2022 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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Guaranteed Rate Bowl champion | |
Guaranteed Rate Bowl, W 24–17 vs.
Oklahoma State | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
West Division | |
Record | 7–6 (4–5 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Bobby Engram (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
Defensive coordinator | Jim Leonhard (6th season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
MVP | Nick Herbig |
Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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No. 3 Michigan xy$^ | 9 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Ohio State ^ | 8 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Penn State | 7 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 4 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 1 | – | 8 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Purdue xy | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 5 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 4 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Michigan 43, Purdue 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, and competed as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by head coach Paul Chryst, who was in his eighth season as head coach, until his dismissal on October 2. Defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard assumed interim head coaching duties after the dismissal of Chryst. [1] [2] [3] The Badgers finished the season 7–6, 4–5 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the West division. They received an invitation to the Guaranteed Rate Bowl where they defeated Oklahoma State.
On November 21, the school named Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell the team's new head coach. [4]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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3 | 103 | Leo Chenal | ILB | Kansas City Chiefs |
3 | 104 | Logan Bruss | OG | Los Angeles Rams |
4 | 129 | Jake Ferguson | TE | Dallas Cowboys |
6 | 206 | Matt Henningsen | DT | Denver Broncos |
7 | 232 | Faion Hicks | CB | Denver Broncos |
Undrafted | Scott Nelson | DB | Seattle Seahawks | |
Josh Seltzner | OL | Indianapolis Colts | ||
Caesar Williams | DB | Los Angeles Rams | ||
Jack Sanborn | ILB | Chicago Bears | ||
Danny Davis | WR | Green Bay Packers | ||
Kendric Pryor | WR | Cincinnati Bengals |
Outgoing
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Transfer to |
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Loyal Crawford | #22 | RB | 6'0 | 190 | Freshman | Eau Claire, WI | Independence CC |
Antwan Roberts | #28 | RB | 6'2 | 195 | Freshman | Hendersonville, TN | Independence CC |
Jalen Berger | #8 | RB | 6'0 | 205 | Freshman | Ramsey, NJ | Michigan State |
Devin Chandler | #86 | WR | 6'0 | 171 | Freshman | Cornelius, NC | Virginia |
Kayden Lyles | #76 | OL | 6'3 | 323 | Senior | Middleton, WI | Florida State |
Donte Burton | #4 | CB | 5'10 | 174 | Junior | Loganville, GA | Tulsa |
Quan Easterling | #43 | FB | 6'2 | 235 | Sophomore | Akron, OH | Duquesne |
Deron Harrell | #8 | CB | 6'2 | 175 | Senior | Denver, CO | Wyoming |
Izayah Green-May | #50 | OLB | 6'6 | 205 | Senior | Bolingbrook, IL | Northern Illinois |
AJ Abbott | #89 | WR | 6'2 | 196 | Junior | Northville, MI | Western Michigan |
Isaac Smith | #25 | WR | 6'2 | 199 | Freshman | Memphis, TN | Eastern Michigan |
Deacon Hill* | #10 | QB | 6'3 | 262 | Freshman | Santa Barbara, CA | Iowa |
Logan Brown* | #50 | OL | 6'6 | 310 | Junior | Grand Rapids, MI | Kansas |
Stephan Bracey* | #10 | WR | 5'10 | 182 | Junior | Grand Rapids, MI | Central Michigan |
Graham Mertz* | #5 | QB | 6'3 | 216 | Junior | Overland Park, KS | Florida |
Titus Toler* | #41 | S | 5'11 | 180 | Junior | Bellflower, CA | Boise State |
Tristan Monday* | #91 | DE | 6'4 | 274 | Freshman | Scottsdale, AZ | Arizona State |
Isaac Guerendo* | #20 | RB | 6'0 | 223 | Senior | Clayton, IN | Louisville |
Semar Melvin* | #20 | CB | 5'11 | 178 | Junior | Pembroke Pines, FL | Michigan State |
Jaylan Franklin* | #81 | TE | 6'4 | 243 | Senior | Brownstown, MI | Michigan State |
*Entered NCAA transfer portal midseason or prior to bowl game
Incoming
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Prev. school |
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Vito Calvaruso | #91 | K | 6'2 | 200 | Junior | Jefferson City, MO | Arkansas |
Keontez Lewis | #3 | WR | 6'3 | 197 | Sophomore | East Saint Louis, IL | UCLA |
Justin Clark | #21 | CB | 5'11 | 165 | Senior | West Bloomfield, MI | Toledo |
Cedrick Dort Jr. | #5 | CB | 6'1 | 165 | Senior | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | Kentucky |
Jay Shaw | #1 | CB | 5'11 | 193 | Senior | Corona, CA | UCLA |
Bryce Carey | #37 | S | 6'1 | 180 | Junior | Middleton, WI | Northern Illinois |
Kamo'i Latu | #13 | S | 6'1 | 190 | Freshman | Honolulu, HI | Utah |
Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2022 poll, Wisconsin was projected to finish first in the West Division. [5]
Media poll (West Division) | ||
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Wisconsin | 246 (31) |
2 | Iowa | 198 (3) |
3 | Minnesota | 162 (2) |
4 | Purdue | 153 |
5 | Nebraska | 123 |
6 | Illinois | 65 |
7 | Northwestern | 61 |
Name | Position | Alma mater | Years at Wisconsin |
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Paul Chryst | Head Coach | Wisconsin–Madison | 8th |
Jim Leonhard | Defensive Coordinator / Safeties | Wisconsin–Madison | 6th |
Bobby Engram | Offensive Coordinator / quarterbacks | Penn State University | 1st |
Bobby April | Outside Linebackers / defensive run game coordinator | Louisiana at Lafayette | 5th |
Bob Bostad | Offensive Line / offensive run game coordinator | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 6th |
Chris Haering | Tight ends | West Virginia University | 8th |
Al Johnson | Running backs | Wisconsin–Madison | 1st |
Ross Kolodziej | Defensive line | Wisconsin–Madison | 2nd |
Hank Poteat | Cornerbacks | University of Pittsburgh | 2nd |
Mark D'Onofrio | Inside Linebackers | Penn State University | 1st |
Alvis Whitted | Wide receivers | North Carolina State University | 3rd |
Shaun Snee | Director of Football Strength and Conditioning | California University of Pennsylvania | 2nd |
Keller Chryst | Graduate assistant | University of Tennessee | 2nd |
2022 Wisconsin Badgers football roster | ||||||||||
Quarterback
Running back
Fullback
Wide receiver
Tight end |
Offensive lineman
Defensive lineman
Long snappers
Kicker
Punter |
Linebacker
Defensive back
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Source: [7]
Wisconsin announced its 2022 football schedule on January 12, 2022. [8] The 2022 schedule will consist of seven home games and five away games. The Badgers will host Big Ten foes Illinois, Purdue, Maryland, and Minnesota and will travel to Ohio State, Northwestern, Michigan State, Iowa, Nebraska. [9]
The Badgers will host all of the three non-conference opponents, Illinois State from Division I FCS, Washington State from the Pac-12 and New Mexico State from the FBS Independents.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | Illinois State* | No. 18 | FS1 | W 38–0 | 73,727 | |
September 10 | 2:30 p.m. | Washington State* | No. 19 |
| FOX | L 14–17 | 74,001 |
September 17 | 2:30 p.m. | New Mexico State* |
| BTN | W 66–7 | 73,080 | |
September 24 | 6:30 p.m. | at No. 3 Ohio State | ABC | L 21–52 | 105,473 | ||
October 1 | 11:00 a.m. | Illinois |
| BTN | L 10–34 | 73,502 | |
October 8 | 2:30 p.m. | at Northwestern | BTN | W 42–7 | 32,121 | ||
October 15 | 3:00 p.m. | at Michigan State | FOX | L 28–34 2OT | 72,526 | ||
October 22 | 2:30 p.m. | Purdue |
| ESPN | W 35–24 | 75,018 | |
November 5 | 11:00 a.m. | Maryland |
| BTN | W 23–10 | 74,057 | |
November 12 | 2:30 p.m. | at Iowa | FS1 | L 10–24 | 69,250 | ||
November 19 | 11:00 a.m. | at Nebraska | ESPN | W 15–14 | 86,068 | ||
November 26 | 2:30 p.m. | Minnesota |
| ESPN | L 16–23 | 75,728 | |
December 27 | 9:15 p.m. | vs. Oklahoma State* | ESPN | W 24–17 | 23,187 | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Redbirds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 18 Badgers | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cougars | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
No. 19 Badgers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Aggies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Badgers | 7 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 66 |
at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Badgers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
No. 3 Buckeyes | 21 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Fighting Illini | 7 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 34 |
Badgers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Badgers | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
at Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
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Badgers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Spartans | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
at Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Boilermakers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
Badgers | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Terrapins | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Badgers | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Badgers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Hawkeyes | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
at Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Badgers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
Cornhuskers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
at Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Golden Gophers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
Badgers | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wisconsin | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Oklahoma State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
at Chase Field • Phoenix, Arizona
Game information | ||
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Week | ||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | 18 | 19 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Coaches | 20 | 18 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
CFP | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
Player | Award | Ref. |
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Nick Herbig | First Team All-Big Ten Defense (Coaches/Media) | [10] |
John Torchio | First Team All-Big Ten Defense (Media)/Second Team All-Big Ten Defense (Coaches) | [10] |
Braelon Allen | Second Team All-Big Ten Offense (Coaches/Media) | [10] |
Keeanu Benton | Third Team All-Big Ten Defense (Coaches)/Honorable Mention Defense (Media) | [10] |
Maema Njongmeta | Third Team All-Big Ten Defense (Media)/Honorable Mention Defense (Coaches) | [10] |
Tanor Bortolini | Honorable Mention Offense (Coaches/Media) | [10] |
Jack Nelson | Honorable Mention Offense (Coaches/Media) | [10] |
Joe Tippmann | Honorable Mention Offense (Coaches/Media) | [10] |
Isaac Guerendo | Honorable Mention Special Teams (Coaches/Media) | [10] |
Chimere Dike | Honorable Mention Offense (Media) | [10] |
C.J. Goetz | Honorable Mention Defense (Media) | [10] |
Jordan Turner | Honorable Mention Defense (Media) | [10] |
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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2 | 43 | Joe Tippmann | C | New York Jets |
2 | 49 | Keeanu Benton | NT | Pittsburgh Steelers |
4 | 132 | Nick Herbig | OLB | Pittsburgh Steelers |