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.
| Class | Scholarship Signees | Signed Elsewhere (with UW offer) | Other Notables (without UW offer) |
|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Brian Calhoun (Colorado) | Demetrius Eaton (Northwestern), Pierre Rembert (Michigan), Eric Zilisch (Iowa), Brett Tobin (Virginia) | |
2003 | Greg Bracey (Missouri) | Aaron Brant (Iowa State), John Jakel (Minnesota), Nick Roach (Northwestern) | |
2004 | None | Rhyan Anderson (Miami), Ryan Flasch (UNLV) | |
2005 | 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 | None | Mike Stark (Indiana), Ben Fischer (Minnesota), Mike Wey (Minnesota), Mitchell Lederman (Duke) | |
2007 | Brandon Brooks (Miami OH) | JJ Watt (Central Michigan), Nick Bellore (Central Michigan), Christopher Hagerup (Indiana), Jimmy Thompson (Minnesota), Ben Johnson (Northwestern) | |
2008 | None | Shane Covington (Indiana) | |
2009 | None | Ben Gardner (Stanford), Jeff Budzien (Northwestern), A.J. Klein (Iowa State) | |
2010 | 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 | Trae Waynes (Michigan State) | Ryan Ramczyk (Winona State), Mark Scarpinato (Michigan State), Foster Bush (Minnesota), Donte Phillips (Texas Tech), Marcus Aprahamian (Duke) | |
2012 | Levon Myers (Northern Illinois) | Eric Murray (Minnesota), Gabe Roberts (Pittsburgh) | |
2013 | 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 | 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 | Robert Windsor (Penn State), Vince Hughes (Northern Illinois - greyshirt offer from UW) | Dyson Chmura (New Mexico) | |
2016 | 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 | None | Noah Harvey (Michigan State), Max Cooper (Iowa), Ryan Gersonde (Iowa), Juan Harris (Indiana), Daviyon Nixon (Iowa) | |
2018 | 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 | None | Jake Karchinski (Iowa) |
