MADISON, Wis. -- It's official: Badger fans will see No. 87 on the field for Wisconsin this season.

Friday afternoon, Quintez Cephus took to Twitter to announce that he had regained his eligibility for the season. Later, media members confirmed the news with UW officials.

God is good! So thankful to be eligible to play with my teammates! Thank you to everyone who helped get me to this point! #OnWisconsin pic.twitter.com/Qx81n9LZ4N — Quintez Cephus (@QoDeep_87) August 23, 2019

"God is good! So thankful to be eligible to play with my teammates! Thank you to everyone who helped get me to this point! #OnWisconsin," Cephus tweeted.

His announcement caps off a week of such news. On Monday morning, he learned that the University of Wisconsin and Chancellor Rebecca Blank were readmitting him to the school, effective immediately. Later that afternoon, the Wisconsin athletic department put out a statement announcing he would rejoin the football program. And by Wednesday, Cephus was back on the practice field with his teammates.

All that was left was for the NCAA to grant him game eligibility.

Cephus' last game action for the Badgers was back in 2017 during a 45-17 Wisconsin win over Indiana on Nov. 4. He suffered a leg injury that day that would ultimately sideline him for the remainder of the season. He wouldn't play the following year, 2018, after being charged with two counts of sexual assault before the season started.

But though he had been missing from the field for the Badgers, they never forgot what he was able to bring to it.

"I know what he did last time we played," head coach Paul Chryst said after practice this week. "He's gotta get back to playing, but I think he's a guy that can bring-- he's a really talented receiver, he's really good in the run game."

"But I think what he brings, there's an energy that he brings. You talk to any of our O-linemen, they love playing with him. I think there's another component that he adds."

Every step of the way, from receiving a not-guilty verdict at his trial earlier this month, to returning to Wisconsin, current and former Badgers have been nothing short of incredibly supportive of their no-longer-former teammate.

"Guys are extremely excited that he's back," Jonathan Taylor said this week. "We were supporting him throughout the whole deal that he was going through and now just to see his face smiling and flying around on the field, that's everything we wanted."

Following Friday's announcement, the responses were no different.

The Badgers kick off the 2019-20 season on Friday, Aug. 30 with an away matchup against South Florida in Tampa.