Wisconsin Badgers football lost two wide receivers in the transfer portal just when the spring training already got going. Fortunately for them, they got a new one with two months to go before the new college football season opens.
Dekel Crowdus announced his commitment to the Badgers on May 7, giving the team a much needed boost in the wide receiver position.
Head coach Luke Fickell lost several players shortly after the season concluded but this recent transfers prompted him to make a statement about people leaving.
“This isn’t for everybody, right?” Fickell he said in an interview with Dillon Graff of Badger Notes. “This is a grown-ass man’s league, and this is a grown man’s game. And if guys don’t understand that and this isn’t the right thing for them, it is what it is.”
More details on Wisconsin Badgers’ new WR
Crowdus has one year of playing eligibility left.
He impressed for the Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors last season after not playing in 2023. He had caught 16 passes for a total of 402 yards. By average, he records 25.1 yards per catch.
He also had four touch downs from catches in 2024. He was third in Hawaii in catches and receiving yards.
Crowdus will join a team that already has nine wide receivers.
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The team currently has Joseph Griffin Jr., Eugene Hilton Jr., Tyrell Henry, Vinny Anthony II, Langdon Nordgaard, Kam Fane, Kyan Berry-Johnson, and Davion Thomas-Kumpula, and Chris Books Jr. in the line-up.
Mark Hamper left the team last month and will play now for the California Golden Bears. The other WR who left is Quincy Burroughs although it remains to be determined.
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