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Football: Last year’s top receivers return as quarterback battle rages on

This week’s Wisconsin football spring preview shifts focus to the wide receiver unit and the position everyone is talking about: the quarterbacks.

Plenty of storylines can be written about why Head Coach Paul Chryst’s team struggled a year ago. One such reason is the significant drop-off in the passing game.

The 2017 Badgers went 13-1, averaged 192 yards through the air and almost two passing touchdowns per game with a completion rate of 62.8 percent.

The 2018 Badger offense — a unit which returned almost everybody from the previous year minus tight end Troy Fumagalli — only averaged 158 yards through the air and 1.