Wisconsin quarterback Ryan Hopkins (10) throws on the sidelines during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Notre Dame Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf, File)
\n\nWisconsin quarterback Ryan Hopkins looks on from the sidelines during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Notre Dame Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf, File)
\n\nWisconsin head coach Luke Fickell looks on during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Notre Dame Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
\n\nMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Even though he was nearly 2,000 miles from where he’d grown up, Ryan Hopkins felt right at home as a quarterback prospect visiting Wisconsin.
\n\n“I felt the energy from the city,” said Hopkins, a former three-star recruit from Mater Dei in Santa Ana, California. “I felt the energy from the coaches.”
\n\nBut there was a complication that went beyond the distance factor. Hopkins had to deal with the dilemma facing just about every high school quarterback prospect since most Bowl Subdivision programs now overwhemingly rely on transfers at that position: About 65% of the FBS starting quarterbacks…
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