ESPN ranks Billy Edwards and Wisconsin Badgers outside of Top 75 QB situations in college football

Tier 15b: We used to be somebody: established starter edition

James Madison (Matthew Sluka, Camden Coleman)
Liberty (Ethan Vasko, Ryan Burger)
Purdue (Ryan Browne, Bennett Meredith, Evans Chuba, Malachi Singleton)
Tulane (Kadin Semonza, Brendan Sullivan)
UNLV (Anthony Colandrea, Alex Orji)
Washington State (Zevi Eckhaus, Ajani Sheppard, Jaxon Potter)
Wisconsin (Billy Edwards Jr., Danny O'Neil)

Hale pointed out how much Edwards struggled during the second half of last season for Maryland, noting that he was the only starting Power 4 QB not to throw a touchdown on third or fourth down last year.

He started out the season strong, though, and Luke Fickell is hoping to get that version of Edwards to lift his Wisconsin offense.

It feels a little insulting to have the Badgers' quarterback situation ranked next to a 1-11 Boilermakers team and a bunch of Group of 5 programs.

81 other teams are ranked ahead of the teams in UW's tier.

Edwards evidently isn't going to get any benefit of the doubt this season, and he's going to have to earn respect with his performances on the field.

Wisconsin is counting on it.

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