This week starts an audition of a lifetime for former Wisconsin inside linebacker Ryan Connelly as he will partake in the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Interviews, meetings and testing all will encompass the former walk-on turned standout ‘backer this week.
Of course, Connelly will work to impress personnel—coaches and scouts and general managers and more—in hopes of landing a home at the professional level later this spring via NFL Draft.
The combine and one particular drill, however, will also give the former Badger the opportunity to raise money for the American Lung Association. His vertical jump performance will help earn those funds through his Pledge It fundraiser, “Ryan Connelly Raising Up for My Mom,”
For Connelly, this cause hits home.