Inching ever closer to the start of Badger football and we've got something new for you today on the countdown that has now reached 48 days to go!! That's because we're introducing you to the first true freshman on the list so far.
That's right, we're Jack Cichy and Jacob Pedersen to Badger football! If you don't know Cichy's name, you should because his sister, Tessa, is a basketball player at Wisconsin who just completed her freshman season. He also comes from a great athletic tradition as his father was a star at Notre Dame and in the Canadian Football League, while his mother played at that school somewhere to the east of Madison.
Jack is a preferred walk-on from Somerset, WI and attended the famed Hill Murray in the Twin Cities. He earned all-conference and honorable mention all-state honors his senior season at Hill Murray and is slated to play linebacker at Wisconsin.
But, enough of the walk-on… Let's get to why you are all here – one Jacob Pedersen. Here is his story so far at Wisconsin:
-2012 Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year, 1st team All-Big Ten (coaches), Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (media) following a year where he caught 27 passes for 355 yards and 4 touchdowns.
– He enters 2013 named to the John Mackey Award watch list for the 2nd time in the preseason and 3rd time overall in his career at Wisconsin.
– Pedersen is 11th on the all-time TD list at Wisconsin with 14 entering 2013 and with one more he'll match Badger legends Pat Richter and Lee DeRamus for ninth on the all-time TD receptions list at UW.
History of No. 48 at Wisconsin:
Pete Monty (LB, 1993-96): All Monty did while at Wisconsin was become the all-time leader in career tackles with 451, be named a two-time team captain, be named the team MVP in 1996 and be named 1st team All-Big Ten his senior season. He also led the Badgers in tackles for three of his four years on the field. Monty was drafted in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft by the New York Giants and went on to play four seasons of pro ball.
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