5 questions for Wisconsin football after spring practices
Wisconsin football made strides this spring, but there are still some questions heading into the summer.
Jeff Grimes got a laugh out of reporters after the University of Wisconsin football’s April 25 scrimmage.
Grimes was asked about his assessment Wisconsin’s quarterbacks who could back up starter Colton Joseph. Joseph, one of the program’s key transfer portal signees, assumed first-team reps during all of the Badgers’ 15 spring practices. Who will be QB2 behind the 2025 Sun Belt offensive player of the year is less defined entering summer conditioning with a position group that includes Louisville transfer Deuce Adams, freshman Ryan Hopkins, Carter Smith and Danny O’Neil.
Grimes believed there’s “an enormous amount of competition” and depth at quarterback and other offensive skill positions such as running back, tight end and receiver. Three of those four quarterbacks behind Joseph have started Power Four games, and with Wisconsin’s “luck” at the position with injuries the last three seasons under coach Luke Fickell, this team can never have too many capable signal callers.
“Danny didn’t get to go through spring, but we’ll see him back again,” Grimes said, as seen on Wisconsin’s YouTube channel. “I think Carter’s made progress. And Deuce and Ryan, both being new guys, both had a lot of impressive moments, so that’s a battle that I’m really looking forward to. And there’s a lot of time between now and fall camp that guys can make a lot of progress if they really apply themselves.”
And his final sentence, which came a couple seconds later before moving on to answering the next question, drew the laughter from the media in attendance.
“Answer, not answer, I know.”
