On Day 3 of the 2021 NFL Draft the first Wisconsin Badgers player was taken when DL Isaiahh Loudermilk was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round with pick No. 156, which the Steelers traded (a 2022 fourth round pick) up to get.
Our very own Owen Riese, whose scouting report of Loudermilk you can read at the link above, had this to say:
Isaiahh Loudermilk was a big-time project for the Badgers when they recruited him out of a small town in Kansas as an eight-man football player.