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Cichy declares for 2018 NFL Draft

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2015 Wisconsin Badger Football portrait of Jack Cichy. (Photo by David Stluka).

Wisconsin senior linebacker Jack Cichy is declaring for the 2018 NFL Draft.  Cichy could have applied for a medical hardship waiver after tearing his ACL prior to the start of the 2017 season but decided against it.

Cichy played in 25 games at Wisconsin with 12 starts.  He finishes his career with 121 tackles, 15 for loss with 6.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.

The former walk-on earned a scholarship prior to the 2015 season.  Later that year, he was named Defensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl in a win over USC.

In a letter Cichy wrote to the Player’s Tribune, he said:

“I love Wisconsin.

“And, in one way, that’s what makes what I’m about to tell you all so tough.

“Even just typing this out now is … hard, so I’m just going to come out and say it.

“I’ve decided not to apply for a sixth year of eligibility and to instead declare for the NFL draft. [Read more…]

Badgers take another hit at linebacker

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Zach Baun

After losing inside linebacker Jack Cichy for the season with a knee injury, Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst announced the loss of redshirt sophomore outside linebacker Zach Baun with a foot injury.

Baun totaled 15 tackles in a reserve role last season.  With Baun out, redshirt sophomore Tyler Johnson moves up to the No. 2 defensive unit, opposite junior-college transfer Andrew Van Ginkel.  Seniors Garret Dooley and Leon Jacobs are expected to start Friday’s opener against Utah State at Camp Randall Stadium.

Tyler Johnson played quarterback at Menasha High School, where he passed for 1,466 yards and 20 touchdowns and rushed for 1,521 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior, leading the Blue Jays to the WIAA Division 2 state title.

 

Cichy lost for the entire 2017 season

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Jack Cichy (Photo by David Stluka).

Wisconsin senior inside linebacker Jack Cichy will miss the 2017 season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in practice on Tuesday.

“You hate it for Jack,” head coach Paul Chryst said.  “You only get so many chances to play this game and you never want to see a guy miss any of those opportunities.  He’s one of the leaders of our team and I know he’ll be a big part of what we do moving forward this season.”

Cichy is schedule to have surgery on Friday.

The Somerset, Wisconsin, native earned All-Big Ten honorable mention last season despite missing the Badgers’ final seven games due to injury.  In his seven starts, Cichy recorded 60 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.

The former walk-on was voted a team captain for the 2017 season.  He also was placed on watch lists for the Bednarik Award, Butkus Award, Nagurski Trophy and Lott IMPACT Trophy this preseason.

More Badgers on College Football preseason watch lists

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Five Wisconsin Badger football standouts have made the latest round of college football preseason watch lists.

Linebacker Jack Cichy, lineman Conor Sheehy and cornerback D’Cota Dixon were among 103 players who made the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, presented to the national defensive player of the year.

Offensive center Michael Deiter and tackle Beau Benzschawel are among the 81 players on the Outland Trophy watch list.  That honor goes to the best interior lineman in the country on offense or defense.

Dating back to the Outland trophy’s inception in 1946, students from current Big Ten schools have earned the award 26 times, most recently in 2014 when Iowa’s Brandon Scherff was recognized.

Students from current Big Ten schools have received the Nagurski Trophy five times since the award’s debut in 1993.  The latest Big Ten winner was Nebraska’s Ndamukong Suh in 2009.

Badgers ready for Nebraska

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motion-wThe 11th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers play their first game without linebacker and leading tackler Jack Cichy on Saturday night when they host seventh-ranked Nebraska at Camp Randall Stadium (7 p.m. kickoff).

Cichy suffered a season ending injury in the win at Iowa last week, suffering a pectoral injury.  He leads Wisconsin with 60 tackles and is second in tackles for loss with 7 1/2.

With Cichy out, the Badgers will turn to Ryan Connelly and/or Leon Jacobs to help fill the void.  Starter T.J. Edwards will also be counted on heavily to anchor the middle.  He enters the game second in tackles with 44, after missing the opener against LSU while recovering from a broken foot.

Jacobs was shut down last season because of a toe injury, then spent the offseason and training camp making the transition to fullback.  Injuries forced the Badgers to move him back to linebacker where he quickly picked things up and is ready to go on defense again. [Read more…]

Cichy out for the rest of the season

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Linebacker Jack Cichy (Photo by David Stluka).

Linebacker Jack Cichy (Photo by David Stluka).

Wisconsin inside linebacker Jack Cichy will miss the rest of the season after suffering a left shoulder injury late in the first half of Saturday’s 17-9 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Cichy leads the team in tackles with 60.  He had 10 in Saturday’s win, including nine in the first half.

Cichy, who was the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Week two weeks ago, suffered the injury trying to tackle Iowa running back Akrum Wadley along the sideline in the final minute of the first half.  Cichy wore a shoulder brace and played for the third quarter and into the fourth before finally coming out of the game.

Ryan Connelly replaced Cichy at Iowa and is expected to fill in this week when the Badgers host 7th ranked and unbeaten Nebraska on Saturday night at Camp Randall Stadium. [Read more…]

Cichy named Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Week

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2015 Wisconsin Badger Football portrait of Jack Cichy. (Photo by David Stluka).

2015 Wisconsin Badger Football portrait of Jack Cichy. (Photo by David Stluka).

Wisconsin Badger junior inside linebacker Jack Cichy has been named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following a career performance in Saturday’s 30-23 overtime loss to Ohio State.

Cichy finished with a career-high 15 tackles, including 11 solo stops.  he recorded 3.5 tackles for loss, a sack and forced fumble.  It was part of an effort that saw Wisconsin hold a Buckeyes offense that entered the game averaging 52.3 points a game to just 23 in regulation.

Cichy is a former walk-on.  He leads the Badgers with 50 total tackles and ranks second on the team with 7.0 TFL’s on the year.  He ranks eighth in the Big Ten this season, averaging 8.33 tackles a game.

Cichy and the Badgers rank number-nine in the FBS in scoring defense at 15.2 points a game.  The Badgers also rank 12th in total defense, allowing 311.3 yards a game.

AUDIO: Cichy sais good defense is a team effort :14

UW’s Biegel out after foot surgery

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Vince Biegel

Vince Biegel

With the 8th-ranked Wisconsin getting ready to face the 4th-ranked Michigan, the Badgers  found out they’ve lost two players within a 24-hour period.

Placekicker Rafael Gaglianone missed last week’s game at Michigan State with a back injury.  He had surgery on his back this week, which ended his season.

Less than 24-hours later, senior outside linebacker Vince Biegel underwent surgery on his broken foot and will be lost for at least two to four weeks.

Biegel was a third-team all-Big Ten selection last season and was off to a good start this season.

Wisconsin defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox will have to find a replacement for Biegel.  One of the more likely moves would be shifting Jack Cichy from inside linebacker into Biegel’s outside position and move redshirt sophomore Ryan Connelly into Cichy’s spot on the inside.

Gaglianone had hit 7 of 8 field-goal attempts in the first three games before missing last week.

Cichy named Lott IMPACT Player of the Week

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Jack Cichy. (Photo by David Stluka).

Jack Cichy. (Photo by David Stluka).

Wisconsin junior inside linebacker Jack Cichy has been named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week for his efforts in the Badgers’ 16-14 win over fifth-ranked LSU last Saturday.

Cichy led the Badgers defense with eight tackles, including one tackle for loss, and a forced fumble.  The Badger defense surrendered just seven points and 257 total yards in the win.

Like 2010 Lott IMPACT Trophy winner J.J. Watt and award finalist Jim Leonard, Cichy began his career at Wisconsin as a walk-on before later earning a scholarship.  The Somerset native entered the season coming off a Defensive MVP performance in the 2015 Holiday Bowl in which he recorded sacks on three consecutive plays and recorded a team-high nine tackles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Badgers celebrate Holiday Bowl victory (AUDIO)

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Jack Cichy

Jack Cichy

After suffering an apparent broken nose from a kick to the face, Wisconsin quarterback Joel Stave returned to the field to lead the Badgers on a game-winning drive that ended with Rafael Gaglianone’s 29-yard go-ahead field goal.  The Badgers held on to knock off the U-S-C Trojans 23-21 to capture the Holiday Bowl.  It’s the first win for the Badgers over U-S-C, in this, their seventh meeting.

Stave had two 17-yard completions on the final drive.  He finished with 217 yards and a touchdown and was named the games offensive MVP.

The Defensive MVP honors went to linebacker Jack Cichy.  He had to sit out the first half because of a targeting penalty in Wisconsin’s final regular season game.  Cichy was dominant when he finally hit the field. [Read more…]