Wisconsin had its most impressive offensive day of the season earlier today in its 35-31 ReliaQuest Bowl loss to No. 13 LSU. The Badgers’ 31 points came along with 506 total yards, Tanner Mordecai’s 378 passing yards and memorable days from top wide receivers Will Pauling and Bryson Green.
Green, first, caught seven passes for 105 yards and a touchdown. Pauling, on the other hand, had eight catches for 143 yards and two touchdowns. According to Dave Heller, it was the Badgers’ second bowl game with two 100-yard receivers, along with the 2012 Rose Bowl.
Pauling’s incredible day capped off an impressive first season at Wisconsin. His day brought his year-long total to 74 catches, 837 yards and six touchdowns. That eight-catch day will go down as the third-most in Badgers bowl game history, while his 74 total receptions is one catch short of tying Lee Evans (2001) and Travis Beckum (2007) for the third-most receptions in a single year in program history.
Will Pauling's 8 receptions are tied for third most in a bowl game in #Badgers history
— Dave Heller ✍️ (@dave_heller) January 1, 2024
Will Pauling comes up one reception short of tying Lee Evans (2001) and Travis Beckum (2007) for third-most receptions in a single season in #Badgers history
— Dave Heller ✍️ (@dave_heller) January 1, 2024
Lot of numbers and different contexts to share from today’s game. The general message: Will Pauling’s first year in Madison greatly exceeded expectations, and he seems to be in store for a gigantic 2024 campaign.