Who’s Braedyn Locke? Wisconsin backup QB to imagine beginning duties with Tyler Van Dyke out for season

Although it is a tough scenario, Locke does have loads of expertise main the Badgers offense. 

He performed in 5 video games with three begins for Wisconsin final season. He bought his first actual collegiate expertise in opposition to Iowa when former quarterback Tanner Mordecai left with an harm of his personal. Although Locke struggled in opposition to the Hawkeyes, he bounced again every week later in his first profession begin in opposition to Illinois, throwing for 240 yards and two touchdowns on 21 completions. 

Locke additionally had a 243-yard efficiency in opposition to Indiana in November 2023 and within the course of grew to become Wisconsin’s first freshman quarterback to have two 240-yard passing video games in the identical season. Locke really pushed Van Dyke with a robust fall camp exhibiting, although he finally misplaced out to the Miami switch. 

Locke started his profession at Mississippi State, the place he signed with the Bulldogs in 2022 as a three-star prospect out of Rockwall (Texas) Excessive College. Locke, who threw for over 11,000 yards and unfold the ball to the likes of Jaxon Smith-Njigba at Rockwall, didn’t play in any video games at Mississippi State and entered the switch portal after redshirting. 

He was considered one of three quarterbacks to switch to Wisconsin forward of coach Luke Fickell’s first season with the Badgers, becoming a member of Mordecai (SMU) and Nick Evers (Oklahoma). Evers exited this system throughout the offseason and enrolled.