The big news in college football this week is that former NC State quarterback Russell Wilson signed with Wisconsin over Auburn and will be eligible to play this season for the Badgers. The first thing I thought when I heard the news was remembering back a few years with a quarterback named Danny Jones transferred from California Lutheran to UW-Whitewater and helped lead the Warhawks to the 2007 NCAA Division III national championship.
Maybe the Danny Jones story at nearby UW-Whitewater contributed to Bret Bielema’s decision to welcome Wilson to Madison.
Jones, a two-time all-conference selection in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and was one of the top quarterbacks on the West coast prior to making the decision to transfer to Whitewater.
Will Russell Wilson be able to lead the Wisconsin Badgers on a serious run for another Big Ten title and “in the mix” for a possible BCS National Championship.
Wilson brings great credentials to Madison. In his three seasons with the Wolfpack, He threw for 8,545 yards and 76 touchdowns with 26 interceptions.
In 13 games last season, Wilson completed 58.4 percent of his passes for 3,563 yards with 28 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. Wilson also rushed for 435 yards and nine touchdowns last season.
The 5-foot-11, 201-pound Wilson is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the fourth round of the Major League Draft last year. This season, Wlson was hitting .228 with three home runs and 15 RBIs as a second baseman for the Rockies’ Class A affiliate in Asheville, N.C.
The Rockies released Wilson earlier this month so that he could attend Graduate School at Wisconsin and a final year of football eligibility for the Badgers.
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