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Former Wisconsin DL coach finds a new job in the Pac 12

Former Wisconsin DL coach finds a new job in the Pac 12

The Wisconsin football program saw longtime defensive line coach Inoke Breckterfield leave for the same position at Vanderbilt at the end of the 2020 season.

Breckterfield was on Wisconsin’s staff from 2015-2020 as its defensive line coach, following head coach Paul Chryst from Pittsburgh where he was its defensive line coach from 2012-2014.

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Now he is on the move out West, as it was released yesterday he was joining Kalen DeBoer’s new staff at Washington.

The annual coaching carousel may affect Wisconsin yet again this season, though we’ll likely have to wait a few weeks to see if and how it does. But first, it is already full with some of Wisconsin’s former coaches.

Coach Breckterfield and Isaiahh Loudermilk rave about freshman QB Graham Mertz

During Coach Inoke Breckterfield, Garrett Rand and Isaiahh Loudermilk’s media availability today a constant theme brought up was initial…

During Coach Inoke Breckterfield, Garrett Rand and Isaiahh Loudermilk’s media availability today a constant theme brought up was initial impressions of redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz, a guy who is set to start the season under center for the Badgers.

To preface, there is already practice footage released of the freshman and the video supports the comments made today by the Badgers’ defensive line coach and two seniors along the line.

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Their main message: Mertz throws a beautiful football and is a special talent at the position.

“He throws a nice ball, he can sling it” Breckterfield mentioned, along with the fact that while Mertz is still working through things he is ready to go.

Loudermilk agreed with his position coach, saying “[Mertz is] a special talent” while also noting that he hasn’t been able to see much as he’s on the defensive line and is usually going after the quarterback.

 

Mertz and the Badgers open their season 17 days from now when Illinois comes to town. If the comments made by Breckterfield and Loudermilk are any indication, Mertz has more than enough talent and is in a great spot to come in on Day 1 and show why he came to Wisconsin as the highest rated quarterback recruit in program history.