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1 week ago | 
wisconsin.rivals.com | Seamus Rohrer |Jon McNamara
As programs wrap up spring camps, players get sent home for the summer and the days get progressively warmer, we've reached the precipice of one of the most crucial times in the football recruiting calendar: official visit season. Over the next two months, Wisconsin will host dozens of uncommitted prospects as it looks to fill out the bulk of its 2026 recruiting class. At this time last cycle, Wisconsin had nine verbal commitments in its 2025 class.
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3 weeks ago | 
wisconsin.rivals.com | Seamus Rohrer |Jon McNamara
Several hours after it was reported that the Badgers added to their freshman class with a Lithuanian big man (Aleksas Bieliauskas), Wisconsin basketball landed its fourth transfer portal commit in former Tulsa and Minnesota guard Braeden Carrington, BadgerBlitz.com can confirm. Carrington spent the first two seasons of his career with the Golden Gophers, appearing in 51 games while starting 10.
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3 weeks ago | 
wisconsin.rivals.com | Seamus Rohrer |Jon McNamara
Wisconsin basketball continued to restock its roster Thursday afternoon, adding Lithuanian 19-year-old Aleksas Bieliauskas. The news was first reported by ESPN's Jonathan Givony. Bieliauskas, who played for Žalgiris of Lithuania's top professional basketball league Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKR), averaged 11.4 points and 6.4 rebounds on 53/40/79 shooting splits during the 2024-2025 international season. Bieliauskas will join the Badgers for the 2025-2026 campaign, BadgerBlitz.com has learned.
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4 weeks ago | 
wisconsin.rivals.com | Seamus Rohrer |Jon McNamara
Wisconsin's tight end room and its offense as a whole suffered a serious setback as prized transfer Tanner Koziol entered the portal on Wednesday. An early catch for the Badgers in the winter portal window, just the second player Wisconsin signed in that period, Koziol was an early building block for the Badgers' offense in 2025 and the undisputed top tight end in coach Nate Letton's room. Koziol exploded onto the scene in his junior season at Ball State.
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1 month ago | 
wisconsin.rivals.com | Seamus Rohrer |Jon McNamara
2027 Racine wideout Bryce Austin stopped by Madison for a spring practice. The 6-foot-1, 160-pound receiver had been on campus before for a game-day visit, but he got a more intimate look at the inner workings of the program this time around, and lauded the liveliness of the session he saw. “It was a very good environment to be in. Everybody had a whole bunch of energy. It was just electric," he told BadgerBlitz.com.
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2 months ago | 
wisconsin.rivals.com | Seamus Rohrer |Jon McNamara
As Luke Fickell's third act in Madison draws closer, BadgerBlitz.com will break down Wisconsin's roster position-by-position ahead of spring camp, which is slated to take place from March 13 to April 24. BadgerBlitz.com is once again expected to watch any open practices available for reporters to attend. Thus, our position previews wrap up Wednesday with the safeties, a unit under new direction in position coach Jack Cooper.
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2 months ago | 
wisconsin.rivals.com | Seamus Rohrer |Jon McNamara
As Luke Fickell's third act in Madison draws closer, BadgerBlitz.com will break down Wisconsin's roster position-by-position ahead of spring camp, which is slated to take place from March 13 to April 24. BadgerBlitz.com is once again expected to watch any open practices available for reporters to attend. Thus, our position previews continue Wednesday with the cornerbacks, a unit with likely the most unique personnel situation on the roster.
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2 months ago | 
wisconsin.rivals.com | Seamus Rohrer |Jon McNamara
Chicagoland native King Liggins has been on Wisconsin's board at defensive line in the 2026 class for quite some time. The junior day he attended was his fourth time on campus. Still, the quality time he got to spend with the defensive coaches allowed him to truly envision what it would be like to play for the Badgers. “I have a really good impression of Wisconsin. Saturday made me like them a lot more, so I’m just excited to keep the process going," he told BadgerBlitz.com.
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2 months ago | 
wisconsin.rivals.com | Seamus Rohrer |Jon McNamara
As Luke Fickell's third act in Madison draws closer, BadgerBlitz.com will break down Wisconsin's roster position-by-position ahead of spring camp, which is slated to take place from March 13 to April 24. BadgerBlitz.com is once again expected to watch any open practices available for reporters to attend. Thus, our position previews continue Friday with the outside linebackers, a unit in dire need of playmakers to emerge.
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2 months ago | 
wisconsin.rivals.com | Seamus Rohrer |Jon McNamara
As Luke Fickell's third act in Madison draws closer, BadgerBlitz.com will break down Wisconsin's roster position-by-position ahead of spring camp, which is slated to take place from March 13 to April 24. BadgerBlitz.com is once again expected to watch any open practices available for reporters to attend. Thus, our position previews continue Wednesday with the offensive line, a unit entering year two under position coach AJ Blazek.
