More early honors for a former walk-on and current team captain.
Sports Illustrated named Wisconsin Badgers tight end Troy Fumagalli to its 2017 Preseason All-America Team on Wednesday.
The 6' 6", 248-pound senior only found the end zone twice in 2016, but he delivered in the Badgers’ biggest games of the year, and he has the soft hands and body control of a much slighter target. He will be invaluable to sophomore QB Alex Hornibrook, who needs reliable options as he reassumes starting duties.
Fumagalli is one of four Big Ten players on SI’s first-team list, joining Penn State running back Saquon Barkley and Ohio State’s Billy Price and Jerome Baker.