Like their cornerbacks, the Wisconsin Badgers should be in good hands with their safeties coming into the 2019 season. This position group may not be as deep on paper compared to Jim Leonhard’s corners, but there is talent.
D’Cota Dixon and Evan Bondoc exhausted their eligibility following their final season at UW, but Wisconsin has at least three safeties with game experience from 2018. Injuries to Dixon and Scott Nelson may have hurt the defense overall in terms of having various starters on the field, but it also gave an opportunity for Eric Burrell and Reggie Pearson to find some playing time as well.