Tracking Wisconsin’s roster movement

November 29, 2023
|In Badgers
|By Zach Heilprin

The NCAA transfer portal is officially open. And after a busy December a year ago for Wisconsin, things are expected to be just as crazy for Luke Fickell as he enters his second offseason leading the program.

Here is a running list of those leaving Madison and those coming in:

Updated: Jan. 9, 2 p.m.

TOTALS

Transferring: 16 (12 scholarship)
Added: 13
Declaring for NFL: 2

TRANSFERRING 

ILB Aidan Vaughan (3 years of eligibility)
New team: TBA

OLB Kaden Johnson (1 year of eligibility)
2023 stats: 5 tackles, 1 sack, 1 TFL
New team: TBA

 

OL Zack Mlsna (walk-on, 4 years of eligibility)
New team: UW-La Crosse

 
OT Nolan Rucci (2 years of eligibility)
2023 stats: 1 catch, 1 TD, played 2nd half of ReliaQuest Bowl
New team: Penn State

 

DL Tommy Brunner (walk-on with 1 year of eligibility)
New team:

 

DL Darian Varner (2 years of eligibility)
2023 stats: 5 tackles, 1.5 TFLs
New team: Cincinnati

 

DL Rodas Johnson (1 year of eligibility)
2023 stats: 19 tackles. 3.0 TFLs, .5 sack
New team: Texas A&M

 

LB Jordan Turner (2 years of eligibility)
2023 stats: 61 tackles, 6.5 TFLs, 3 sacks
New team: Michigan State

 

QB Myles Burkett (3 years of eligibility)
New team: Albany (FCS)

 

LB Ross Gengler (walk-on with 2 years of eligibility)
New team: TBA

 

OL Dylan Barrett (3 years of eligibility)
New team: Iowa State

 

WR Chimere Dike (1 year of eligibility)
2023 stats: 19 catches, 328 yards, 1 TD
New team: Florida

 

WR Skyler Bell (2 years of eligibility)
2023 stats: 38 catches, 297 yards, 1 TD)
New team: UConn

 

LB Jordan Mayer (4 years of eligibility left)
New team: Penn State

 

OL Trey Wedig (2 years of eligibility left)
New team: Indiana

 

LS Keane Bessert (4 years of eligibility left)
New team: Kansas State

 

ADDED

DL Elijah Hills (1 year of eligibility remaining)
Previous school: Albany (FCS)
2023 stats: 31 tackles, 9 TFLs, 1.5 sacks, 3 FR

LB Tackett Curtis (3 years of eligibility)
Previous school: USC
2023 stats: 40 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 FF

 

CB RJ Delancy III (1 year of eligibility)
Previous schools: Nebraska (2020), Toledo (2021-2023)
2023 stats: 28 tackles, 1 INTs, 10 PDs

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LB Jaheim Thomas (1 year of eligibility)
Previous schools: Cincinnati (2020-22), Arkansas (2023)
2023 stats: 90 tackles, 6.5 TFLs, 3.5 sacks,

 

RB Tawee Walker (1 year of eligibility remaining)
Previous school: Oklahoma
2023 stats: 507 yards (5.0 ypc) and 7 TDs

 

LB Sebastian Cheeks (3 years of eligibility)
Previous school: North Carolina
As a recruit: 4-star, No. 14 LB in the country

 

LB Jahsiah Galvan (3 years of eligibility)
Previous school: Northern Iowa (FCS)
2023 stats: 77 tackles, 5.5 TFLs, 1 INT

 

WR Tyrell Henry (2 years of eligibility)
Previous school: Michigan State
2023 stats: 24 catches, 195 yards, 3 TDs

 

TE Jackson McGohan (3 years of eligibility remaining)
Previous school: LSU
2023 stats: Played eight games on special teams
As a recruit: 2023 class, 3-star, No. 25 TE

 

QB Tyler Van Dyke
2023 stats: 2,703 yards, 19 TDs, 12 INTs
Previous team: Miami
Story: Van Dyke commits to Wisconsin

 

LB Leon Lowery
2023 stats: 46 tackles, 7.5 TFLs, 3.5 sacks
Previous team: Syracuse

 

LS Cayson Pfeiffer (1 year of eligibility)
Previous team: Cincinnati
Note: Likely replacement for multi-year starter Peter Bowden

 

LB John Pius (1 year of eligibility)
Previous team: William & Mary (FCS)
2023 stats: 53 tackles, 9.5 sacks, 16 tackles for loss, 9 quarterback hurries

 

DECLARING FOR NFL DRAFT 

 

RB Braelon Allen
2023 stats: 984 yards (5.4 ypc), 12 TDs
Accolades: 2023 2nd-team All-Big Ten
Potential 2024 replacement: Jackson Acker, Cade Yacamelli, Darrion Dupree, Dilin Jones

 

OL Tanor Bortolini
Accolades: 2023 3rd-team All-Big Ten
Potential 2024 replacement: Jake Renfro (2 years of eligibility)

MEDICALLY RETIRING 

TE Jack Pugh