{"id":769076,"date":"2026-05-02T22:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/769076\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T22:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:07:24","slug":"wisconsin-football-badgers-land-commitment-from-top-juco-rb-in-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/769076\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Football: Badgers land commitment from top JUCO RB in nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Wisconsin Badgers made a splash in the transfer portal on Friday, landing the No. 1 JUCO running back in the country: Julius Pope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Pope, a 6\u20190, 195-pound running back, was considered the No. 1 JUCO running back and the No. 24 overall JUCO prospect, according to 247Sports, and comes to Wisconsin after a season at Northwest Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In 2025, Pope rushed for 729 yards and eight touchdowns on 6.1 yards per carry. He also caught 32 passes for 355 yards and three scores, showcasing some versatility in his game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The rising redshirt sophomore started his career with the Arkansas Razorbacks, being ranked a four-star recruit in the class of 2024. He\u2019s a linebacker-converted-running back, and carries three years of eligibility with him to Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Pope joins a pretty strong running back room, which currently includes Abu Sama III, Darrion Dupree, Nate Palmer, and Bryan Jackson for the 2026 season. Wisconsin remade the room this offseason, landing Sama, Jackson, and Palmer in the transfer portal this offseason. Now, they\u2019ve got five quality running backs in the room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Wisconsin beat out Kentucky, among others, in Pope\u2019s recruitment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wisconsin Badgers made a splash in the transfer portal on Friday, landing the No. 1 JUCO running&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":769077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68,88530,184697,1405],"class_list":{"0":"post-769076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-wisconsin-football","17":"tag-wisconsin-football-news","18":"tag-wisconsin-football-recruiting"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116507263001493170","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}