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Wisconsin Badgers land commitment from tight end recruit rated four-stars by ESPN

Luke Fickell and the Wisconsin Badgers reeled in another tight end from the state of Washington.
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Wisconsin tight ends coach Nate Letton is shown during practice Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis.Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin tight ends coach Nate Letton is shown during practice Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis.Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Mark Hoffman / USA TODAY NETWORK

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Luke Fickell and the Wisconsin Badgers reeled in another tight end from the state of Washington.

Jack Sievers, who plays for Everett Archbishop Murphy, announced Monday his commitment to the Badgers.

ESPN evaluates Sievers the highest as a four-star recruit and No. 14 tight end in the 2026 class. On3, 247 and Rivals currently see him as a mid-to-high three-star recruit.

He took an unofficial visit to Wisconsin in early April and returned for an official visit this past weekend.

Other contenders included Boise State, Minnesota and San Diego State, as he had previously announced official visits to those schools. He also tweeted Power Four offers from California and Oklahoma.

Speed at tight end

Sievers is listed at 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds on Hudl, but he doesn’t move like a rumbling, stumbling tight end. He ran an 11.08 100-meter dash on May 21, according to Athletic.net. 

On his junior Hudl highlights, Archbishop Murphy gave Sievers the ball on some running plays. He can also use his speed to create yards after catch and pull away from defenders at the high school level.

If he can keep his speed while adding to his frame, he could be an extremely versatile tight end within Jeff Grimes’ offense that likes to stress defenses down the field.

Another Washington tight end heads east

Sievers isn’t the first tight end from the state of Washington to commit to Wisconsin under coach Luke Fickell.

Junior Tucker Ashcraft, who put together a solid performance during 2025 spring practices, committed to the Badgers in December 2022 just weeks into Fickell’s time in Madison. 

The other Washington native who has committed to the Wisconsin football program in recent memory is offensive lineman Walker Williams (Tacoma Sound Christian Academy).

Williams played only 16 games in his Badgers career from 2012-15, according to the team’s profile.

Official visits paying off

Wisconsin came into the first weekend of official visits with seven commits for its 2026 class. They’ve now added four alone from the first group of recruits who took official visits from May 29-June 1.

Sievers' announcement is a nice bounce back for the program to continue its momentum that started this weekend.

The Badgers are now back at 10 commits for the 2026 class after projected outside linebacker Carmelow Reed flipped his verbal pledge to Mississippi less than an hour prior to Sievers' tweet.

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Jake Kocorowski
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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