A segment of University of Wisconsin fans might not understand or appreciate UW's reputation as one of college football's leading developmental programs, but one group out there is thoroughly impressed.
We're talking about NFL scouts.
UW has been taking 3-star recruits and turning them into 4- and 5-star players for more than two decades, a pattern that is reflected not only in the Badgers' winning record but in the number of players they've had picked in the NFL draft and the success those players have had once they reached the league.
NFL scouts have enormous respect for how UW develops recruits into the best players they can be.