He finished 3-8 as the starter the past two years when he was called upon due to injuries to the top quarterbacks each season, Tanner Mordecai in 2023 and Tyler Van Dyke in 2024. Van Dyke also announced this week he would transfer. Badgers fans again spoke out on social media after Locke's transfer news Wednesday. Not surprisingly, there were plenty pleased that Wisconsin would have a new QB in 2025, but there were also others more kind and wished the 21-year-old well as he continues his college career elsewhere. Wisconsin football fans on Braedyn Locke transfer news Mabrey Mettauer is next up for Wisconsin football at quarterback Braedyn Locke's brother Landyn has signed to Wisconsin football for Class of 2025