Wisconsin Basketball Is Finalist to Land Four-Star Class of 2025 PF EJ Walker

EJ Walker, the target of Wisconsin’s top class of 2025, announced his top four schools in a social media post on Monday.

Walker, who received offers from 27 schools, including California, Tennessee, Illinois and Iowa, named Purdue, Ohio State, Wisconsin and South Carolina as the top four schools.

The 6’8″ forward from Kentucky also disclosed that he will announce his collegiate commitment on Friday, May 24, at 6pm Eastern, 5pm Central, live from his school’s gym.

247Sports currently has the four-star power forward as the No. 30 offensive lineman in the 2025 class, the No. 2 player in Kentucky and the No. 146 overall recruit in the class.

Wisconsin extended its offer to Walker in May 2023, and he took an official visit to Madison the weekend of April 28. The Erlanger, Kentucky native also made two unofficial trips to UW in June and November 2023.

Wisconsin doesn’t have the depth needed to excel in the Big Ten after seeing Tyler Wahl (graduation) and Gus Yalden (transfer portal) depart after the 2023-24 season. The program transferred land to PF Xavier Amos, but is still looking for more help in the position.

Walker would not be an instant solution to this problem in 2024-25. But he could be a huge piece in Madison’s frontcourt rotation for years to come.

Greg Gard’s Class of 2025 currently ranks 15th in the country with just one commitment: three-star SG Zach Kinziger.

The story originally appeared on Badgers Wire