Wisconsin football released their Week 6 preliminary status report on Monday, and the status of two key offensive contributors still remains in doubt.
Both starting QB Graham Mertz and starting TE Jake Ferguson exited the
Michigan game in the third quarter, and neither returned to the action. Wisconsin has listed both as questionable on the preliminary status report for Illinois week.
There was positivity today surrounding Mertz’s chest injury during Wisconsin’s press conference:
Paul Chryst provides an update on Wisconsin QB Graham Mertz’s injury
Fullback Quan Easterling, safety Tyler Mais, TE Jack Eschenbach, and CB Semar Melvin are also all listed as questionable.
The Badgers listed LB’s Aaron Witt and Jordan Turner as out for this week’s game against Illinois.
#Badgers injury report: Mertz, Ferguson, Eschenbach among those questionable this week pic.twitter.com/LSEVsRutpQ
— Jake Kocorowski (@JakeKoco) October 4, 2021