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Dan Voltz offers to move to guard to allow Michael Deiter to stay at center

Credit: Mark Hoffman

Madison – Center Dan Voltz is by far Wisconsin's most experienced offensive lineman with 27 starts and 32 games played.

If he can successfully return from a season-ending knee injury suffered in Game 8 last season, he could be in line for All-Big Ten honors in 2016.

Yet the rising fifth-year senior has told offensive line coach Joe Rudolph he should consider keeping Michael Deiter at center and moving Voltz to guard for the betterment of the team.

"He has been at center all spring ball and he is really starting to shine at that position," Voltz, who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on Oct.