College football's early signing period started Dec. 3. Here is what recruiting websites Rivals and 247sports think of Wisconsin's 2026 class.

The Wisconsin Badgers closed the season with a 17-7 loss to Minnesota that serves as a reminder of the improvement the program must continue to make.

High school football players around the nation signed letters of intent to play college ball Wednesday, including the newest batch of Badgers.

It's signing day and the Wisconsin Badgers football team is expected to sign 14 players for 2026.. The group includes three defensive linemen, two inside linebackers, defensive backs and receivers and one quarterback,

West De Pere senior quarterback Patrick Greisen, Notre Dame junior running back Kingston Allen named Co-Offensive Players of the Year to headline prestigious list of the state's best players

247Sports ranks the Iowa Colony, Texas, native as the No. 1,411 overall player in the class of 2026, the No. 128 safety and the No. 205 recruit from his home state. Watts is the 14th player to sign with Wisconsin's class and the first safety. Before his addition, the class ranked No. 77 nationally and No. 15 in the Big Ten.

He held offers from Michigan, Indiana, Michigan State, Oregon and Miami (Fla.), among others, and committed to the Badgers as a tight end in June. But Janda committed to the Hawkeyes as a defensive lineman on Dec. 2. Iowa offered Janda in November.

In what is already a magical season, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls football team accomplished something Saturday the program has never done, by doing something that has not occurred