Wisconsin's pièce de résistance in 2027 is still committed...for now.
Williams, a consensus top-170 player in the entire country and a consensus top-12 safety , picked the Badgers over LSU and Nebraska, giving Wisconsin its highest-rated player in the cycle.
The Badgers went all in on the tall, lanky and supremely talented defensive back from Florida, and managed to earn his commitment before he took his officials to Baton Rouge and Lincoln. However, some concern began to arise over Williams' commitment almost immediately. Just a week after pledging to the Badgers, the defensive back returned to Tallahassee to camp with Florida State:That portion of the interview, which unsurprisingly made its way into the article's headline, ommitted a key detail, however.
The first part of Williams' response was as follows: "Well, as of right now, my recruitment is shut down.
" Williams then proceeded to double-down on that notion, responding to a Florida State fan on X who replied to him "At least the door isn't closed on Florida State" with a graphic of him in the Cardinal and White with text that reads "Recruitment shut down. "Things can change of course, and we have a long way to go until national signing day for the 2027 cycle.
As we saw last fall, classes can fall apart even amongst the strongest commits as poor on-field performance can change everything. Florida State Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell. | Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images There's all sorts of reasons Williams would've returned to Tallahassee after pledging to Wisconsin, most of which shouldn't concern Badgers fans in the slightest.
First of all, it was an elite camp with plenty of blue-chip prospects — you can only keep a competitor off the field for so long. What's more, even if Williams is fully committed to Wisconsin and not thinking about any other schools, the idea of not wanting to "close that door" makes sense in a world where the transfer portal is so prevelant.
Williams may be fully committed to coming to Madison out of high school, but what if he needs to hit the portal at some point? What if there's a regime change at Wisconsin? He may not have phrased it in the way Badger fans want to hear, but the star defensive back is right to not burn bridges with other college programs/coaches, even if he's completely committed to the Badgers.
Badgers ON SI lead editor Seamus Rohrer hails from Brooklyn, NY and is a University of Wisconsin J-School grad. He's covered the Badgers since 2020 for outlets including BadgerBlitz, The Daily Cardinal and BadgerNotes.
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