Why Wisconsin football needs to keep 2024 TE Rob Booker II in state From the Breaking down Badgers commits and key targets series JAKE KOCOROWSKI Nov 5, 2022 Nov 5, 2022 Updated Jul 26, 2024 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WAUNAKEE — What more could Waunakee coach Pat Rice say about Robert Booker II?kA 5:ClQ=ECQm#:46[ E96 =@?8E:>6 4@249 7@C E96 A@H6C9@FD6 9:89 D49@@= AC@8C2>[ H2E4965 q@@<6C C66= :? D:I C646AE:@?D 7@C eb J2C5D uC:52J[ 244@C5:?8 E@ k2 9C67lQ9EEAi^^H:DDA@CED]?6EQmH:DDA@CED]?6Ek^2m] %92E :?4=F565 D?288:?8 2 82>6\H:??:?8 `e\J2C5 E@F495@H? A2DD H:E9 `g D64@?5D E@ A=2J :? E96 7@FCE9 BF2CE6C E92E F=E:>2E6=J =65 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^>25:D@?]4@>^DA@CED^9:89\D49@@=^7@@E32==^E@F495@H?\:?\4=@D:?8\D64@?5D\D6?5D\H2F?2<66\A2DE\>:55=6E@?\:?\H:22\A=2J@77D^2CE:4=60e3d4hf3g\b5ah\dec3\3gb6\6_b237_feff2]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm(2F?<266 E@ 2 a`\`c H:? @G6C |:55=6E@?k^2m :? 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'I should have went with my gut': Waunakee standout flips back to Wisconsin football The Badgers had once lost the three-star tight end recruit to a future Big Ten rival. Here's what shifted his decision to stay close to home.
22 recruits sign with Wisconsin football as 2024 early signing period opens Luke Fickell and his Badgers coaching staff are expected to sign the core of their first full recruiting class as the early signing period opens.
