Over two months have passed since the Wisconsin Badgers closed out their 2016 season with a 24-16 win over Western Michigan in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. That means it’s time for spring football, which starts on March 14 for UW players and coaches.
Gone are Vince Biegel and T.J. Watt, who contributed 15.5 sacks and 21.5 sacks for Wisconsin last season. The rest of the outside linebackers, outside of would-be senior Garret Dooley—and to a degree Zack Baun, who also found playing time in 2016—are unproven commodities at the Big Ten level.