Oklahoma QB Nick Evers Announces Transfer to Wisconsin

Freshman Oklahoma quarterback Nick Evers is transferring to Wisconsin, he introduced in a Saturday morning tweet.

Evers, a former four-star recruit out of Flower Mound, Texas, entered the switch portal on Dec. 3. He tried only one go through the 2022 season, an incompletion through the Sooners’ 49–0 loss to Texas on Oct. 8.

For the Badgers, the addition of Evers follows the exit of junior quarterback Graham Mertz, who entered the switch portal Dec. 4 after enjoying 34 video games for the Badgers over 4 seasons.

Wisconsin, one in all school soccer’s most profitable groups of the 2010s, has struggled for quarterback consistency through the years, biking by means of eight totally different starters since Russell Wilson completed ninth within the Heisman Trophy voting in 2011.

Now coached by Luke Fickell, the Badgers employed offensive coordinator Phil Longo away from North Carolina on Dec. 7 in an try to reboot their offensive method. Below Longo, the Tar Heels averaged 35.0 factors per sport in 2022 and quarterback Drake Maye completed tenth within the Heisman voting.

The Sooners, in the meantime, struggled mightily within the 2022 season, ending 6–6 within the common season to safe their worst report since 1998.

Eight totally different gamers tried passes for Oklahoma this season. Redshirt junior Dillon Gabriel led the way in which with 24 passing touchdowns in opposition to six interceptions.

Evers dedicated to the Sooners on Dec. 13, 2021, and left highschool ranked because the No. 8 quarterback within the nation within the SI99 rankings.