Former Wisconsin offensive lineman Jake Wood will be honored at next month’s ESPY awards with the Pat Tillman Service Award.
After a four-year career with the Badgers from 2001-04, Wood’s next, and greatest, challenge would be serving his country.
In his senior year, Wood enlisted with the U.S. Marines, where he served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a scout sniper until being honorably discharged in 2009. Wood said his desire to join the Marines was inspired by the first responders in New York who acted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
But Wood’s service would not end there.