{"id":23415,"date":"2026-06-12T18:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/impressive-list-of-2028-targets-expected-to-visit-wisconsin-this-weekend-milwaukee-journal-sentinel\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T18:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:55:55","slug":"impressive-list-of-2028-targets-expected-to-visit-wisconsin-this-weekend-milwaukee-journal-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/impressive-list-of-2028-targets-expected-to-visit-wisconsin-this-weekend-milwaukee-journal-sentinel\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressive list of 2028 targets expected to visit Wisconsin this weekend &#8211; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MADISON \u2013 The <a href=https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/big-ten\/wisconsin data-type=link data-id=https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/big-ten\/wisconsin>Wisconsin<\/a> football program netted eight commitments for its 2027 class following official visits it hosted the past two weekends.<br \/>Now it\u2019s time to look ahead.<br \/>The <a target=_blank href=https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/wisconsin-badgers\/3442\/ data-autotag=697365a3-699f-4af7-8f00-1279346ea874>Badgers<\/a> are expected to host one official visit this weekend: Pewaukee offensive lineman <a href=https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/college\/uw\/2026\/06\/09\/pewaukee-offensive-lineman-jack-tabbert-commits-to-wisconsin-football-luke-fickell\/90468597007\/ data-type=link data-id=https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/college\/uw\/2026\/06\/09\/pewaukee-offensive-lineman-jack-tabbert-commits-to-wisconsin-football-luke-fickell\/90468597007\/>Jack Tabbert<\/a>, who committed June. 8.<br \/>The rest of the staff\u2019s attention will be focused on a select group of 2028 targets who are expected to be on campus this weekend for Bucky BBQ.<br \/>The guest list includes the state\u2019s top two prep recruits. There will also be one five-star prospect and eight \u00a0four-star recruits.<br \/>Here is a look at who is expected to be in attendance.<br \/>The 6-foot-2, 190-pound defensive back from Chandler, Arizona is a three-star prospect according to <a href=https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/rankings\/player\/football\/2028\/ data-type=link data-id=https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/rankings\/player\/football\/2028\/>Rivals<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/season\/2028-football\/RecruitRankings\/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool\" data-type=link data-id=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/season\/2028-football\/RecruitRankings\/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool\">247sports<\/a>. He received an offer from Wisconsin in mid-April and already has 22 other offers that also include Ohio State, Alabama, Texas Tech and Tennessee.<br \/>The 6-3, 260-pounder interior lineman from Pennsylvania is a four-star recruit in the eyes of ESPN and a three-star prospect according to 247sports and Rivals. He has 10 offers, including one from Wisconsin, March 9.<br \/>The 6-foot-5, 190-pounder from Hammond (Indiana) Morton High School is a three-star prospect according to Rivals and 247sports.\u00a0 He has 13 Division I offers including Wisconsin.<br \/>The 6-5 300-pound tackle from Marysville, Ohio received three-stars from Rivals. Eleven programs have offered including reigning national champion Indiana. UW offered last month.<br \/>The 6-foot-1, 210-pound player from St. Louis University High School in Missouri is a three-star prospect according to Rivals. He received his offer from the Badgers in January.<br \/>The 6-5, 300-pound tackle attends IMG Academy in Florida. Rivals, 247sports and ESPN give him four stars and 36 programs have offered, the latest coming from Ohio State. UW offered last month.<br \/>Depending on if you prefer Rivals or 247sports, the 6-4, 280-pound defensive lineman from Wisconsin Dells is the No. 1 or No. 2 prospect in the state. Both sites list him as a three-star prospect. He announced his offer from Wisconsin Dec. 29.<br \/>The Badgers have had recent success getting players from Desert Edge High School in Arizona, most recently picking up 2027 commitments from defensive lineman Yahzeen Zion and linebacker Nathan Jones. Rivals lists George (6-5, 250) as the No. 1 edge rusher in the class and a five-star prospect.<br \/>Rivals lists 6-0, 210-pound back from Georgia as the No. 1 player at his position. 247sports ranks him fourth. He has announced 46 offers on Instagram.<br \/>The 6-4, 205-pound signal caller from Loyola Academy in Chicago received his first Division I offer from Wisconsin. Since then, he announced offers from Kansas State, Miami (Ohio) and Minnesota. He is a three-star prospect according to Rivals and 247sports.<br \/>The 6-3, 215-pounder is Lee\u2019s teammate at Loyola and is considered a four-star prospect by ESPN and a three-star recruit by Rivals and 247sports. He has reported 26 scholarship offers. One of the first came from the Badgers last summer.<br \/>The 6-3, 190-pound linebacker attends Mount Carmel in Chicago, the school that also gave the Badgers 2027 recruit Darin Graham and junior running back Darrion Dupree. The consensus four-star prospect reports 24 offers that includes the likes of Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana and Notre Dame in addition to UW.<br \/>The three-star prospect (Rivals) hails from Prairie Ridge High School in Illinois. He stands 6-4 and weighs 251 pounds. Wisconsin was his second DI offer after Iowa.<br \/>The 6-6, 230-pound standout from Arrowhead High School is a four-star prospect according to Rivals. This week he announced an offer from LSU, one of 31 offers he has received so far. His first offer came from the Badgers last November.<br \/>Thomas, a native of Tomball, Texas, was offered by Wisconsin May 15. The consensus four-star prospect is considered the No. 1 player at his position by 247sports.<br \/>The consensus four-star prospect has generated a heavy-hitters list of offers with the most recent coming from Indiana and LSU. Wisconsin offered the 6-2, 190-pound defensive back from Althoff Catholic High School in Belleville, Illinois. at the end of April.<br \/><span class=exclude-from-newsgate><strong style=margin-right:3px>More: <\/strong><a href=https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/college\/uw\/2026\/05\/07\/how-wisconsin-footballs-2027-recruiting-class-is-shaping-up\/89960817007\/ rel=noreferrer target=_blank>How Wisconsin football&#8217;s 2027 recruiting class is shaping up<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6gFBVV95cUxQQ3R1N3FFVU1ZUzg3V1E5RldEbWdtSlJ5ektCY2tTZy1MZFBzOWxKUjI1VmQ5SzI0QzlNN0QyazRIU0dVYmtGS3hoLU03bXRFcUR5TUxoR0lZTmlmWUFnS0l5djgtaHRoOXBxbzdhZUJ0ZWVuUkhQSmFqS3FQWlJDTXZsOHN5emdYMTNkOXBxRHV4VjlaSnZUYVJkTXVmZDVUMkJtNG5VbzFyYzM1YVdOQ0VhRXFKY3UyeHNZVE5qaXd0QUEyRlB6SG1tcHFRT0ZBWlFKVllvbHJ6SzVLWFFVaW9tNDRWMGRDb2c?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADISON \u2013 The Wisconsin football program netted eight commitments for its 2027 class following official visits it hosted the past two weekends.Now it\u2019s time to look ahead.The Badgers are expected to host one official visit this weekend: Pewaukee offensive lineman Jack Tabbert, who committed June. 8.The rest of the staff\u2019s attention will be focused on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}