It's finally official. Russell Wilson will spend his last year of eligibility with another school. Wilson's decision to play for the Wisconsin Badgers went public on Monday, ending the two month recruiting battle with the Auburn Tigers and South Carolina Gamecocks. The Badgers, who are 22-5 in their past two seasons, welcome Wilson's abilities with open arms. Their starter for those past two seasons, Scott Tolzien, has only averaged 151 yards of passing. Russell has averaged 263 yards a game during that span.
Needless to say, coach Bret Bielema and the Badgers are thrilled Tom O'Brien released his dynamic play caller in April. Adding Wilson to their already potent running attack should easily make them contenders in the "Big Ten" once again and for another BSC Bowl bid. (Not really sure why they keep calling themselves that? Same with the Big 12. The Big 10 is actually the Big 12 now and the Big 12 is actually the Big 10 but hasn't changed their name yet to the Big 10 because the Big 10 doesn't want to switch to the Big 12.) They'll be returning their two headed rushing monster, 1,000 yards a piece, of Clay and White in addition to their always stingy defense.
Wilson is no NFL standout. The NFL scouts at Wisconsin football games will have at least five other guys they are more interested in, but that isn't why Wilson came back for his last year of eligibility. He loves the game. By playing football this season he'll have to return a significant portion of this $250K signing bonus and possibly risk his entire MLB career. His development has struggled during his time with the Single A Asheville Tourists and cutting his season short won't fix his shortcomings. Maybe he'll take a tryout as a wideout in the NFL or even "take his talents to Canada." Either way, I'm just glad he's still in red.
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