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Badgers offensive lineman accepts Senior Bowl invitation

Badgers OL heading to Senior Bowl

The Badgers football team is gearing up to take on LSU in the Reliaquest Bowl on Jan. 1, but offensive lineman Tanor Bortolini will also be heading to the Senior Bowl.

Bortolini is more of a traditional offensive guard, but he started at center for Wisconsin in 2023 out of necessity. It’s unclear if he intends on playing in the team’s matchup with the Tigers, but the Senior Bowl will take place just one month later on Saturday, Feb. 3.

Part of him playing in the contest is the fact that he will now (likely) leave the Badgers in an attempt to go pro and be selected in the 2024 NFL Draft.

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A Wisconsin Badger named to Senior Bowl All-American Team

A Wisconsin Badger named to Senior Bowl All-American Team

Wisconsin long snapper Peter Bowden was selected to the 2023 Senior Bowl All-American Team earlier this week. He joins a group of specialists that includes Ray Guy Award winner punter Tory Taylor, college football’s all-time points leader kicker Will Reichard and punt and kick returner Ainias Smith.

Bowden got to Wisconsin in 2019, though did not play until 2021. He has then been the Badgers’ long-snapper for all of its games since then, starting 13 games in 2021, 13 in 2022 and 12 so far in 2023.

He is one of only eight Big Ten players on the Senior Bowl All-American Team, joining Michigan RB Blake Corum, Ohio State TE Cade Stover, Penn State OT Olumuyiwa Fashanu, Illinois DT Jer’Zhan Newton, Michigan CB Mike Sainristil, Minnesota S Tyler Nubin and, again, Iowa P Tory Taylor.