Wisconsin Football Team Takes Significant QB Blow
Nick Evers' time at Wisconsin has come to an end.
The talented former top-10 QB recruit in the 2022 class spent one year at Oklahoma before arriving in Madison to play for Luke Fickell, and he's been viewed as the QB of the future since stepping on campus.
Well, Badgers fans dreaming about the ultra-athletic QB leading the team to glory can officially kill that idea because he's gone.
Evers has left the building.
Wisconsin QB Nick Evers is entering the transfer portal. (Credit: Mark Hoffman-USA TODAY Sports)
Nick Evers entering transfer portal.
Evers took to social media Saturday night to announce the shocking news that he's entering the transfer portal with three years of eligibility remaining.
It's an absolutely stunning blow to Luke Fickell's QB room given the hype and expectations around the former elite recruit.
You can read his announcement and send me your thoughts to David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
I had Evers as QB3 on the depth chart in spring behind Tyler Van Dyke and Braedyn Locke. Evers is a freak of nature athlete. A true freak of nature athlete but needed time to polish himself in order to be a QB at the highest level of college football.
The plan has always been that Evers would develop and once ready, would be the face of the program. That will now never happen.
He's leaving the Badgers without making any kind of serious impact. His exit will also make fans - myself included - wonder if the addition of Mabrey Mettauer to the QB room ran him off.
Mettauer was a star during his prep career in Texas and enrolled early to get in spring practice. Did Evers think he couldn't beat him out? Did he feel like his long-term prospects dimmed? I have no idea, but I know questions are going to quickly rise after Evers' announcement.
Is Mabrey Mettauer the QB of the future for Wisconsin? (Credit: Journal Sentinel via USA Today Sports Network)
Now, should fans panic? No, but Fickell losing one of the most-hyped QB recruits in program history is certainly…..interesting. Concerning? Time will tell, but definitely interesting. Best of luck to Evers wherever he ends up. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.