Jake Chaney (Lehigh Acres, Fla.) was just seeing his recruitment begin to take off. An under the radar prospect as a junior, Chaney racked up 10 scholarship offers during the off-season, including one from the University of Wisconsin.

It turned out that was the one Chaney desired most.

Verbally committing to the Badgers Saturday night, Chaney made the decision to shut down his recruitment early and take his talents to Madison.

"I wanted to commit because I felt like it was a great program, great city, with great coaches, and great players, " Chaney told Badger247. "It's somewhere I wanted to be."

Chaney chose the Badgers over offers from Michigan, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Indiana, and more.

Prior to the coronavirus outbreak that forced the NCAA to postpone all in-person recruiting until mid-April, Chaney was set to unofficially visit Wisconsin later this month as well as a number of other programs in the Midwest. Rather than wait until he could use his official visits this summer, Chaney didn't want to leave open the possibility for another prospect to steal his spot.

"I didn't want to miss out on Wisconsin," he said. "I wanted to make sure I committed as fast I could. I thought about it, prayed about, visited other schools, but I wanted to be a Badger."

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Chaney spoke with defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard about his decision.

"He was excited," said Chaney. "He really wants me up there. He felt like I fit the scheme and he was happy about the commitment. He said I'm very fast and physical and I'll fit in perfectly."

Chaney did visit Wisconsin unofficially for the regular season finale against Purdue last season. While most prospects come away raving about the game day environment at Camp Randall, Chaney was drawn to something different.

"The way they carried themselves, I feel like it's a great-run program," he said. "It's just a perfect fit."

Chaney was the District 7A Player of the Year in the state of Florida last season. As a junior, Chaney racked up 100 tackles, 10.0 for loss, and 2.0 sacks.

Chaney's father and head coach is former Florida State defensive tackle James Chaney.

"He believes I can do it there," Chaney explained. "He says it's a good fit. He's happy with my decision. He supported me on it."

Wisconsin now has nine commitments in their 2021 recruiting class, a group that ranks top 10 nationally in the 247sports composite team recruiting rankings.

Chaney was also receiving interest from Florida State and South Carolina. He also recently made visits to Miami (FL) and Florida. However, the nation's No. 33 ranked inside linebacker says his recruitment is over.

"This is it," he said. "I'm all-in on Wisconsin."