The Wisconsin Badgers added to their 2025 class on Tuesday when three-star outside linebacker Samuel Lateju committed to the program, providing the team with its eighth commitment of the cycle.
Lateju, who stands 6’5, 230 pounds, attends the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, which is the same school that produced 2024 three-star safety Raphael Dunn.
To get more insight on Lateju as a player and a person, I spoke with his head coach, Napoleon Sykes, who provided a ton of key information on the outside linebacker and his recruitment.
Now, Lateju’s approach to his recruitment was different than Dunn’s last year, as the outside linebacker came from a different culture, having grown up in Nigeria, that allowed him to have a clean slate entering the process.