A difficult decision back in 2014 could have prevented Michael Deiter from returning to the University of Wisconsin football team this season.
Set to be a fifth-year senior this fall, Deiter was a true freshman when the Badgers’ offensive line ran into injury issues prior to the 2014 Big Ten Championship Game against Ohio State. Center Dan Voltz planned on playing through an ankle injury he picked up the previous week against Minnesota, but UW prepared Deiter to play his first career game in an emergency situation.
“You’ve got to be able to snap the ball to keep playing,” former UW coach Gary Andersen said before that game.