Madison - Bret Bielema secured his fourth in-state commitment Thursday. Travis Frederick, a 6-foot-5, 310-pound offensive lineman from Walworth Big Foot, has given the University of Wisconsin football program an oral commitment, Big Foot coach Rodney Wedig said. "He made up his mind this morning," Wedig said. "He was offered on Tuesday, then we went up there yesterday and met the staff and everybody and got the whole tour. We talked with the academic advisors and we were pretty impressed with it." The Badgers have four known in-state commitments. All of them are linemen: Middleton's Ryan Groy plays offense and Homestead's Shelby Harris and Waupun's Jordan Kohout play defense. Wedig said the Badgers project Frederick as an interior lineman. For Big Foot, he played at every spot on the line last season and earned first-team all-state recognition from the state coaches association - he was also honorable mention as a defensive lineman. Big Foot went 10-1 last season and reached the second round of the Division 4 playoffs. "When Coach Bielema and (offensive line) coach (Bob) Bostad were talking to him yesterday they were straightforward and said he's the type of Wisconsin lineman they're looking for - he's strong, a great run blocker. "He probably wouldn't have fit well with a spread-type offense where you're a little more in space so they plan to use him on the interior." Frederick, who carries a 4.1 grade-point average and ranks se ...
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