The fifth-year tight end will look to make an NFL roster this upcoming season.
Wisconsin has a long lineage of producing productive tight ends both in college and for the next level. Firmly entrenched in both the running game and the play-action game, they have to be athletic enough to catch passes, but also brutish to block opposing defensive ends and outside linebackers.
Austin Traylor is the latest in a long line of Badger tight ends to have success in college. Owen Daniels, Jason Pociask, Travis Beckum, Garrett Graham and Lance Kendricks are the recent headliners.