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Wisconsin football top-ranked class of 2026 safety target Nick Reddish included the Badgers in his list of finalists on Monday.
Reddish, who received his offer from Luke Fickell’s program on May 14, 2024, included UW alongside the Indiana Hoosiers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Virginia Tech Hokies. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound safety officially visited Madison the weekend of May 30 before venturing to Indiana (May 2), Virginia Tech (June 6) and Notre Dame (June 12).
While Reddish did include Wisconsin in his batch of final suitors, multiple recruiting outlets project the Charlotte, North Carolina, native to join Marcus Freeman’s Fighting Irish. 247Sports Wisconsin insider Nick Osen, in addition to the outlet’s general staff, released crystal ball predictions favoring Notre Dame roughly two weeks ago. On3’s recruiting prediction machine also pegs Notre Dame as the heavy favorite with over a 92% chance of securing his pledge.
247Sports considers the Independence High School product a three-star recruit. The outlet also ranks him as the No. 678 overall prospect in the class, the No. 57 safety and the No. 31 player from his home state of North Carolina. Outside of his final four destinations, his offer sheet also includes opportunities with Ole Miss, Tennessee, Louisville, Cincinnati and Missouri.
As of June 30, Wisconsin’s class of 2026 ranks No. 37 in the nation and No. 13 in the Big Ten with 15 players committed. Four-star wide receiver Jayden Petit and four-star running back Amari Latimer — arguably the two most coveted members of its 2026 batch — committed within the last week. Their decisions elevated UW’s ranking from the low 50s into the high 30s, plus bolstered the outlook for the remainder of the summer window.
Wisconsin has received one commitment from the safety position thus far: three-star Zachary…
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Publish date : 2025-06-30 23:42:00
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