There is a classic saying that anybody who has grown up around Wisconsin, attended the university, or rooted for the Badgers knows: once a Badger, always a Badger.
This morning, we saw an example of that statement in action. Legendary Wisconsin RB Montee Ball took to Twitter to publicly offer his help to freshman RB Jalen Berger, who excelled near the end of the season. Ball, who was the 2012 Doak Walker Award winner at Wisconsin while rushing for over 5,100 career yards as a Badger, wants to be around the RB room this season.
He mentioned this morning that there was a specific workout that took him from an average back to a Doak Walker Award winner for best RB in the nation. The former Badger is ready to help the next RB in line with that workout:
I think I’ll go to a good amount of training camp practices next year. Gotta get that running back room going! @JalenBerger This off-season I can run you through my workout regiment that took me from an average back to a heisman finalist. Let’s get it. #OnWisconsin https://t.co/bGDs3dNg6H
— Montee Ball (@MonteeBall28) January 2, 2021
After starting his true freshman season fourth on Wisconsin’s RB depth chart, Berger climbed his way to the top after a few solid performances. He finished his first year in Madison with 301 rushing yards on 60 carries (5.1 ypc) to go along with a pair of touchdowns.
Having one of the greatest rushers to ever wear the Wisconsin red helping him improve could be the key to Berger exploding in 2021.