Troy Fumagalli came to Wisconsin as a three-star tight end out of Aurora, Illinois and redshirted his first year in 2013.
The Waubonsie Valley High School product saw the field right away as a redshirt freshman, though started in only two games at tight end and caught just 14 passes for 187 yards.
He then saw an uptick in usage during his sophomore season as he finished the year with 28 catches, 313 yards and a touchdown.
After his freshman-to-sophomore year jump, Fumagalli exploded onto the scene during his upperclassman years and started to get noticed by teams at the next level.
This explosion saw the tight end catch 93 balls for 1127 yards and six touchdowns combined during his final two years.
Wisconsin TE Troy Fumagalli had the highest overall grade of all Big 10 TEs last year.https://t.co/rBkAtmJnVJ pic.twitter.com/N7S3ox7xtt
— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) August 9, 2017
Fumagalli finished his college career with a 45-10 overall record, the best for any senior class in school history, and the seventh-most receptions and 13th-most receiving yards in the history of the program.
His efforts were enough to get him drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
Unfortunately, his rookie season ended before it was able to begin as he was placed on injured reserve one week before the season kicked off.
He then saw the field during his second year in the pros and was on the field during 15 percent of the team’s offensive snaps, recording six catches for 38 yards and a touchdown.
Going forward the former Badger may be given his best shot to stick on the roster through special teams, situations which saw him on the field 23 percent of the time in 2019, as the Broncos are stacked at tight end with guys including former-first round pick Noah Fant and veterans Jeff Heuerman and Nick Vannett.