Louisville QB transfer Deuce Adams commits to Wisconsin

Former Louisville QB Deuce Adams has committed to Wisconsin out of the NCAA transfer portal, per On3’s Hayes Fawcett. Adams also garnered interest from Michigan and James Madison.

Adams made six appearances for Louisville this season. His lone start of the season was in Louisville’s 38-6 loss to SMU. In the defeat, Adams completed 12-of-his-17 pass attempts for 94 yards. He didn’t throw a touchdown or an interception.

He also recorded 14 yards in the outing. In total, Adams notched 112 passing yards this season, while completing 71.4% of his pass attempts. Adams only appeared in one game during his true freshman season.

Deuce Adams played high school football at Vandegrift (TX), where he was a three-star prospect. He was the No. 586 overall player and No. 37 quarterback in the 2024 recruiting cycle, according to the Rivals Industry Rankings, which is a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four primary recruiting media services.

Adams will now transfer into a Wisconsin team that wasn’t able to have continuity under center in 2025. Four quarterbacks played games for the Badgers last season, including Billy Edwards who missed almost the whole season with an injury. Edwards was the initial starter, but after he went down in the season opener, Danny O’Neil came in and began splitting time with Hunter Simmons. Freshman Carter Smith worked his way into the lineup in November and finished the year with a couple touchdowns.

Wisconsin finished 2025 with a 4-8 record. After a 2-0 start, the Badgers lost lost six-straight games before splitting the final two games of the year.

Now, Adams will join Luke Fickell’s squad as he hopes to help lead Wisconsin to the forefront of the Big Ten Conference. However, the Badgers have missed the postseason in each of the last two years. That snapped a bowl streak that was more than two decades old.

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