Wisconsin linebacker Jack Cichy has decided not to apply for a sixth year of eligibility and instead will enter the NFL draft.
Cichy, a Butkus Award semifinalist in 2016, sustained a torn ACL in his knee during preseason practice. He had redshirted in 2014 and missed the second half of the 2016 season with a torn pectoral muscle, so a sixth year from the NCAA was possible but not guaranteed.
"I'm going to take my shot and see what happens," Cichy wrote in a story for The Players' Tribune on his decision and his Wisconsin career.