2017 Badger Football Recruiting Class

**Information courtesy of UW Athletics**


MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin football program added 29 players Wednesday, as the Badgers welcomed their Class of 2017. A total of 19 scholarship signees and 10 walk-ons joined the Badgers on National Signing Day. A list of the new additions can be found below.

 

Complete information on Wisconsin football’s Class of 2017, including an archive of Signing Day Live 2017 and head coach Paul Chryst’s news conference, is available at UWBadgers.com: http://go.wisc.edu/SigningDay17

 

Name

Status

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

Hometown (Last School)

Adam Bay

Scholarship

LS

6-1

225

Mesa, Ariz. (Desert Ridge)

Tyler Beach

Scholarship

OT

6-6

280

Grafton, Wis. (Port Washington)

Logan Bruss

Scholarship

OG

6-5

270

Appleton, Wis. (Kimberly)

Jack Coan

Scholarship

QB

6-3

200

Sayville, N.Y. (Sayville)

Madison Cone

Scholarship

CB

5-9

175

Kernersville, N.C. (East Forsyth)

Danny Davis III

Scholarship

WR

6-3

180

Springfield, Ohio (Springfield)

Alex Fenton

Scholarship

OG

6-5

290

Menomonie, Wis. (Menomonie)

Jake Ferguson

Scholarship

TE

6-5

220

Madison, Wis. (Madison Memorial)

Cade Green

Scholarship

WR

6-0

190

Austin, Texas (Lake Travis)

Izayah Green-May

Scholarship

OLB

6-6

210

Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook)

Deron Harrell

Scholarship

WR

6-3

178

Denver, Colo. (East)

Faion Hicks

Scholarship

CB

5-11

185

Miami, Fla. (Flanagan)

Kayden Lyles

Scholarship

C/G

6-3

315

Madison, Wis. (Middleton)

Scott Nelson

Scholarship

S

6-2

190

Detroit, Mich. (University of Detroit Jesuit)

Emmet Perry

Scholarship

WR

6-2

175

Grand Prairie, Texas (DeSoto)

Jonathan Taylor

Scholarship

RB

5-11

215

Salem, N.J. (Salem)

Andrew Van Ginkel

Scholarship

OLB

6-4

230

Rock Valley, Iowa (Iowa Western C.C.)

Danny Vanden Boom

Scholarship

QB

6-5

200

Kimberly, Wis. (Kimberly)

Aaron Vopal

Scholarship

DE

6-7

290

De Pere, Wis. (De Pere)

Michael Balistreri

Walk-On

DE

6-4

280

Grafton, Wis. (University School of Milwaukee)

Ethan Cesarz

Walk-On

ILB

6-1

220

Delavan, Wis. (Delavan-Darien)

Jake Collinsworth

Walk-On

ILB

6-1

225

Merrill, Wis. (Merrill)

Sam DeLany

Walk-On

WR

5-11

170

Delafield, Wis. (Kettle Moraine)

Matt Henningsen

Walk-On

DE

6-4

260

Menomonee Falls, Wis. (Menomonee Falls)

Hunter Johnson

Walk-On

RB

6-1

205

Darlington, Wis. (Darlington)

Collin Larsh

Walk-On

K

6-0

180

Marshall, Wis. (Monona Grove)

Josh Seltzner

Walk-On

OT

6-5

310

Columbus, Wis. (Columbus)

Blake Smithback

Walk-On

OG

6-3

290

Waunakee, Wis. (Waunakee)

Coy Wanner

Walk-On

ATH

6-3

238

Green Bay, Wis. (Preble)