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A look at the in-state scholarship offers during the Rivals.com era

When it comes to in-state football recruiting, the optimal scenario is for Wisconsin to fill as much of their classes with homegrown players who are legitimate Division I prospects.

In the 2019 class, the Badgers already have three verbal pledges from in-state recruits, and they could extend more offers after camp next month.

The chart below chronicles Wisconsin's in-state offers, as well as those who eventually signed with UW or with another college, during the entire Rivals.com era.

Arrowhead's Ben Bredeson landed at Michigan despite having an offer from Wisconsin.
Arrowhead's Ben Bredeson landed at Michigan despite having an offer from Wisconsin. (Brandon Brown)
Rivals.com Era Badgers' In-State Offers
Class Scholarship Signees Signed Elsewhere (with UW offer) Other Notables (without UW offer)

2002

Mark Zalewski, Steve Van de Voort, Booker Stanley, Randy Gyllin

Brian Calhoun (Colorado)

Demetrius Eaton (Northwestern), Pierre Rembert (Michigan), Eric Zilisch (Iowa), Brett Tobin (Virginia)

2003

Justin Ostrowski, Joe Thomas, Tyler Donovan, Danny Kaye, Luke Knauf, Mike Van Someren

Greg Bracey (Missouri)

Aaron Brant (Iowa State), John Jakel (Minnesota), Nick Roach (Northwestern)

2004

Nick Hayden, Kraig Urbik, Andy Crooks, Antonio Freeman, Mike Newkirk

None

Rhyan Anderson (Miami), Ryan Flasch (UNLV)

2005

Travis Beckum, Andrew Kemp, Eric VandenHeuvel, DeAndre Levy

None

Eric Schultz (Iowa State), Raymond Henderson (Tennessee), Troy Reilly (Minnesota), Jose Valdez (Arkansas), Adam Hahn (Northwestern), Jason Fiacco (Iowa State) Nick Polk (Indiana)

2006

Jake Bscherer, Lance Kendricks, Gabe Carimi, Kirk DeCremer, Brad Thorson, Diondrae Jenkins

None

Mike Stark (Indiana), Ben Fischer (Minnesota), Mike Wey (Minnesota), Mitchell Lederman (Duke)

2007

Josh Oglesby, John Clay, Nick Toon, Louis Nzegwu, Patrick Butrym

Brandon Brooks (Miami OH)

JJ Watt (Central Michigan), Nick Bellore (Central Michigan), Christopher Hagerup (Indiana), Jimmy Thompson (Minnesota), Ben Johnson (Northwestern)

2008

Peter Konz, Tyler Westphal, Kevin Zeitler, Bradley Nortman, Michael Taylor, T.J. Williams, Christopher Garner

None

Shane Covington (Indiana)

2009

Jordan Kohout, Shelby Harris, Ryan Groy, Travis Frederick, Tyler Dippel

None

Ben Gardner (Stanford), Jeff Budzien (Northwestern), A.J. Klein (Iowa State)

2010

Michael Trotter, Konrad Zagzebski, Jeff Lewis, Marquis Mason, Dallas Lewallen, Bryce Gilbert, Jake Irwin, Kyle Costigan

Mike Hardy (Iowa), Will Hagerup (Michigan)

Justin Sinz (Purdue), Matt Eggen (Minnesota), Xavier Whitaker (Indiana), Tom Parish (Minnesota), Zac Epping (Minnesota), Cody Evers (Indiana), Eric Oertel (Washington State)

2011

Melvin Gordon, Jake Keefer, Sam Arneson, Derek Watt, Austin Maly, Eric Steffes, Jordan Fredrick, Frederick Willis, Derek Landisch, Nate Hammon

Trae Waynes (Michigan State)

Ryan Ramczyk (Winona State), Mark Scarpinato (Michigan State), Foster Bush (Minnesota), Donte Phillips (Texas Tech), Marcus Aprahamian (Duke)

2012

Vince Biegel, Vonte Jackson, Leo Musso

Levon Myers (Northern Illinois)

Eric Murray (Minnesota), Gabe Roberts (Pittsburgh)

2013

Chikwe Obasih, Alec James, T.J. Watt, Hayden Biegel, Jazz Peavy, Matt Hubley

R.J. Shelton (Michigan State), A.J. Natter (Nebraska)

Zach Poker (Pittsburgh), Jester Weah (Pittsburgh), Owen Salzwedel (Minnesota), Dylan Chmura (Michigan State), Jacob Homa (Iowa State)


2014

Jaden Gault, Billy Hirschfeld, Conor Sheehy, Dominic Cizauskas, George Panos, Beau Benzschawel, Jacob Maxwell

Craig Evans (Michigan State), Gaelin Elmore (Minnesota)

Sam Seonbuchner (Iowa State), Max Scharping (N. Illinois), Kory Kodanko (Iowa State), Luke Rasmussen (Minnesota), Daurice Fountain (N. Iowa)

2015

Jon Dietzen, Zack Baun, Jake Whalen, David Pfaff, Alec Ingold

Robert Windsor (Penn State), Vince Hughes (Northern Illinois - greyshirt offer from UW)

Dyson Chmura (New Mexico)

2016

Cole Van Lanen, Tyler Biadasz, Luke Benzschawel, Mason Stokke

Ben Bredeson (Michigan), Tristian Pipp (Western Michigan), Nathan Stanley (Iowa)

Toren Young (Iowa), Sam Heckel (Syracuse), Airon Servais (Syracuse), Josh Mueller (Iowa State), Kristian Welch (Iowa)

2017

Kayden Lyles, Aaron Vopal, Jake Ferguson, Logan Bruss, Tyler Beach, Alex Fenton, Danny Vanden Boom

None

Noah Harvey (Michigan State), Max Cooper (Iowa), Ryan Gersonde (Iowa), Juan Harris (Indiana), Daviyon Nixon (Iowa)

2018

CJ Goetz, Boyd Dietzen, Mason Platter, Cormac Sampson, Trent Ingalls

Jack Plumb (Iowa), Reggie Jennings (Northern Illinois)

Henry Geil (Iowa), C. Pulvermacher (Iowa State), L.O. Johnson (New Mexico), Will McDonald (Iowa State), Jon Gaines (UCLA), Cody Ince (Iowa)

2019

Julius Davis, Leo Chenal, Keeanu Benton

None

Jake Karchinski (Iowa)

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