August brings college football back to the forefront of sports fans' thoughts, but the beginning of the month also serves as a tool on the recruiting trail as well.
On Aug. 1 of every year, schools can send "official" scholarship offers to high school seniors. Though these are "official" offers, players are still not a part of the program until they sign their national letters of intent (NLIs) with their respective universities.
That will come either during the early signing period in December or the actual National Signing Day in early February 2022. For that matter, head coaches and staff cannot comment on those future members of the team until after those NLIs are returned to the school.
A disclaimer as well: As Blue & Gold also explains, not every player will tweet or publicly display which schools extended these official offers.
Wisconsin holds 11 oral commitments at this point in the 2022. A few of them have posted these official offers on social media on Sunday, the first day programs were allowed to send them out.
The design shows the Wisconsin "Motion W" logo and the player's name near the top, with the word "offer" running vertically from bottom to top over half of a profile shot of each recruit (The words "official scholarship" also runs vertically from bottom to top to the left of the player profile photo). The Madison skyline -- including the state capitol building -- runs underneath the profile pic. Lyrics to UW's "On, Wisconsin!", "Varsity," and "If You Want to be a Badger" run near the bottom-right of the graphic with the signature of Paul Chryst in red underneath them.
BadgerBlitz.com will continue to update this thread if/when more do so.
Wide receiver Vinny Anthony II
Coach: Anthony a 'transcendent player that you just don't get all the time' | Wisconsin Badgers Commitment 101: Three-star WR Vinny Anthony II |
Safety Austin Brown
Updated: Three-star safety Austin Brown finds 'best fit' at Wisconsin | Coach: 3-star Austin Brown will bring 'blue collar' mentality to Wisconsin | Wisconsin Badgers Commitment 101: Three-star safety Austin Brown |
CB Avyonne Jones
Wisconsin Badgers Commitment 101: Three-star CB Avyonne Jones | DB Avyonne Jones will bring "position versatility" to Wisconsin's secondary |
WR Tommy McIntosh
‘Great family environment’ led 2022 WR Tommy McIntosh to Wisconsin | Coach: Badgers getting an 'ultra-competitive' receiver in Tommy McIntosh | Commitment 101: WR Tommy McIntosh |
ATH Cade Yacamelli
Work on each side of the ball earned Cade Yacamelli an offer from Wisconsin | Wisconsin Badgers Commitment 101: Three-star ATH Cade Yacamelli | Coach: Badgers getting a 'dynamic player' in three-star ATH Cade Yacamelli |
[Update: Aug. 3]
TE J.T. Seagreaves
Coach: Seagreaves balanced three sports en route to UW offer, commitment | JT Seagreaves getting closer to a decision after official to Wisconsin | In-state tight end JT Seagreaves is No. 3 for Wisconsin in the 2022 class | Wisconsin Badgers Commitment 101: Two-star TE JT Seagreaves |
DL Curtis Neal
Four-star DT Curtis Neal on UW: "Definitely a 10 out of 10 official visit" | 2022 DT Curtis Neal commits to "the first program to take a chance on me" | Three-star DT Curtis Neal adds his name to Wisconsin's commit list | Wisconsin Badgers Commitment 101: Three-star DT Curtis Neal |
Neal did not tweet an announcement of the official offer; however, he posted it to an Instagram story earlier this week, along with making it his profile picture on Twitter and also Instagram.