Graham Mertz knows the prep accolades—the Elite 11 and The Opening Finals honors, the 2018 Gatorade Kansas football player of the year award, being presented with the 2019 All-American Bowl MVP nod after slinging five touchdown passes in that January exhibition—all became null and void once he came to UW in January.
“It’s a clean slate,” Mertz told reporters on Friday night after Wisconsin’s 12th spring practice. “It’s college ball now, so none of that stuff matters, It’s just about winning now.”
Mertz, the former four-star, nationally-known quarterback, now finds himself embroiled in a competition with three other Badgers to be the starter under center for the 2019 season.