The Wisconsin Badgers have been quite active in the transfer portal, and may have added two potential starters from the same school.
Wisconsin landed Oklahoma State Cowboys transfer cornerback Eric Fletcher
on Saturday, marking their first addition at the position in this cycle. The Badgers are quite bare at cornerback, losing their top three players from a season ago as Ricardo Hallman and D’Yoni Hill are out of eligibility, while Geimere Latimer entered the transfer portal.
Behind them, it was a very inexperienced group last year, with redshirt freshman Omillio Agard and true freshman Cairo Skanes on the two-deep. The Badgers also have 2025 freshmen Jahmare Washington and Jai’mier Scott, and incoming freshmen Carsen Eloms and Donovan Dunmore in the room next year.
At the moment, Fletcher likely projects as a starter opposite Agard, although there’s still quite a bit of time left in the transfer portal for Wisconsin to make moves. A nickel cornerback is likely, and Wisconsin could add one more after that to an extremely young room.
Fletcher fits the mold of the younger group, being a redshirt freshman in 2025. He’s a converted wide receiver who primarily played on offense coming out of High School with some good athleticism, which Wisconsin has been coveting at cornerback.
Starting his career at East Carolina, Fletcher transferred to Oklahoma State after redshirting and saw action in all 12 games, recording 11 tackles, three pass breakups, and 1.5 tackles for loss.
Fletcher wasn’t the only Oklahoma State transfer to join the team via the portal. Oklahoma State transfer wide receiver Shamar Rigby also committed to the Badgers this weekend, announcing his pledge on Sunday.
Rigby, a sophomore in 2025, enjoyed a breakout season, catching 25 passes for 351 yards and a touchdown as Oklahoma State’s No. 3 wide receiver. Standing 6’3, 190 pounds, Rigby definitely has some untapped potential, but he moves well for his size and possesses the frame Wisconsin covets for one of its outside receivers.
He was Oklahoma State’s top downfield threat last year and has two years of eligibility left, while Fletcher has three.
Like Fletcher, Rigby is moving to his third school after starting his career at Purdue in 2024. There, he played in all 12 games, making six starts, and had 11 catches for 113 yards as a freshman.
Both are currently projected to be potential starters. Rigby joins a wide receiver room that is losing seven of its nine scholarship players from a season ago. Only Chris Brooks Jr. and Tyrell Henry are currently expected to return to Wisconsin from last year.
Wisconsin will likely add in both rooms, but is getting a pair of younger players with some upside to tap into.
