The future of Wisconsin football may depend on a true freshman quarterback who came in as Wisconsin's prized recruit from the 2025 recruiting class. Former 4-star quarterback Carter Smith, out of Fort Myers, Florida, has the attention of Badger fans everywhere as he may be the heir apparent to fifth-year senior Billy Edwards Jr. However, quarterbacks coach Kenny Guiton said he came to Wisconsin with the wrong mentality.
Smith came assuming he was going to spend the year red-shirtting, and Guiton didn't like that. He called him out for his lack of urgency, basically telling him, if you're the future, you need to prove it now.