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Mailbag: What should Wisconsin football expect from Colton Joseph in 2026?

Colton Joseph brings a dynamic skill set to Wisconsin football. Here’s what the Badgers can realistically expect from him in 2026.

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Dillon Graff
Aug 20, 2026
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Wisconsin quarterback Colton Joseph drops back to pass during practice inside the Kellner Family Athletic Center.
Wisconsin quarterback Colton Joseph drops back to pass during practice inside the Kellner Family Athletic Center. Photo credit: Dane Sheehan.

The quarterback position has been one of the biggest sources of frustration for the Wisconsin football program during Luke Fickell’s tenure, and some of that has simply been terrible luck.

The quarterback who opened the season as Wisconsin’s starter has finished just 11 of 37 games over the past three years, including only two of the last 24. Billy Edwards Jr. suffered a knee injury in the season opener, setting off a revolving door that eventually saw four quarterbacks take snaps as the Badgers finished 134th nationally in scoring offense at 12.8 points per game and 135th in total offense at 253.1 yards per game.

Now, the Badgers are turning the offense over to Old Dominon transfer Colton Joseph, a quarterback whose athleticism gives Wisconsin a dimension it has lacked at the position in a long time.

So what should fans realistically expect?

Q: What should Wisconsin realistically expect from Colton Joseph this season? What’s his ceiling if everything clicks, and how low is the floor if it doesn’t?

-FourthAndBucky

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