The Badgers class of 2025 LB commit has been named Wisconsin’s top senior linebacker

Wisconsin Class of 2025 linebacker Cooper Catalano was named the 2024 John Anderson Award recipient on Wednesday.

The award annually recognizes the most outstanding senior linebacker in Wisconsin. Catalano, who committed to the UW program nearly a year ago, was the obvious choice for the award.

The 6-foot-1, 200-pound player recorded 178 tackles, nine tackles for loss, three sacks, one fumble recovery, three forced fumbles and three interceptions for Germantown High School this season. Additionally, he became Wisconsin’s all-time leading tackler in late September after recording tackle No. 463 with the program.

He has since added over 100 more tackles to his total.

247Sports considers Catalano the No. 894 overall recruit, No. 92 linebacker and No. 7 recruit out of the state of Wisconsin for the class of 2025. He received offers from the likes of Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas and Michigan State before committing finally decided to join the Badgers.

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In addition to Catalano, two other linebackers in the 2025 class have committed to Wisconsin – four-star Mason Posa and three-star linebacker Samuel Lateju.

The award is named after John Anderson, a former Waukesha South star in the 1970s who became the Green Bay Packers’ all-time leading tackler before retiring in 1989.

The story originally appeared on Badgers Wire