Big Game Boomer ranked the top 50 linebackers heading into the 2023 college football season, one Badger was listed in the top 25 overall.
The Wisconsin football team will be operating without some of their top defensive assets from 2022, losing linebacker Nick Herbig, defensive lineman Keeanu Benton and safety John Torchio to the NFL.
Maema Njongmeta lead the Badgers in tackles in 2022 and he came in at 22nd overall on Big Game Boomer’s list. After notching 95 tackles, including 3.5 sacks, while intercepting a pass and deflecting another over 13 games last season, the linebacker enters his final year with Wisconsin as arguably their best defensive player.
Looking across the Big Ten, Njongmeta comes in as the eighth highest ranked linebacker, sitting behind the likes of Tommy Eichenberg (Ohio State), Cal Haladay (Michigan State) and Junior Colson (Michigan) amongst others.
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— Big Game Boomer (@BigGameBoomer) May 23, 2023