62 // VARSITY May 15, 2014
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FOOTBALL
See you Sunday: Badgers
continue producing pros
Wisconsin now boasts 39 players on NFL rosters
BY BRIAN MASON @BADGERFOOTBALL
W
hat do you say to a
player who gave his
all to the Wiscon-
sin football program for four
or five years when the time
comes for him to move on?
"See you on Sunday" seems
appropriate.
Five Badgers heard their
names called over the course
of the three-day NFL draft last
week, with Dezmen Southward
(Atlanta) and Chris Borland
(San Francisco) going in the
third round, James White
(New England) in the fourth,
Jared Abbrederis (Green Bay)
in the fifth and Beau Allen
(Philadelphia) in the seventh.
That gave Wisconsin more
picks than all but six schools:
LSU (9), Alabama (8), Notre
Dame (8), Florida State (7),
Ohio State (6) and Stanford (6).
The Badgers' streak of having a first-
round pick ended at three straight years,
but UW extended its run of seeing at least
one player drafted to 36 consecutive
seasons ― a streak that dates to 1979.
Wisconsin has had at least four players
taken in 11 of the last 15 drafts, dating
back to 2000.
Over the last four seasons, a total of
19 Badgers have been selected in the
draft, a Big Ten-leading total surpassed
nationally by just six schools: Alabama
(30), LSU (29), Florida State (25),
Georgia (23), Oklahoma (21) and North
Carolina (21).
In addition to their five draft picks,
the Badgers saw another four players
― Ryan Groy (Chicago), Ethan Hemer
(Pittsburgh), Jacob Pedersen (Atlanta)
and Brian Wozniak (Atlanta) ― sign free
agent deals to bring the total of Badgers
on active NFL rosters to 39.
MORE GAME TIMES SET
● The 2014 season is more than three
months away, but fans can already set
their calendars for a fourth of the Bad-
gers' regular-season schedule.
UW's Homecoming clash with
league newcomer Maryland will kick
off at 11 a.m. on Oct. 25. The same goes
for the Badgers' first-ever road trip to
Rutgers the following week, when UW
will play in the Scarlet Knights' Home-
coming game at 11 a.m. on Nov. 1.
SCHEDULE
COMING UP
Aug. 30 vs. LSU 8 p.m.
AdvoCare Texas Kickoff
Sept. 6 Western Illinois TBA
Sept. 20 Bowling Green TBA
Sept. 27 South Florida TBA
Jared Abbrederis will stay
close to home after being
drafted by Green Bay