Wisconsin OT dismissed over ‘internal incident’

Wisconsin offensive sort out Logan Brown has been dismissed from the workforce due to an “inner incident,” interim coach Jim Leonhard stated Thursday.

Brown, a former four-star recruit, had tweeted late Wednesday night that he was getting into the switch portal.

“The fact of what occurred is there was an inner incident right here inside the program and Logan Brown was dismissed from this system,” Leonhard stated. “It was not a alternative. He was dismissed from our program.”

Leonhard, who took over for the fired Paul Chryst on Oct. 2, did not element the incident that led to Brown’s exit.

Brown had been rated because the nation’s No. 15 total prospect within the 2019 class by ESPN.

He began two video games at proper sort out and one at left sort out this season as accidents have induced the Badgers (3-3, 1-2 Large Ten) to make use of 5 offensive line mixtures of their first six video games. Brown didn’t begin both of Wisconsin’s final two video games.

After redshirting in 2019, Brown performed all seven video games within the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and all 13 video games final season. He made his first profession begin this yr.

In his tweet, Brown thanked Wisconsin for the chance and stated, “I will likely be getting into the switch portal and will likely be persevering with my educational and soccer profession elsewhere.”

Chryst was fired a day after Wisconsin misplaced at dwelling to Illinois and former coach Bret Bielema to fall to 2-3. Leonhard gained his debut in opposition to Northwestern.

Wisconsin performs at Michigan State (2-4, 0-3) on Saturday.

The Related Press contributed to this report.