by Bill Scott | Mar 24, 2020
Former Wisconsin Badger football center, who went on to play in five NFL Pro Bowl games, announced his retirement from the NFL at the age of 29 on Monday. Frederick retired after saying he “could no longer perform at my highest level”. Frederick just went...
by Bill Scott | Aug 23, 2018
Former Wisconsin Badger and current Dallas Cowboy center Travis Frederick has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome. It causes weakness in various parts of the body, attacking a network of nerves around the brain and spinal...
by Bill Scott | Mar 10, 2017
It didn’t take long for a pair of former Badger offensive linemen to sign lucrative deals with Thursday’s start of NFL free agency. Ricky Wagner and Kevin Zeitler, both three-year starters for UW and started on the same lines in 2010 and 2011, found new...
by Bill Scott | May 1, 2013
A total of seven Wisconsin football players had a chance to be drafted in last week’s 2013 NFL Draft. Three of them ended up being selected, including center Travis Frederick to Dallas in the 1st round. Runningback Montee Ball also went in round 2 to Denver...
by Bill Scott | Mar 7, 2013
Montee Ball didn’t say anything at the Indianapolis Scouting Combine last week, but he informed reporters yesterday that he was going through all of the tests with a Sinus Infection and it may have slowed him down just a bit. Ball ran a pedestrian 4.66 40-yard...
by Bill Scott | Feb 22, 2013
Evan-Dietrich Smith is expected to go into next season as the starter at center for the Green Bay Packers. But after the release of veteran Jeff Saturday, don’t be surprised if the Packers select a center somewhere in the upcoming draft. Would the Packers...
by Bill Scott | Dec 5, 2012
While Barry Alvarez is already searching for Bret Bielema’s replacement as head football coach in Madison, and Wisconsin’s athletic director may pick himself to coach the team in the New Years Day Rose Bowl game against Stanford in less than a month....
