One of the biggest high-profile moves of the offseason was the acquisition of the quarterback Colton Joseph from Old Dominion to the Wisconsin Badgers.
According to the NIL Standard, Joseph was valued at a whopping $2.27 million.
Joseph was ranked as the nation’s No. 21 overall quarterback who had just played a pivotal part in the Monarchs’ 10-3 record, leaving with 5,905 all-purpose yards across 21 games in the Sun Belt.
While expectations were high for the four-star transfer, his time at Wisconsin has been underwhelming.
In eight games this season, Joseph has gone for 1,346 yards through the air, to go along with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions. On the ground, Joseph added 371 yards and four more touchdowns, with seven fumbles and just one lost.
While there have been highs in games against Penn State and Michigan State, where he went for 560 total yards, seven touchdowns and three interceptions. His last three starts at the helm tallied a combined 214 yards through the air, 109 yards on the ground and two total touchdowns.
Those are simply unsustainable numbers for any conference of college football; nonetheless, the Big Ten. Since his last snap in a 30-0 shutout loss against Iowa, freshman Ryan Hopkins has been moved to QB1, where he threw for 241 yards and three touchdowns.
Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion.
This article originally appeared on Badgers Wire: Did Wisconsin football make a $2 million mistake on Colton Joseph?
