SPRING FOOTBALL
"I'm anxious to watch those guys this spring to see where they are at," said Bielema of quarterbacks Joe Bren- nan and Joel Stave, who play what could be UW's most scrutinzed position this spring.
out at right tackle. Joining the interior mix will be freshman Dan Voltz and Kyle Costi- gan, a converted D-lineman. "Jacob Pedersen is a guy who has stepped
non-contact throwing drills. "But he's going to be limited,'' Bielema said. "As the spring evolves, we'll get him a little more in team situations.'' Record-setting tailback Montee Ball, a Heis-
man Trophy finalist, will get his share of practice reps. "But I don't know how many times he will get tackled this spring,'' Bielema admitted. "James White will be limited on a pitch count
as well. I really want to see Jeff Lewis and Mel- vin Gordon.''
He also really wants to see who's going to take charge on the right side of his offensive line. The Badgers will be anchored by left tackle Ricky Wagner, left guard Ryan Groy and center Tra- vis Frederick. Bielema said Robbie Havenstein "would be the odds-on favorite in the fall'' to start at right tackle.
But he won't do much this spring after shoul- der surgery. Dallas Lewallen is recovering from an injury, too. Casey Dehn and Robert Burge will share turns at guard, Tyler Marz will start
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to the forefront,'' Bielema said of his soph- omore tight end. "He will be working as an H-back, someone who moves around. On the line of scrimmage we'll have Brian Wozniak and Sam Arneson. Austin Traylor and Austin Maly have a chance to be special.'' Jared Abbrederis will be the leading return- ing wideout. "But Abby will be limited; nothing though that will prevent him from practicing in the spring,'' said Bielema, who has received good reports on how both Jeff Duckworth and Kenzel Doe have attacked the out-of-season condition- ing program. "We pushed back the start of spring ball so we could give our players a full eight weeks (in the weight room),'' Bielema said. "You normal- ly make your biggest gains during the summer conditioning phase. What we've tried to do here is squeeze another summer into winter.'' On defense, the Badgers will seek some an- swers in the secondary. Marcus Cromartie, Shel- ton Johnson, Dez Southward and Peniel Jean have experience. "But we have to replace two quality guys,'' he said of Aaron Henry and Anto- nio Fenelus, "that made a lot of plays for us over
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