It’s a tale that’s been told before, where an in-state player foregoes a scholarship opportunity to take a chance as a walk-on for the Wisconsin Badgers.
Grantsburg, Wis., running back/linebacker John Chenal first committed to North Dakota earlier this year, feeling that it might be his shot to play at a Division I program. Then a preferred walk-on offer surfaced on the weekend Wisconsin played Florida Atlantic—the same weekend his younger brother, class of 2019 recruit Leo, received a scholarship opportunity.
With Wisconsin his dream school and his brother verbally committed to it, Chenal decided to become the second preferred walk-on commitment for the Badgers’ class of 2018 on Sept.