QUARTERBACKS BADGERS POSITION PROFILES There was a point in time where barring any unforeseen 2011 ROSTER INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS overcoming two shoulder injuries to the point where one No. Player Position HT WT Year PASSING G Comp Att Pct Yds TD Int Eff Yds/G improvement, redshirt sophomore Jon Budmayr was going would never realize his troubled past by watching him 11 Brennan, Joe QB 6-3 199 RS FR Russell Wilson 13 308 527 58.4 3563 28 14 127.5 274.1 to be the man under center for Wisconsin when the Badgers throw. Still, he was blunt after finishing his third spring 5 Budmayr, Jon QB 6-0 195 RS SO Jon Budmayr 3 8 10 80.0 134 1 0 225.6 44.7 open the 2011 regular season under the Camp Randall lights with Wisconsin, saying that while he’s grown mentally with 18 Stave, Joel QB 6-5 212 FR September 1 against Nevada-Las Vegas. RUSHING G Att Yds Avg TD Long Yds/G the playbook, he’s still nowhere close where he needs to be. 12 Tice, Nate QB 6-5 231 RS SR Wisconsin improved all right, about as much as any Russell Wilson 13 143 435 3.0 9 34 33.5 Behind Wilson and Budmayr, the Badgers will have 16 Wilson, Russell QB 5-11 201 SR college team did during the offseason. Nate Tice 2 1 17 17.0 1 17 8.5 redshirt freshman Joe Brennan and freshman Joel Stave. In three seasons as quarterback for North Carolina State, passes than Wilson, as his 76 touchdown passes is 26 more Jon Budmayr 3 2 1 0.5 0 3 0.3 Brennan, who threw 18 TDs his senior year for Camden Russell Wilson, the runner up for ACC Player of the Year in than Miami quarterback Jacory Harris. Catholic (NJ) High, has been progressing throughout his 2010, completed 57.8 percent of his passes for 8,545 yards. Wilson set an NCAA record for throwing 379 passes decision making with knowing when to throw the ball away two seasons, but still needs more time after interceptions and No quarterback in the ACC has thrown more touchdown over two years without an interception, was the school’s and when to take a risk.” inconsistency plagued him throughout spring, culminating third all-time leading passer, never lost to in-state rival There are questions, as well, like how is Wilson’s arm with a 3-of-17, 42-yard, one-interception spring game. North Carolina, was voted the team’s most valuable player going to be after throwing 40 times a game last season and Stave enrolled early so he could participate in spring last season and was the MVP after helping his team win the playing a whole summer of minor league baseball? How practices. Throwing for 5,094 yards and 41 touchdowns Champs Sports Bowl and get to nine wins for the first time quickly will he pick up Wisconsin’s pro-style offense after and added 12 rushing touchdowns in his Whitnall (Wis.) since 2002. And he’s coming to Wisconsin because he wanted playing with an offense that ran a lot of shotgun and one-back High career, Stave turned down a full scholarship offer from to play baseball? formations to take advantage of Wilson’s athleticism? Time Western Michigan to take a preferred walk-on opportunity at He was released from his N.C. State scholarship when will tell, but the Badgers have a quarterback with winning Wisconsin. head coach Tom O’Brien became frustrated with Wilson experience, something the other four quarterbacks on the Bielema called it, “a bonus for us there at the end in the dividing his commitments between football and baseball. roster don’t have. recruiting world,” as Wisconsin will pay for three years of O’Brien wanted his quarterback to participate in spring The starting job is Wilson’s to lose and with redshirt his tuition after Stave pays for the first two. Described as a football practice, but Wilson was busy participating in the junior Curt Phillips missing the season with another quarterback who uses his natural size (6-foot-5) to throw the Colorado Rockies’ spring training camp. After he spring ACL injury, that means Budmayr will be the back-up for ball well, accurately and on target, the spring was Stave’s first training, he joined the team’s minor league system and never the second year in a row. Budmayr has done a lot in his experience with a pro-style offense after playing in a spread went back to Raleigh, NC. young football career with his 6-foot frame, particularly formation the past four years. Deciding he wanted to play football this fall, Wilson vis- Ironically, he was ited Auburn May 24 and Wisconsin June 7-8. When Wilson the quarterback that RECORD BOOK got to Madison, he was welcomed to a lit up Camp Randall had the best spring Stadium and the Jumbotron playing a replay of Wisconsin’s game, completing EFFICIENCY, SEASON primetime win over No.1 Ohio State last October. Talk about 8-of-15 passes for Rank Player Year Rating a selling point. 77 yards and no 1 Scott Tolzien 2010 165.9 2 Darrell Bevell 1993 155.2 Wilson is a one-year rental for Wisconsin, and his abili- turnovers. 3 John Stocco 2005 150.5 ties will give Budmayr another year of seasoning. A college It’s not going 4 Jim Sorgi 2003 148.1 scout described Wilson as, “an accurate thrower that puts the to be easy to replace 5 John Stocco 2006 143.9 Russell Wilson exchanges one big letter for another. ball in the right spot, throws a good deep ball and has good Tolzien, who went EFFICIENCY, CAREER 21-5 as a starter and Rank Player Years Rating holds school records STATISTICAL TRENDS Wisconsin Opponent Def Avg Passing by Field Position 1 Scott Tolzien 2008-10 153.2 272 for career completion 2 Jim Sorgi 2000-03 141.2 260 G 10 20 30 40 50 10203040 G 11.3 3 John Stocco 2003-06 134.1 246 12.4 Mich hoto this page: Scott Boehm/Getty Images percentage at .681 SJSU 23 76 78 63 36 Att P 9.8 223 NW 12 57 56 47 30 Comp (min. 300 att.) and a 4 Darrell Bevell 1992-95 133.9 UNLV 9.7 Iowa Pur MSU 52.2 75.0 71.8 74.6 83.3 Pct career QB efficiency 5 Brooks Bollinger 1999-02 126.9 ASU 143 783 845 555 267 Yards Ind 159 Peay 230 6.2 10.3 10.8 8.8 7.4 Yds/Att rating of 153.2 (min. RECENT EFFICIENCY LEADERS 12.1 7.6 0 1 0 1 15 TD OSU 205 300 att.). With Wilson 197 Minn 201 2 0 3 0 1 Int Year Player Rating 9.9 191 7.9 13.4 8.7 87.0 165.9 155.1 153.8 277.6 Rating in the mix, however, 2010 Scott Tolzien 165.9 152 WI and Opp Def the Badgers might 2009 Scott Tolzien 143.0 9.5 130 TCU Avg Rating 2008 Dustin Sherer 120.7 127 plotted vertically. have found something 5.1 6.8 RED ZONE Bubble size 2007 Tyler Donovan 134.0 Passing by Game equals Yds/Att. just as good. #86 YPA #5 YPA #4 YPA #21 YPA #1 YPA Nat'l rank listed 2006 John Stocco 143.9 WI and Opp passing yards plotted vertically. Bubble size equals Yds/Att. #109 Rating #4 Rating #12 Rating #35 Rating #1 Rating beneath plot. —Benjamin Worgull Photo on previous page: Tom Hauck/Getty Images Photo: Scott Boehm/Getty Images Jon Budmayr will likely be the backup once again. MSP © 2011 MapleStreet Press LLc. All Rights Reserved. 6 | www.maplestreetpress.com Maple Street Press | 7 .