Wisconsin's Recruiting Battle: Losing to Iowa

0:00On April 7th, Wisconsin's football team can't catch a break against Iowa, dropping four straight games to the Hawkeyes, including a brutal combined. Score of 79-10 in the last two match-ups. Now the rivalry staying hits recruiting too, with four star defensive lineman Tommy Reordan from Illinois verbally committing to Iowa on Tuesday over, offers from Wisconsin and others. Iowa's coach Kirk Ference keeps owning this match-up on and off the field. Reordan ranked as Illinois's 13th best prospect by on three, and rivals, or 28 by 247 sports, was a prime target for. Wisconsin's outside linebacker's coach Matt Mitchell, who saw him as an edge rusher and even had an official visit planned for late May. Badger fans feel the pain, but Mitchell has some cushion with in-state edge commit, Isaac Miller, for the class of 2027. Still, with five scholarship seniors leaving an outside linebacker after next season, and only one edge-signy last cycle, they need depth bad.

1:00Looking ahead, Mitchell might pivot to three star Geron Allen II from Texas, a six-foot-3, 240-pound beast with an official. Visits set for June 4th through 7th in Madison. Kansas, Kansas State, and Mississippi State are in the mix too. This recruiting battle underscores how tight the big 10 lines are drawn, Wisconsin's got work to flip the script before summer visits heat up.