Luke Fickell never shies away from talking about his players and what they are working on or how he sees them fitting into the team or whatever happens to come to mind. When a question was asked about Kerry Kodanko, he was effusive in his praise for whom he called one of the most critical players on the team, which may come as quite a surprise.
Kodanko has never started a game and has only ever played in one, according to his bio on Wisconsin athletics. He isn't some heralded recruit as he was a former walk-on, and he isn't getting any of the press clippings, yet, Fickell said that the team would be in a world of trouble without him.