It was certainly a time on the Wisconsin football Twittersphere yesterday when news broke that Illinois was hiring former Wisconsin DC Jim Leonhard as a senior analyst.
Exactly one year ago, Paul Chryst was headed to Big Ten media days with quarterback Graham Mertz, linebacker Nick Herbig and defensive lineman Keeanu Benton. Leonhard was Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator, the Badgers were favorites to win the West and it felt like a normal Wisconsin football offseason.
Now, Chryst, Leonhard and the entire 2022 coaching staff are elsewhere, Mertz is at Florida and Herbig and Benton are in the NFL. Drastic change would be one way to describe the last 12 months in Madison, Wisconsin.
With the Leonhard news, it’s time to take a look back at where every member of Wisconsin’s 2022 coaching staff ended up this offseason: