Wisconsin landed a commitment from former Ohio State transfer wide receiver Jayden Ballard on Wednesday. Ballard is the Badgers’ first transfer addition at the position and their 10th overall transfer commitment. He joins the program with one year of eligibility remaining.

Pauling came to Wisconsin in 2022 after Luke Fickell took the reins. He had spent the last four years with Fickell, spending his first two years at Cincinnati before joining Fickell in Madison.

The Badgers still have work to do, most notably at wide receiver and linebacker. But taking a snapshot on Dec. 18, the program appears to be taking strong steps forward entering a pivotal 2025 season. Any finish within the top 10 of the national transfer class rankings could be a strong indicator of success to come.

It continues to be a glass-half-empty offseason for the Wisconsin football team. A day after landing quarterbacks Billy Edwards and Danny O’Neil from the transfer portal, the Badgers saw starting wide receivers Will Pauling and CJ Williams enter it.

A once-promising addition to the Wisconsin football team has officially decided to move on from the Badgers.  Wide receiver C.J. Williams announced on social

The Badgers landed yet another commitment from the portal on Monday evening when they secured a pledge from former Arkansas long snapper Eli Stein. Stein is Wisconsin’s sixth transfer commitment on Monday,

The offseason is here for the Wisconsin football team as they failed to make a bowl game, and it is time to start focusing on one of the most important aspects of the offseason: the transfer portal. The transfer portal will be big for the Badgers this season as head coach Luke Fickell struggled again this season.