Sources: Wisconsin QB Edwards out vs. Michigan

Wisconsin volition beryllium without starting backmost Billy Edwards Jr. and starting halfway Jake Renfro astatine Michigan connected Saturday, sources told ESPN.

Edwards has traveled with the team, but sources said helium volition not beryllium disposable against the No. 20 Wolverines connected Saturday. Edwards sprained his genu successful the opener against Miami University (Ohio) and came backmost to commencement the Maryland crippled connected Sept. 20. He near that crippled aft conscionable 1 series, and a timeline to instrumentality is uncertain.

Sophomore Danny O'Neil volition get his 3rd commencement of the twelvemonth for the Badgers nether center. He's thrown 5 touchdowns, 5 interceptions and completed 70.6 percent of his passes.

Renfro volition besides not beryllium disposable for the Badgers, and he's 1 of the seasoned linchpins of the violative line. Senior Davis Heinzen, a transportation from Central Michigan, volition commencement astatine halfway successful Renfro's place. He started for the Badgers successful Week 1 astatine near tackle.

Wisconsin (2-2) is connected a two-game losing streak, dropping games astatine Alabama and astatine location to Maryland.

Wisconsin is amid its 3rd consecutive play wherever it mislaid its starting backmost for important time.

All 3 of Luke Fickell's seasons successful Madison person been marred by backmost injuries, arsenic Tanner Mordecai got wounded successful crippled six of the 2023 season. The Badgers were 4-1 astatine the time, and Mordecai missed 3 afloat games arsenic Wisconsin went 7-6.

Last year, Wisconsin starter Tyler Van Dyke tore his ACL successful the 3rd crippled and missed the remainder of the season. Wisconsin finished 5-7 aft losing the last 5 games of the year.

The wounded bug spot the Badgers aboriginal successful the opening triumph against Miami University, erstwhile Edwards injured his genu successful the archetypal half. The wounded was diagnosed arsenic a sprain and the archetypal diagnosis was viewed arsenic a positive, arsenic the non-contact wounded appeared it could beryllium much serious.