Badgers Land Miami Transfer QB Tyler Van Dyke

Wisconsin football has found its starting QB for 2024.

Wisconsin football has earned a commitment in the 30-day transfer window as Miami Hurricanes quarterback Tyler Van Dyke announced his pledge to the Badgers and head coach Luke Fickell on Tuesday afternoon. 

Van Dyke comes to Madison with 32 games worth of experience, 28 of which were starts. During his tenure with the Hurricanes, the redshirt junior amassed 7,469 passing yards, along with 54 touchdowns and 23 interceptions, maintaining a career completion rate of 63.7%. It’s also worth noting that Van Dyke has 11 career games with 300+ passing yards. 

According to Pro Football Focus, he has completed 61 BTT, which is a pass with excellent ball location and timing — generally thrown down the field and/or into a tight window while averaging 8.2 yards per attempt. 

The 6-foot-4, 215-pound quarterback entered the portal as a graduate transfer and will join the Wisconsin Badgers with one year of eligibility. 

Wisconsin Lands Miami Transfer QB Tyler Van Dyke.

For the second straight offseason, Luke Fickell and the University of Wisconsin football program have added an experienced signal-caller from the transfer portal to fortify its quarterback room.

Tyler Van Dyke broke onto the scene for Miami as a redshirt freshman in 2021, throwing for 2,931 yards with 25 touchdowns and six interceptions while averaging 9.0 yards per attempt. He also completed 25 big-time throws en route to ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year.

However, Van Dyke lost his offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee, heading into 2021, who left to take the head coaching job at SMU.

His stock took a hit as a redshirt sophomore, throwing for 1,844 yards with 10 touchdowns, 13 big-time throws, and five interceptions. Josh Gattis, the offensive coordinator brought in to replace Lashlee, was fired after one season with Miami.

Under his third offensive coordinator in as many years, the Connecticut native bounced back in 2023, amassing 2,703 yards with 19 touchdowns, 23 big-time throws, and 12 INTs.

The Wisconsin football team will now lean on Van Dyke to lead the Badgers offense in 2024 and provide young players like Braedyn Locke, Nick Evers, Cole LaCrue, and Mabrey Mettauer more time to develop.

Reasons to Be Optimistic About Van Dyke’s Fit With UW

Let’s cut to the chase; Tyler Van Dyke is the Wisconsin football program’s unquestioned starting quarterback entering 2024. 

Although Van Dyke isn’t the dual-threat option that many people were clamoring for to orchestrate Phil Longo’s spread offense, there’s a lot to like about what Van Dyke brings to the table.