After one season with the Wisconsin football program, a one-year rental on the defensive line is declaring for the NFL draft process.
Jay’Viar Suggs, a 6-foot-3, 299-pound defensive tackle from Flint, Michigan, announced on Sunday that he will declare for the 2026 NFL Draft, closing the book on a college football career that was anything but linear and ending with a brief but noteworthy stop in Madison.
Suggs’ path to Wisconsin was unconventional even by modern standards.
It was shaped by patience, calculated risk, and a steady belief that his game would translate if he ever got the right opportunity.