The critique that Wisconsin doesn’t develop running backs who can succeed as pros has been floating around for some time, referenced as recently as Sept. 15 in this article from LostLettermen.com.
Around that same time, Antonio Williams—the one-time Wisconsin commit who eventually signed with Ohio State and has been the subject of some conversation this week—posted this note on his Twitter account:
Williams then fed that narrative about Wisconsin’s inability to develop running backs 10 months later in a Cleveland.com article:
“Isn’t that crazy?” Williams asked.