Ole Miss soccer endured a pivotal school soccer recruiting loss to finish Might. Zion Legree left Oxford and Lane Kiffin to reopen his recruiting course of. Wisconsin has now swooped him up.
Legree formally introduced his choice to affix the Badgers, with Hayes Fawcett of On3 confirming the transfer Sunday night. The Badgers achieve a flexible 6-foot-1, 200-pound two-way menace.
The speedster landed 22 whole presents together with from Ole Miss. Nationwide title recreation runner-up Notre Dame additionally supplied him. In the meantime, in-state powers Miami and Central Florida tried pursuing him by way of its scholarship presents.
Legree, although, dedicated throughout his official go to to the Madison campus. He additionally shared to Evan Flood of 247Sports that Badgers vast receivers coach Jordan Reid saved in contact with him even when he verbally dedicated to Ole Miss.
How Ole Miss appears recruiting smart in comparison with Wisconsin
Kiffin has put collectively a powerful 2026 class regardless of dropping Legree. 4-star Corey Barber is one future Rebels vast receiver, who turned down Southeastern Convention rivals Alabama and Georgia. Damarius Yates and Izayia Williams are two extra four-stars heading to Oxford.
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Ole Miss has eight verbal commits whole. Two hail from inside the state in Yates and three-star cornerback Braylen Williams.
The Rebels sit at No. 47 general within the nationwide recruiting rankings. Wisconsin, in the meantime, holds no four-star commits for its ’26 class.
Nevertheless, the Badgers rank a lot larger than the SEC powerhouse. Wisconsin sits at thirty third general throughout the nation. The Badgers maintain 13 whole verbal commitments.
Security Zachary Taylor is the best ranked Badgers pledge. The three-star even turned a current commit — selecting Wisconsin on Friday. However he is not the largest get for head coach Luke Fickell and his teaching workers.
Wisconsin scored a uncommon west coast win and from a nationwide prep powerhouse. The Badgers landed quarterback Ryan Hopkins in April. Hopkins transferred over from JSerra Catholic to the Monarchs. He turned down Missouri, Duke, Kentucky even Wisconsin’s Massive Ten rival Michigan State for the Badgers. Now Hopkins positive aspects a quick future WR in Legree — who can even line up at cornerback.