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The Wisconsin Badgers added more experience and depth to their quarterback room on Wednesday with a commitment from Southern Illinois graduate transfer Hunter Simmons.
Simmons is the program’s third transfer quarterback addition of the offseason and first overall addition of the spring window. He joins the program with a final year of eligibility remaining.
The veteran started three games for Southern Illinois in 2024 before a leg injury ended his season. Those appearances included 57% completion, 852 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and zero interceptions, plus 57 rushing yards and a score on 19 carries. He notably follows former Salukis offensive coordinator Blake Rolan to Wisconsin, who signed onto the program’s staff this offseason as an assistant wide receivers coach.
The Badgers have an entirely new quarterback room entering 2025, compared to the one that finished the 2024 season. Tyler Van Dyke transferred to SMU, Braedyn Locke to Arizona, Mabrey Mettauer to play for Phil Longo at Sam Houston State and Cole LaCrue to Eastern Illinois. Furthermore, in the high school ranks, class of 2025 signee Landyn Locke flipped to Sam Houston State, plus 2026 QB Jarin Mock decommitted.
Such turnover is expected when a team reshapes its offensive scheme and identity under a new coordinator. The program fired Longo, who has since taken the head coach job at Sam Houston State, in mid-November. It then hired former Kansas and Baylor OC Jeff Grimes shortly after the season’s conclusion.
The program has landed three transfers and one high school quarterback since Grimes’ arrival, plus kept the commitment from four-star class of 2025 signal-caller Carter Smith. With Simmons now part of that group, here is an updated look at the team’s quarterback depth chart entering the 2025 season.
Starter: Billy Edwards Jr.
2024 Stats (at…
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Publish date : 2025-04-17 13:35:00
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