The Wisconsin Badgers finished with a 7-6 overall record and a 5-4 BIG10 Conference record last season in college football. This season, the quarterback will be one of the biggest question marks and one of the names to keep an eye on is quarterback Nick Evers.
Springball is right around the corner for Wisconsin. There will be a lot of things to watch as Luke Fickell prepares for his second season with the Badgers program. Tyler Van Dyke, is projected to be the starting quarterback for the Badgers as he transferred from the Miami Hurricanes.
He completed 65.8% of his passes for 2,703 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions last season with Miami (FL). Van Dyke was benched for his play before he had to come back in and be the starter because of injury to someone else.
Braedyn Locke is expected to be the backup quarterback. He completed only 50.0% of his passes for 777 yards, five touchdowns, and one interception. Locke started a couple of games last season because of injuries to Tanner Mordecai. The experiment with Mordecai didn’t work out as planned last season after he transferred from SMU.
Quarrterback Nick Evers Might Have the Most Quarterback Potential For the Wisconsin Badgers But He Will Have To Earn It and Wait His Turn
Evers is going to be a redshirt sophomore this season. Tyler Van Dyke is coming to Wisconsin to be the starter for this season and Locke is going to be a sophomore. Nick Evers is going to have to earn his stripes and is also going to have to wait his turn to start whether that is in a year from now or due to an injury to somebody else.
Jesse Temple of The Athletic wrote about the possibility of Nick Evers being the quarterback breakout candidate during spring ball by writing:
“The quarterback pecking order likely features Miami transfer Tyler Van Dyke as the starter and Braedyn Locke as the backup. But no quarterback on the roster possesses the combination of arm strength and athleticism that Evers has. Those two traits were on display during brief stretches of open practices last spring and into the preseason. What has held Evers back since his arrival as a transfer from Oklahoma is his ability to translate what he learns from the playbook onto the field. With a full year at Wisconsin under his belt, can he push for snaps or be a part of a package of plays that utilizes his unique skill set?”
