On Friday afternoon, the Wisconsin Badgers special teams unit received some good news on the recruiting trail. 2023 LS Keane Bessert (Fruita, Colo.) out of Fruita Monument High School announced that he’ll be joining the Badgers next season.
While this isn’t as exciting as getting, say, a highly ranked quarterback or EDGE rusher, a team like UW that needs to excel on the margins in order to be competitive with top-tier teams requires a long snapper that doesn’t make mistakes.
Bessert is rated as a 5-star (out of six) long snapper in the ‘23 class by Rubio Long Snapping and listed as the No.