Wisconsin football recruiting: UW continues to get involved with top 2025 prospects

Recruiting is the lifeblood of any main faculty athletics group, however following it carefully as a fan can generally be tough and might typically be time consuming. We’ll try to condense all of the recruiting information you should utilize into this bi-weekly (generally extra) publish. It’ll embrace updates on present commits, together with stats from their highschool video games, in addition to information on gamers the Badgers are nonetheless pursuing. Let’s get right down to enterprise!

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• Earlier this week, the Badgers prolonged a scholarship supply to 2025 EDGE Gabe Kaminski (La Grange Park, Unwell.) out of Nazareth Academy. Together with Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Tennessee have additionally provided the proficient move rusher. Different colleges which are displaying curiosity embrace Michigan, Minnesota, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan.

Standing at 6-foot-3 and weighing round 215 kilos, Kaminski isn’t rated by any of the most important recruiting companies but, however that’s regular for a youthful participant like him. In line with a tweet from Kaminski, he recorded 47 tackles (18 TFL), 12 sacks (25 QB hurries) and three pressured fumbles final season.

Right here is his Hudl tape and, I’ll be sincere…it’s spectacular. You wouldn’t suppose he’s a freshman by watching these clips. He’s tossing bigger offensive linemen apart on his solution to sacking the quarterback and he’s additionally displaying good instincts on learn possibility performs and never breaking comprise. He performs together with his hand within the dust and standing up, so it’ll be attention-grabbing to see the place Wisconsin envisions him taking part in. He’s most definitely nonetheless rising, so lots will most likely rely upon how a lot taller he will get.

I feel it’s secure to imagine that Kaminski will find yourself being a extremely wanted prospect all through the midwest, if not nationally. The Badgers have been making a concerted effort to show Illinois right into a pipeline state and getting on early on a participant like Kaminski is a brilliant transfer.

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• Two offensive linemen from close by Stoughton Excessive College visited Madison on Thursday. 2025 OT Griffin Rousseau, who already stands at an imposing 6-foot-6 and weighs 280 kilos, took his first unofficial go to to UW. Rousseau attended UW camp again in June, the one rising sophomore to take action, and can presumably be again on campus this fall for a recreation. He ought to be a precedence for Wisconsin within the ‘25 class and it will likely be thrilling to observe his progress all through his highschool profession.

• His teammate, 2023 OL Griffin Empey, joined him in Madison on Thursday. The 6-foot-2 and 260 pound guard doesn’t have any Energy 5 gives however does maintain scholarship alternatives from Navy, Minnesota State, Bemidji State, Higher Iowa, Northern Michigan, Southwest Minnesota State, Concordia and Minnesota Duluth. The rising senior can also be a standout wrestler and the Badgers have historically discovered nice success with gamers like that. One would assume that he’s a PWO goal for the ‘23 class.