D.J. Gillins couldn’t take standing on the sidelines during Wisconsin football team games any longer.
He craved to be out there with the Badgers, the team he had dutifully served during the week as the scout team’s quarterback.
But he needed to find a way between the lines on game days.
“I just wanted to help my teammates,” Gillins said.
So, after calling his parents and weeks of deliberation, Gillins marched into head coach Paul Chryst’s office and said he wanted to move to wide receiver.
At first, Chryst was hesitant about the switch, but green-lit his young quarterback’s proposal and said he respects him for wanting to help his team.