Sports News
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) |