Penn State’s all-time leader in receiving yards is now a Wisconsin Badgers. Bobby Engram has been hired by the Badgers to be the new offensive coordinator for the program, according to multiple reports on Saturday afternoon.
Engram had been the tight ends coach for the Baltimore Ravens on the latest stop on his coaching career. Now he will be returning to the Big Ten for the first time since last suiting up in a Penn State uniform in 1995. Engram will now be reunited with Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst, who previously had Engram on his coaching staff at Pitt in 2012 and 2013.
Of course, Engram’s move to Wisconsin comes at a pretty interesting time. The Badgers are hot on the pursuit of landing transfer quarterback Caleb Williams, from Oklahoma. And it just so happens that Engram may have a bit of a connection to Williams, as noted by Stewart Mandel of The Athletic…
Most notable for having a son on the Badgers who went to high school with a certain QB still in the portal. https://t.co/Vhp0ULq7QS
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) January 29, 2022
This is not to say Engram isn’t qualified for a role as offensive coordinator. Quite the contrary. Engram has been establishing himself as an offensive coach ready to make the move to an offensive coordinator’s role. but if it helps Wisconsin land the biggest quarterback prize in the transfer portal, well then, good for the Badgers.
It is a shame that Engram hasn’t had the opportunity to come back to Penn State in any coaching capacity to this point. He already has left his mark on the Penn State program as arguably the best wide receiver in school history, an argument that is backed up by the numbers even as more recent receivers have been exploding up the school’s all-time receiving list.
Engram is Penn State’s all-time leader in touchdown receptions (31) and receiving yards (3,026). Engram also owns three of Penn State’s top 10 all-time single-game receiving totals, including two of Penn State’s five 200-yard receiving games in school history.
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