycle for each recruited position, covering the targets who are legitimate prospects on Wisconsin’s board in the 2026 class. We will discuss the candidates who are most interested in the Badgers, as well as those who came off the board.

As always, this is just a snapshot in time and things remain fluid. Additional offered targets will appear over the next few weeks and some recruits will inevitably choose other colleges.

Today, we continue with a look at the edge prospects.

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Wisconsin’s outside linebackers room got bigger this offseason, in both numbers and, more importantly, size. The Badgers are using larger athletes to set the edge and help against the run. Corey Walker, Darryl Peterson and Michael Garner are projected to eat up a bulk of those positional reps this fall, with Ernest Willor Jr., Samuel Lateju and Jaylen Williams expected to fall in the same category. UW will also feature a traditional pass rusher, a role Sebastian Cheeks, Tyreese Fearbry and Nicolas Clayton, among others, are set to occupy.

On the recruiting front, Wisconsin already found its jumbo edge in Carmelow Reed, a 6-foot-7, 250-pound prospect from Illinois. Next month, the focus will be on adding a pass rusher to the group, and the Badgers have four scheduled official visitors who carry that skillset.

Wisconsin hosted Carmelow Reed for an unofficial visit in early April and landed a verbal during his time on campus. Commit No. 3 for the Badgers in the 2026 class, Reed chose Wisconsin over scholarships from LSU, Michigan State, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mississippi State and Missouri, among others.

“They love my size and see me as a dominant outside linebacker who can rush the passer,” Reed told BadgerBlitz.com. “They think that I’m very raw right now and have a huge upside. They can develop me to be great and into a program-changer for them.”

Until recently, the Wisconsin Badgers were a model of consistency in college football.

Their run in the 2000s didn’t get as much attention as some of the dynasties they were competing against, but the program always carried a high level of respect.

It was enough to earn them the 16th spot in The Athletic’s rankings of the Top 25 college football programs of the 2000s.

Wisconsin was a picture of consistency until recently, winning at least 10 games all but five times from 2005-19 under coaches Barry Alvarez, Bret Bielema, Gary Andersen and Paul Chryst. It went to three straight Rose Bowls from 2010-12. But the Badgers have also never reached the CFP and have just 10 top-10 wins (tied for 28th).

– Stewart Mandel, The Athletic

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The Badgers were the fifth-highest ranked Big Ten team on the list, although two of those programs (USC and Oregon) weren’t part of the conference for most of this century.

Wisconsin is one spot ahead of Penn State and nine spots ahead of Michigan State. Ohio State was No. 1 overall.

UW’s 68.1 win percentage since 2000 is the 13th best mark, but their limited number of big time wins and Big Ten titles brought their ranking down.

Their recent struggles aren’t helping either, and Luke Fickell is under a lot of pressure to bring the program back to the consistency and respectability they developed over the last 25 years.

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Winning Mega Millions numbers from May 23 drawing

07-18-40-55-68, Mega Ball: 18

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Winning Pick 3 numbers from May 23 drawing

Midday: 9-1-3

Evening: 1-0-7

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Winning Pick 4 numbers from May 23 drawing

Midday: 2-8-2-0

Evening: 2-1-5-4

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Winning All or Nothing numbers from May 23 drawing

Midday: 01-02-06-07-09-11-13-14-16-20-22

Evening: 02-04-05-09-10-11-13-14-18-19-21

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Winning Badger 5 numbers from May 23 drawing

02-05-10-25-30

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Winning SuperCash numbers from May 23 drawing

06-09-11-26-35-39, Doubler: N

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No, according to the Wisconsin Lottery. Due to the state’s open records laws, the lottery must, upon request, release the name and city of the winner. Other information about the winner is released only with the winner’s consent.

When are the Wisconsin Lottery drawings held?

• Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
• Mega Millions: 10:00 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
• Super Cash: 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
• Pick 3 (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
• Pick 3 (Evening): 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
• Pick 4 (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
• Pick 4 (Evening): 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
• All or Nothing (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
• All or Nothing (Evening): 9 p.m. CT daily.
• Megabucks: 9:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.
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