WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 2018 SPRING PROSPECTUS WISCONSIN FOOTBALL | 2018 SPRING PROSPECTUS 2018 WISCONSIN FOOTBALL Quick Facts University Facts Team History Loca on: Madison, Wis. First Year of Football: 1889 Popula on: 245,691 Record (Years): 697-490-53 (129) Founded: 1848 Big Ten Record (Years): 373-370-41 (122) Joined Big Ten: 1896 (charter member) Big Ten Championships (Last): 14 (2012) Enrollment: 43,338 All-Time Bowl Record: 15-14 Nickname: Badgers Na onal Championships: 1 (1942, Helms Founda on) Colors: Cardinal and White Consensus All-America Selec ons: 27 Chancellor: Rebecca M. Blank First Team All-Big Ten Selec ons: 236 Director of Athle cs: Barry Alvarez 2017 Overall Record: 13-1 Website: UWBadgers.com 2017 Big Ten Record/Finish: 9-0/1st (West) 2017 Bowl Game: Capital One Orange Bowl Team Facts (def. #11 Miami, 34-24) 2017 Final Ranking (AP/Coach/CFP): 7th/6th/6th Head Coach: Paul Chryst (Wisconsin, 1988), 4th season Assistant Coaches: Stadium Information Joe Rudolph (Off ensive Coordinator/OL) Name: Camp Randall Stadium Jim Leonhard (Defensive Coordinator/DBs) Capacity: 80,321 Bobby April III (Outside Linebackers) Surface: FieldTurf Bob Bostad (Inside Linebackers) Opened: 1917 Inoke Breckterfi eld (Defensive Line) Largest Crowd: 83,184 (vs. Iowa, 2005) Jon Budmayr (Quarterbacks) Record at Camp Randall: 356-194-23 (.641) Ted Gilmore (Off . Pass Game Coordinator/WRs) Chris Haering (Special Teams) Athletic Communications John Se le (Running Backs) Director of Athle c Communica ons Mickey Turner (Tight Ends) Brian Lucas Off ensive Forma on: Mul ple Cell Phone: 608-513-3987 Defensive Forma on: 3-4 Fax: 608-262-8184 Starters Returning: 13 Email: bml@athle cs.wisc.edu Off ense: 9 (QB Alex Hornibrook, RB Jonathan Twi er: @BrianLucasUW Taylor, WR Quintez Cephus WR A.J. Taylor, LT Michael Deiter, LG Jon Dietzen, Assistant Director of Athle c Communica ons C Tyler Biadasz, RG Beau Benzschawel, Brian Mason RT David Edwards) Cell Phone: 608-279-8659 Defense: 4 (NT Olive Sagapolu, ILB Ryan Fax: 608-262-8184 Connelly, ILB T.J. Edwards, SS D’Cota Dixon) Email: bm3@athle cs.wisc.edu Special Teams: 3 (FG Rafael Gaglianone, Twi er: @Brian_Mason KO Zach Hintze, P Anthony Lo ) Starters Lost: 9 Press Box Phone: 608-262-7766 Off ense: 2 (FB Aus n Ramesh, TE Troy Fumagalli) Defense: 7 (DE Alec James, DE Conor Sheehy, OLB Garret Dooley, OLB Leon Jacobs, CB Nick Social Media Nelson, CB Derrick Tindal, FS Natrell Jamerson) Twi er: @BadgerFootball Special Teams: 0 Instagram: @badgerfootball Le erwinners Returning: 44 Hashtags: #Badgers / #OnWisconsin Off ense: 23 Facebook: Facebook.com/WisconsinFootball Defense: 16 YouTube: YouTube.com/WisconsinBadgers Special Teams: 5 Snapchat: offi cialbadgers Le erwinners Lost: 13 Off ense: 3 Defense: 10 Special Teams: 0 1 WISCONSIN FOOTBALL | 2018 SPRING PROSPECTUS SPRING PRACTICE MEDIA SCHEDULE Day Date Practice Time Availability Tuesday March 13 8-10 a.m. Head coach Paul Chryst Wednesday March 14 11 a.m. Pro Day Thursday March 15 8-10 a.m. Assistant coaches Friday March 16 4:45-6:30 p.m. None Sunday March 18 11:20 a.m.-1:20 p.m. None Tuesday March 20 8-10 a.m. Offensive players Thursday March 22 8-10 a.m. Defensive players Tuesday April 3 8-10 a.m. Offensive players Thursday April 5 8-10 a.m. Defensive players Friday April 6 4:45-6:30 p.m. Head coach Paul Chryst Tuesday April 10 8-10 a.m. Offensive players Wednesday April 11 TBA Head coach Paul Chryst (Big Ten coaches teleconference) Thursday April 12 8-10 a.m. Defensive players Friday April 13 6-8 p.m. 2018 Wisconsin Football Spring Game (BTN) Tuesday April 17 8-10 a.m. Offensive players and assistant coaches Thursday April 19 8-10 a.m. Defensive players and assistant coaches Friday April 20 4:45-6:30 p.m. Head coach Paul Chryst With the exception of March 16 and 18, all practices are open to the media in their entirety. The first 30 minutes are open to still and video photographers. Media may submit a maximum of three interview requests per day. 2 WISCONSIN FOOTBALL | 2018 SPRING PROSPECTUS Orange Bowl MVP Alex Hornibrook is 20-3 as Wisconsin’s star ng quarterback. WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT WISCONSIN Coming off a record-setting 2017 season, Wisconsin TOUGH DEFENSE IS NOW A TRADITION... enters spring practice with plenty of reasons for optimism. Butkus Award runner-up T.J. Edwards returns for his Here’s a look at the Badgers heading into 2018: fourth year as a starter at inside linebacker for UW. In his previous 3 seasons, the Badgers have allowed THE OFFENSE SHOULD BE EXPLOSIVE... an average of just 14.4 points per game. Of UW’s 11 offensive starters in the Orange Bowl, UW’s other inside linebacker and leading tackler in 10 return for 2018. 2017, Ryan Connelly (88 stops), also returns. The Badgers return 100% of their offensive line The Badgers lose both starters at outside lineback- starts, 100% of their passing yards, 92.3% of their er in Garret Dooley and Leon Jacobs but return rushing yards and 72.4% of their receiving yards. Andrew Van Ginkel, who, in the final 2 games of Of the 18 players that started at least one game on 2017 against Ohio State and Miami, had two inter- offense last year, 15 return. ceptions and a fumble recovery. On the offensive line, UW returns 3 All-Americans First-team All-Big Ten safety D’Cota Dixon is back (RG Beau Benzschawel, LT Michael Deiter and RT for his third year as a starter. David Edwards) and a freshman All-American (C Tyler Biadasz). Those four started every game for All told, UW returns 6 players who started games on UW in 2017. defense last year and 3 of its top 4 tacklers. RB Jonathan Taylor is back after breaking Adrian UW returns 56.6% of its tackles, 53.4% of its TFLs Peterson’s FBS freshman rushing record (1,977 and 50% of its interceptions. yards) and finishing sixth in the Heisman Trophy Over the last 5 seasons, the Badgers rank No. voting. 2 nationally in scoring defense (16.1 ppg), total Taylor is 1 of 3 players returning from last year’s top defense (286.2 ypg), rushing defense (104.4 ypg) 10 in the Heisman voting. and pass efficiency defense (106.0). QB Alex Hornibrook, the MVP of the Orange Bowl, is 20-3 as a starter. His 25 TD passes last season SOMETHING SPECIAL... were second-most in school history, behind only UW returns its kicker, holder, long snapper, punter Russell Wilson’s 33 in 2011. and kickoff specialist from last year. The Badgers lose All-America TE Troy Fumagalli but Second-team All-Big Ten selection Rafael Gaglianone their top 4 wide receivers from last season were returns for his senior season. His .800 career field all freshmen or sophomores and combined for 100 goal percentage and 60 career made field goals are catches, 1,573 yards and 17 TD receptions. both second-best in school history. 3 WISCONSIN FOOTBALL | 2018 SPRING PROSPECTUS Junior Anthony Lotti is entering his third season as the Badgers’ punter. Over the past 2 seasons, P.J. Rosowski and Zach Hintze have combined to record touchbacks on 65.3% of their kickoffs. Both return in 2017. IN GOOD HANDS... Paul Chryst has led the Badgers to a 34-7 (.829) record over the last 3 years, the fifth-best mark in the country (behind only Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma). Named Big Ten Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons, Chryst owns a mark of 22-4 (.846) in conference play and has led the Badgers to consec- utive West Division titles. Chryst has led Wisconsin to 3 straight bowl wins, making him 1 of just 3 Power Five coaches in the country to do so (joining Alabama’s Nick Saban and Utah’s Kyle Whittingham). In his first year as a defensive coordinator, Broyles Award finalist Jim Leonhard led the No. 2 total defense and No. 3 scoring defense in the country. The Badgers gave up only 18 offensive touchdowns in 14 games. Butkus Award runner-up T.J. Edwards will be QUITE A RUN... a fourth-year starter at inside linebacker for UW. The Badgers won a school-record 13 games in 2017 and finished the season ranked No. 6 in the Coaches That spans 4 different head coaches (Barry Alvarez, poll and No. 7 in the AP poll. Bret Bielema, Gary Andersen and Paul Chryst). UW is 1 of just 6 Power Five conference schools to aver- Wisconsin has won at least 10 games in each of the age at least 10 wins over that span, joining Alabama last 4 seasons. Alabama, Ohio State and Clemson (154), Ohio State (153), Oklahoma (147), Georgia are the only other schools that can make that claim. (143) and USC (141). Wisconsin’s 5 appearances in the Big Ten Championship game since 2011 are the most of any A PIPELINE TO THE NFL... Power Five team in its respective conference. Last year there were 32 former Badgers on NFL The Badgers have won the Big Ten West Division opening-day rosters. 3 times in the 4 years of the current divisional setup. There are 6 former Badgers currently in the NFL UW has won 4 straight bowl games, beating Auburn who have been named to the Pro Bowl: (2015 Outback Bowl), USC (2015 Holiday Bowl), Travis Frederick, Melvin Gordon, Joe Schobert, Western Michigan (2017 Cotton Bowl) and Miami Joe Thomas, J.J.