The 2023 Wisconsin Badgers are not short of talent on the offensive side of the football. Head coach Luke Fickell and offensive coordinator Phil Longo made it a priority this offseason, to bring in quarterback and wide receiver talent from the transfer portal to help the new offense start hot.
But Wisconsin already had productive players to help build the team’s core, though. Players that I’d argue have somewhat flown under the radar with all of the changes around them.
One of those guys is fourth-year wide receiver Chimere Dike, who our colleagues at CollegeSportsWire have as the No. 18 overall wide receiver in the country entering this season.
From their article:
Dike is a multi-purpose weapon at wide receiver. Graham Mertz is now in Gainesville and the Badgers upgraded the quarterback room this past offseason. Dike should be close to a 1,000-yard campaign with Tanner Mordecai slinging it around the field.
Dike caught 47 passes for 689 yards and six touchdowns as Wisconsin’s No. 1 wide receiver last season. The room is now crowded with Skyler Bell, Keontez Lewis, C.J. Williams, Will Pauling and others. But if the Longo offense works, it’s easy to see Dike surpass the 1000-yard mark and be one of the more productive wide receivers in the nation.