Wisconsin football lands Oklahoma State transfer WR Shamar Rigby
Former Oklahoma State wide receiver Shamar Rigby has committed to the Wisconsin Badgers out of the transfer portal.
The Wisconsin football program has added its first wide receiver from the transfer portal this cycle, taking an important step toward rebuilding a position group that needed answers in a hurry.
That addition comes in the form of Shamar Rigby, who announced his commitment to the Badgers after transferring from Oklahoma State. Rigby gives Wisconsin a battle-tested receiver with Power Four experience and two years of eligibility left at a time when the receiver room needs help.
“Let’s work!🦡” Rigby wrote.
Rigby joins the program after one season with the Cowboys, where he carved out a role in a crowded offense. In 2025, the 6-foot-3, 190-pound receiver appeared in 12 games and finished with 25 receptions for 351 yards and a touchdown. He began his college career at Purdue, where he caught 11 passes for 113 yards across 327 offensive snaps.
Between his time with the Boilermakers and Oklahoma State, Rigby has totaled 36 receptions for 464 yards and a score, functioning as an outside receiver.
According to Pro Football Focus, Rigby logged 467 offensive snaps this past season at Oklahoma State and finished with a 63.8 overall offensive grade. He earned a 63.2 grade as a receiver and a 64.1 grade as a run blocker, an important note given the way Wisconsin asks its wideouts to contribute in the run game. His usage also leaned vertical, posting a 14.3 average depth of target, and he did not record a single drop on the year.
That profile matters.
Rigby is a receiver who can help stretch the field, win matchups on the boundary, and hold up physically in the run game. He isn’t a volume-driven pass-catching option, but he brings size, length, and reliability in contested situations, traits Wisconsin has been missing on the perimeter.
A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, Rigby was a composite three-star recruit out of Clearwater Central Catholic. He also held scholarship offers from Indiana, Minnesota, South Florida, Nebraska, Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, Duke, Iowa State, and Cincinnati coming out of high school.
The timing of the commitment is notable. Wisconsin entered the offseason facing significant turnover at wide receiver, with Trech Kekahuna and Eugene Hilton Jr. entering the transfer portal, and Rigby became the first addition to the room. At the moment, senior Chris Brooks Jr. stands as the lone returning scholarship wideout with meaningful experience in the Badgers’ offense, underscoring just how much work remains left for position coach Jordan Reid and the offensive staff.
That makes Rigby’s addition about more than just depth.
Under offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes, Wisconsin wants to establish the run first, then punish defenses vertically off play-action. Rigby’s size, downfield usage, and willingness to block fit cleanly into that vision. He gives the Badgers a functional outside option with some upside who can step in and compete for snaps while the rest of the room takes shape.
This isn’t the final move at wide receiver, but it’s an important one. Wisconsin needed a stable, experienced body to contribute in a thin room, and Rigby provides exactly that. As the portal cycle continues, he represents the first building block in what will likely be a larger overhaul of the passing game, which ranked 132nd nationally through the air.
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