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2023 ALL-BIG TEN THIRD TEAM: Hunter Wohler, Wisconsin,...Wohler ranks second in the Big Ten with 113 tackles this season, the most for a Badger since LB Leo Chenal tallied 115 in 2021. Wohler's 113 tackles are the most for any Power 5 defensive backs in the country this season. Wohler is the first Big Ten defensive back to post 110+ tackles, multiple interceptions and a sack in the same season since 2010. He's one of two Badgers to do so since 1966 (Reggie Holt - 1991).

A Muskego, Wis., native, Wohler earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors after making 10 tackles and picking off two passes in Wisconsin's win over Georgia Southern on Sept. 16. Wohler also added a sack in the Badger victory. In Big Ten play, Wohler matched a career high with 13 tackles in Wisconsin's road win over Illinois on Oct. 21. Wohler also tallied double-digit tackles in games against Northwestern and Minnesota. - Wisconsin Football

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SS Hunter Wohler, Wisconsin
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11/28/23 - Braelon Allen, Jr/2024, Wisconsin, 6-1, 235 (DS#7 RB) + More +

Wisconsin running back Braelon Allen says he is bypassing his senior season to enter the NFL draft. Allen announced his plans Tuesday in a video he posted on social media. "It's always been my dream to play in the NFL," Allen said. "And I believe I'm ready to chase that next step." In the video, Allen didn't indicate whether he plans to play in Wisconsin's bowl game. Wisconsin (7-5) will be making its 22nd consecutive bowl appearance this season. Allen has rushed for 3,494 yards over the last three seasons and ranks ninth on Wisconsin's career rushing list. He has run for 35 touchdowns and has averaged 5.9 yards per carry.

He ran for 165 yards on 26 carries in a 28-14 victory at Minnesota on Saturday that marked the fifth time in his career that he has rushed for at least 150 yards. After rushing for 1,268 yards as a freshman and 1,242 yards as a sophomore, Allen has run for 984 yards on 181 carries this season despite dealing with an ankle injury that sidelined him for one entire game and limited him to three carries in another. Allen also had a career-high 28 catches this season. - AP College Football

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RB Braelon Allen, Wisconsin
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02/08/23 - Chase Wolf, rSr/2024, Wisconsin, 6-1, 195 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Quarterback Chase Wolf is no longer with the University of Wisconsin football program and will not return for a sixth season, according to a UW official. Wolf told reporters after helping the Badgers win the Guaranteed Rate Bowl that he was going to return this fall and pursue his master's degree. But after the program secured commitments from three transfer quarterbacks this offseason, Wolf's chances of playing under new coach Luke Fickell and in new offensive coordinator Phil Longo's system greatly diminished. Wolf played in 13 games for UW and made his first career start against Oklahoma State in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in December. He finishes his UW career with 292 passing yards, three touchdowns and five interceptions on 33-of-57 passing (57.9%). - Wisconsin State Journal

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QB Chase Wolf, Wisconsin
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02/04/23 - Tanner Mordecai, rSr/2024, Wisconsin, 6-2, 210 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Luke Fickell has seen up close his new quarterback on some of his worst days as a college passer. Tanner Mordecai, arguably the headliner of a 13-player transfer class for the University of Wisconsin football team, faced off against Fickell and his Cincinnati Bearcats teams each of the last two years in American Athletic Conference play. Mordecai and SMU couldn't quite crack Fickell and coordinator Mike Tressel's defense, falling 48-14 in 2021, then Mordecai suffered a concussion that forced him out of a 29-27 defeat last season.

Still, Fickell saw talent and moxie in Mordecai, who put up big numbers against pretty much every other opponent he faced with SMU. "I think we were very fortunate when we played him," Fickell said Thursday at an alumni event in Milwaukee, "so we'll harass him a little bit about that." Mordecai was one of three transfer quarterbacks to join the Badgers during the first portal window, along with Nick Evers (Oklahoma) and Braedyn Locke (Mississippi State). SMU was 14-10 with Mordecai under center, but offense was rarely the problem. The Mustangs averaged 37.2 points per game last season, good for 12th in the FBS, after scoring 38.4 points per game in 2021. He led a spread-out offense somewhat similar to the one he'll be asked to engineer under Fickell and new offensive coordinator Phil Longo. - Wisconsin State Journal

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QB Tanner Mordecai, Wisconsin
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01/21/23 - C.J. Goetz, rSr/2024, Wisconsin, 6-3, 240 (DS#27 OLB) + More +

Outside linebacker C.J. Goetz announced he plans to return to UW for a sixth season. Goetz, a graduate of Catholic Memorial High School, has started 14 games and played in 44 at UW. He finished third on the team in tackles (61) this past season. That total included two sacks and eight tackles for loss. - Journal Sentinel

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OLB C.J. Goetz, Wisconsin
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01/21/23 - Dean Engram, rSr/2024, Wisconsin, 5-09, 170 (DS#999 CB) + More +

Dean Engram, who contributed at cornerback, wide receiver and on punt returns, will not return to Wisconsin for the 2023 season. Engram, who redshirted in 2019 and has two seasons of eligibility remaining, announced Thursday he plans to transfer. Engram played in all 13 games this past season. He caught 13 passes for 152 yards and averaged 5.5 yards on 24 punt returns. - Journal Sentinel

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CB Dean Engram, Wisconsin
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01/15/23 - Bryson Green, rSr/2025, Wisconsin, 6-1, 211 (DS#121 WR) + More +

Wide receiver Bryson Green, who played two seasons at Oklahoma State, announced via social media that he committed to the University of Wisconsin. Green led the Cowboys in receiving touchdowns (five) while ranking second in receiving yards (584) and third in receptions (36) as a sophomore. The Allen, Texas, native caught 12 passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns as a freshman in 2021.

The Badgers return their top three receivers from last season - Skyler Bell, Chimere Dike and Keontez Lewis. Green joins Will Pauling and Quincy Burroughs (Cincinnati) and former four-star prospect C.J. Williams (Southern Cal) as transfers who have committed to the Badgers this week who play that position. - Wisconsin State Journal

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WR Bryson Green, Wisconsin
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01/12/23 - Nathanial Vakos, Sr/2026, Wisconsin, 6-1, 210 (DS#13 K) + More +

Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell and his staff have been busy during the last six weeks bolstering UW's roster. UW entered Tuesday having added a total of 26 players since the December signing period, a mix of high school recruits and transfers. Sixteen of those players are projected to start out on defense and 10 on offense. The Badgers added two more Tuesday: Quarterback Braedyn Locke, a transfer from Mississippi State, and Nathanial Vakos, a kicker from Ohio University, announced their commitments. Locke is the third quarterback UW has added via the transfer portal.

Vakos is from Avon, Ohio. He hit 19 of 22 field-goal attempts during the regular season, missed his lone attempt, from 56 yards; in the Mid-American Conference title game; and then made 3 of 4 attempts in a 30-27 overtime victory over Wyoming in the Arizona Bowl. In the bowl game, Vakos hit from 43 yards, missed from 53 and then hit from 45 and 45 yards. The second 45-yarder came with four seconds left and sent the game into overtime. - Journal Sentinel

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K Nathanial Vakos, Wisconsin
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01/11/23 - Jake Renfro, rSr/2026, Wisconsin, 6-3, 313 (DS#14 C) + More +

Former Cincinnati center Jake Renfro announced Sunday he plans to transfer to UW and former Michigan State defensive end/outside linebacker Jeff Pietrowski announced Monday he is coming as well. Renfro's announcement came two days after former Cincinnati tackle Joe Huber announced he is joining his former head coach in Madison.

Renfro, 6-foot-3 and 310 pounds, missed the 2022 season after suffering a knee injury. Renfro started 13 games in 2021 and was named a first-team, all-American Athletic Conference pick. He started six games as a freshman in 2020. UW lost center Joe Tippmann, who announced before the bowl game he was entering 2023 NFL draft. - Journal Sentinel

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C Jake Renfro, Wisconsin
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01/11/23 - Jeff Pietrowski Jr, rSr/2025, Wisconsin, 6-2, 243 (DS#999 OLB) + More +

The Badgers football program picked up another transfer commit, this time from a Big Ten foe. Jeff Pietrowski Jr., who played defensive end for Michigan State from 2020-22, announced Monday that he committed to the University of Wisconsin. The Spartans listed the Medina, Ohio, native at 6 foot 2 and 250 pounds last season, and he played in 23 career games for the Big Ten East program.

Pietrowski's best season for MSU came in 2021, when he participated in all 13 games and recorded 33 tackles. His seven tackles for loss ranked third on the team, and he tied for second with 5.5 sacks. His three forced fumbles that season tied for third in the Big Ten Conference with two other players. He played in only three games last season due to injury, recording six tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss and three quarterback hurries. - Wisconsin State Journal

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OLB Jeff Pietrowski Jr, Wisconsin
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01/08/23 - Joe Huber, rSr/2025, Wisconsin, 6-5, 310 (DS#24 OG) + More +

Luke Fickell and his new staff will see more Cincinnati flavor come to the University of Wisconsin. Offensive lineman Joe Huber announced via social media Friday that he committed to the Badgers. Huber claimed All-AAC honorable mention accolades this season, a year where he started all 13 games at right tackle as a redshirt sophomore. The Bearcats listed the Dublin, Ohio, native at 6 foot 5 and 310 pounds, and Huber initially walked on to the program in 2020, according to the Bearcats game notes for the Fenway Bowl. The program also listed him as a backup center under fellow redshirt sophomore Gavin Gerhardt.

Where Huber projects to play on UW's offensive line will be worth watching. His experience at tackle could help bolster depth inside coach Jack Bicknell's revamped room. Both Jack Nelson and Riley Mahlman, who predominantly started at the tackle spots last season, return. Former five-star recruit Nolan Rucci will be a redshirt sophomore in 2023. Huber joins five other players who have announced their intentions to transfer into the program. That list includes quarterbacks Nick Evers (Oklahoma) and Tanner Mordecai (SMU), defensive linemen Darian Varner (Temple) and Manny Mullens (Division II Lake Erie College - walk-on) and defensive back Jason Maitre (Boston College). - Wisconsin State Journal

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OG Joe Huber, Wisconsin
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01/08/23 - Jeff Pietrowski Jr, rSr/2025, Wisconsin, 6-2, 243 (DS#999 OLB) + More +

Defensive end Jeff Pietrowski is the latest Michigan State player to enter the transfer portal, a team spokesman confirmed on Friday. The junior suffered an injury in week three against Washington and missed the rest of the season. As a redshirt sophomore in 2021, Pietrowski appeared in all 13 games with three starts while ranking second on the team with 5.5 sacks. He also recorded seven tackles for loss while notching 33 tackles for the season and tying for second in the Big Ten with three forced fumbles. In 23 career games, Pietrowski had 43 tackles, including 7.5 for a loss, 5.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. - Detroit News

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OLB Jeff Pietrowski Jr, Wisconsin
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01/02/23 - John Torchio, rSr/2023, Wisconsin, 6-1, 203 (DS#49 SS) + More +

The Guaranteed Rate Bowl was John Torchio's last game in a Wisconsin uniform. The senior safety said in November he wasn't returning to UW for a sixth season in 2023 but then after the bowl game revealed he was reconsidering that decision. Torchio ended any doubt Saturday night by announcing on Twitter that he plans to enter the 2023 NFL draft.

The former walk-on from California recorded four tackles and broke up one pass in his final college game, a 24-17 UW victory. He finished the season fourth on the team in tackles with 56 and led UW in interceptions with five. He returned two interceptions for touchdowns - one for 100 yards in the opener against Illinois State and one for 31 yards against Purdue. - Journal Sentinel

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SS John Torchio, Wisconsin
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01/01/23 - Tanner Mordecai, rSr/2024, Wisconsin, 6-2, 210 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Head coach Luke Fickell has said from the day he was hired at Wisconsin that he plans to use the transfer portal only as complementary tool to fill gaps on the depth chart. Although senior Chase Wolf played well to help the Badgers close the season with a victory over Oklahoma State on Tuesday night in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, it was clear UW could use an experienced player at that critical position. The Badgers reportedly landed such a player Thursday night in SMU transfer Tanner Mordecai, who has one season of eligibility remaining.

Mordecai, 6-foot-3 and 214 pounds, told reporters last month he planned to enter the 2023 NFL draft. However, he reportedly entered the transfer portal Thursday afternoon. Mordecai played two seasons at SMU. He completed 65.0% of his passes this season for 3,524 yards, with 33 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He rushed 59 times for 100 yards and two touchdowns. He completed 67.8% of his passes for 3,628 yards, with 39 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, in 2021. Mordecai signed with Oklahoma and redshirted in 2018, playing in just two games. He played in six games in 2019 and four in 2020 before transferring to SMU. The addition of Mordecai likely gives UW six quarterbacks entering next season. He joins Wolf, Myles Burkett, Oklahoma transfer Nick Evers, incoming freshman Cole LaCrue and walk-on Marshall Howe. - Journal Sentinel

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QB Tanner Mordecai, Wisconsin
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12/31/22 - Nathanial Vakos, Sr/2026, Wisconsin, 6-1, 210 (DS#13 K) + More +

After freshman kicker Nathanial Vakos kicked a 56-yard field goal to tie the game with only four seconds left on the clock, the Ohio football team (10-4, 7-1 MAC) defeated the Wyoming Cowboys (7-6, 5-3 MWC) at the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl in overtime, 30-27. This victory marks the Bobcats' first 10-win season since 2011 and their fourth in program history as well as their first win over Wyoming. Redshirt sophomore quarterback CJ Harris (West Bloomfield, Mich.) went 20-for-33 with two touchdowns on 184 yards. Junior wide receiver Jacoby Jones (Tunica, Miss.) scored one touchdown on 44 yards while redshirt junior tight end Tyler Foster's (Pickerington, Ohio) only reception of the day scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime.

On the ground, redshirt freshman running back Sieh Bangura (Bowie, Md.) led the Bobcats with 25 carries and one touchdown on 138 rushing yards. Harris, who was named the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl Most Valuable Player, was also a rushing threat, registering 10 attempts on 52 yards. Defensively, redshirt junior linebacker Cannon Blauser (Hilliard, Ohio) led the team with seven tackles, five of which were solo. Redshirt freshman cornerback Torrie Cox, Jr. (Bowie, Md.) snagged the only interception of the game. - Ohio Football

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K Nathanial Vakos, Wisconsin
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