Billy Edwards Jr.: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights

College Football News / Wisconsin Badgers on SI / August 16

How Billy Edwards Jr.’s preparation is opening up Wisconsin football’s offense for Jeff Grimes

It didn't take a lot of film study to know that the University of Wisconsin football program needed a reset on offense. The Badgers stumbled their way through two straight seasons of scoring futility under Phil Longo, averaging just 22.5 points per game in 2023 and 22.6 last fall, the program’s worst back-to-back stretch since the 1990s.

Wisconsin Badgers News / WI Sports Heroics / August 13

Wisconsin Badgers: QB Room Expected to Take Major Steps Forward After Lackluster 2024

After struggling with production out of the quarterback room, the Wisconsin Badgers added three seasoned veterans to the room to improve. Transfers Billy Edwards Jr., Danny O’Neil, and Hunter Simmons have played in 48 games combined along with a handful of starts.

College Football News / Wisconsin Badgers on SI / August 7

Wisconsin Football: How Billy Edwards Jr.'s best trait can neutralize aggressive defenses

Blitz Billy Edwards Jr. at your own risk. The Wisconsin Badgers' transfer quarterback has shown the ability to make life difficult for opposing defenses that want to get aggressive with their play-calling.

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College Football News / Wisconsin Badgers on SI / July 27

What Billy Edwards Jr. has to do to be a Top 10 QB in the Big Ten this season

As various college football outlets rank the top quarterbacks in the Big Ten for this upcoming season, Wisconsin Badgers transfer Billy Edwards Jr. consistently ranks outside of the Top 10.

College Football News / Wisconsin Badgers on SI / July 23

Billy Edwards Jr.'s last head coach lost his locker room before QB left for Wisconsin

It's becoming more and more clear why Billy Edwards Jr. wanted to get out of Maryland and transfer to the Wisconsin Badgers. The redshirt senior quarterback had a tough finish to the season with the Terrapins, but head coach Mike Locksley admitted things were even worse behind the scenes.

College Football News / Wisconsin Badgers on SI / July 17

The Athletic ranks Billy Edwards Jr. neck-and-neck with Big Ten QBs at USC, Michigan among others

The Wisconsin Badgers are hoping Billy Edwards Jr. has more success with the team than their previous two transfer quarterbacks. After an up-and-down season

College Football News / Wisconsin Badgers on SI / July 11

Ex-Penn State 4-star QB wanted to transfer to Wisconsin until Badgers added Billy Edwards Jr.

If the Wisconsin Badgers hadn't landed Billy Edwards Jr. from Maryland in the transfer portal, they might have gotten a four-star Penn State quarterback instead.

Maryland Terrapins News / Maryland Terrapins on SI / June 18

Inside the 'no brainer' move by Billy Edwards Jr. leaving Maryland for Wisconsin

In his first, and only, season as the Maryland football starting QB, Billy Edwards Jr. had mixed results. After sitting behind Maryland great Taulia Tagovailoa for two seasons, Edwards Jr.

College Football News / Wisconsin Badgers on SI / June 4

Wisconsin Badgers transfer Billy Edwards Jr. among PFF's highest-graded returning Big Ten quarterbacks

Wisconsin Badgers' transfer quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. was a bit of a castoff from the Maryland Terrapins last season. But their loss looks to be Luke Fickell's gain with one of the top returning QBs in the Big Ten this season.

Maryland Terrapins News / Maryland Terrapins on SI / June 3

CBS Sports names Maryland football's most impactful transfer for 2025 season

Maryland football will look much different up front in 2025. The Terrapins, who struggled protecting Billy Edwards Jr. in 2024, lost eight offensive linemen to the transfer portal.

College Football News / Athlon Sports / December 19

Wisconsin Offers 'All the Right Tools' for Transfer QB Billy Edwards Jr.

When Billy Edwards Jr. decided to enter the transfer portal, he sought more than just a new team—he wanted an opportunity to succeed. That opportunity, in his eyes, lay with the Wisconsin football program.

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College Football News / Michigan Wolverines on SI / December 17

Report: One portal QB to keep an eye on for Michigan Football

It appeared Michigan was bound to reel in former Maryland quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. from the transfer portal. He lined up a visit to Ann Arbor and was predicted by a few experts to land with the Wolverines -- until he didn't.

College Football News / Bucky's 5th Quarter / December 16

Badgers land commitment from Maryland transfer QB Billy Edwards Jr.

The Badgers have their veteran quarterback. The Wisconsin Badgers have their veteran quarterback, as Maryland Terrapins transfer Billy Edwards Jr. announced his commitment to the program on Monday.

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College Football News / Yardbarker / December 16

Wisconsin lands two starting QBs via transfer portal

Fickell and his staff had to move quickly to restock Wisconsin's shelves at quarterback, and the Badgers have brought in two veteran quarterbacks in one day to try to turn this thing around for the faithful at Camp Randall.

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