Luke Fickell and the Wisconsin Badgers coaching staff achieved a feat on the recruiting trail the football program has never done before.
In the latest update to the composite recruiting rankings, Badgers outside linebacker Thomas Heiberger from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, received a rating bump from a high three-star to a four-star prospect.
What makes that particular rating bump so significant is that it now takes the Wisconsin Badgers recruiting class, which finished No. 23 nationally, to a 50% blue-chip ratio among the commits.
Of the 22 players who put pen to paper with the Wisconsin football team on National Signing Day, 11 are now considered four-star recruits.