4 takeaways from Wisconsin football's first official visit weekend
Another first weekend of Wisconsin football official visits produced new additions to a recruiting class, and more.
The University of Wisconsin football staff still has its fastball during the first weekend of official visits.
Wisconsin hosted its first set of recruits on official visits this past weekend as the program looks to wrap up the vast majority of its 2027 class this summer. Summer official visits, which started in 2018, have led to success for the Badgers dating back to the Paul Chryst era. But coach Luke Fickell, director of recruiting Pat Lambert and other personnel have arguably taken Wisconsin’s precedent to a higher level during this critical time of the recruiting calendar.
Good news quickly came Sunday with two verbal commitments. Four-star wide receiver Jai Jones first announced his verbal commitment via On3 in the early afternoon. Then three-star linebacker Nathan Jones declared his intentions to become a Badger in the evening, which was first reported by Badger Blitz.
That puts Wisconsin at 15 announced commits for its 2027 class as of Monday morning.
Defensive lineman Hank Weber and four-star offensive linemen Kevin Heywood and Ryan Cory all announced verbal commitments in the days immediately following the first weekend of 2023 summer official visits, which was during Fickell’s first year in Madison. Offensive lineman Logan Powell unveiled his while still on his official visit the first June weekend of 2024. Four-star linebacker (and current starter) Mason Posa also told coaches during that time that he would be a Badger.
Last year’s first wave of official visitors produced verbal commitments from 2026 recruits such as linebacker Ben Wenzel, defensive linemen Djidjou Bah and Arthur Scot, and tight end Jack Sievers.
Here are three other takeaways from the weekend.
