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Wisconsin Badgers cornerback in transfer portal leaves for Sun Belt school

Another former University of Wisconsin cornerback has found a new home at the FBS level. Here's who this former three-star recruit will suit up for going forward.
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Wisconsin cornerbacks coach Paul Haynes is shown during spring football practice Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in Madison, Wisconsin. Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin cornerbacks coach Paul Haynes is shown during spring football practice Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in Madison, Wisconsin. Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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Another former Wisconsin Badgers cornerback has found a new home outside of the Big Ten in the transfer portal.

Jay Harper, who redshirted during his first year at Wisconsin, announced Friday his commitment to Louisiana-Monroe. The Warhawks play in the Sun Belt Conference.

Harper was a consensus three-star recruit out of Valley High School in Alabama. He committed to Wisconsin in June 2023 and signed during the 2024 early signing period.

He had tweeted Power Four offers as a high school recruit from such notable schools as Georgia Tech, Louisville, Mississippi State, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas A&M (which was then led by former coach Jimbo Fisher).

Harper started spring practices as part of the Wisconsin programbefore On3 first reported his entrance in the transfer portal April 23. He may have the opportunity to travel back to Big Ten country, if he becomes a contributor for Louisiana-Monroe, when the Warhawks travel to Evanston to face Northwestern for an Oct. 4 contest.

Wisconsin hasn't yet added a cornerback to its room during the spring transfer portal window but welcomed two experienced players to assistant Paul Haynes' group during the winter in Geimere Latimer II (Jacksonville State) and D'Yoni Hill (Marshall/Miami).

Redshirt freshman Omillio Agard, who was part of a three-cornerback 2024 class that included Harper and Xavier Lucas (now at Miami), received second-team reps during the spring.

Freshman cornerbacks Jaimier Scott and Cairo Skanes also flashed during their spring ball in the program.

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JAKE KOCOROWSKI

Jake Kocorowski has covered the Wisconsin football program since the 2013 season for a few outlets, most recently at the Wisconsin State Journal/BadgerExtra. He wrote, directed and edited BadgerExtra’s “Rags to Roses” series about the 1993 Wisconsin football team that won second place in the 2023 APSE Division C Project category.

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