THIRD AND DATA

NFL draft

WisconsinBadgers

The last 5 drafts, newest on the right. A draft year runs one behind its football season — the 2026 draft is the 2025 team.

Draft
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2012–2016

Selections per draft

18 across 5 drafts

Counted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.

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Selections by position

18 across 2012–2016

Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 13 · Defense 4 · Special teams 1.

Draft selections by position group across 2012–2016: Quarterbacks 1, Running backs 5, Receivers 2, Offensive line 5, Defensive line 1, Linebackers 2, Defensive backs 1, Specialists 1

2012

2011 Bret Bielema

6 selections

  1. 1-27Kevin Zeitler—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Guard
  2. 2-23Peter Konz—No recruiting profile foundCenter
  3. 3-12Russell Wilson33-star recruitQuarterback
  4. 4-27Nick Toon—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
  5. 5-22Bradie Ewing—No recruiting profile foundFullback
  6. 6-37Brad Nortman—No recruiting profile foundPunter

2013

2012 Bret Bielema, then Barry Alvarez

3 selections

  1. 1-31Travis Frederick—No recruiting profile foundCenter
  2. 2-26Montee Ball33-star recruitRunning Back
  3. 5-35Ricky Wagner—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle

2014

2013 Gary Andersen

5 selections

  1. 3-04Dez Southward—No recruiting profile foundSafety
  2. 3-13Chris Borland—No recruiting profile foundInside Linebacker
  3. 4-30James White—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
  4. 5-36Jared Abbrederis—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
  5. 7-09Beau Allen33-star recruitDefensive Tackle

2015

2014 Gary Andersen, then Barry Alvarez

2 selections

  1. 1-15Melvin Gordon44-star recruitRunning Back
  2. 2-25Robert Havenstein—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle

2016

2015 Paul Chryst

2 selections

  1. 4-01Joe Schobert22-star recruitOutside Linebacker
  2. 6-23Derek Watt33-star recruitFullback

Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 6 of 18 picks in this range could be matched: CFBD's links between draft picks and recruiting profiles thin out before the 2013 draft and are absent before 2009, so an em dash here usually means the link is missing rather than that the player was unrated.