Patrick Johnson, a safety for the University of Wisconsin football team, left the program Wednesday morning citing personal reasons.
The defensive back dealt with illness during camp and missed the first game with a concussion but had been cleared to play this week. Coming out of camp, Johnson was ranked third on the depth chart at safety behind D’Cota Dixon and Scott Nelson.
Johnson’s decision comes the same week that corner Dontye Carriere-Williams and linebacker Arrington Farrar also chose to depart from the team.
A No. 4 AP preseason ranking comes with a lot of excitement, and with that high expectations.