Elijah Bowick now resides in Charlotte, N.C., where he's a standout wide receiver at Myers Park High School.

But growing up, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound junior lived in New Jersey, where competed with current Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor, a freshman All-American in 2017.

"That’s (New Jersey) where I was born and raised until I moved down south a couple years ago," Bowick told BadgerBlitz.com. "I don't know too much about Wisconsin right now, but what I hear from my good friend JT (Taylor), it’s pretty nice.