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Published Oct 28, 2022
Bye week check-in: Grading Wisconsin's defense
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Jon McNamara  •  BadgerBlitz
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With the Wisconsin football team on a bye this weekend, it's a great time to do an overall assessment of the Badgers' defense.

Overall, this group has performed below expectations after losing eight starters from a season ago. Currently, Jim Leonhard's defense ranks No. 33 in the country in total defense and No. 37 in scoring defense.

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Position-wise, BadgerBlitz.com took a deeper dive into Pro Football Focus to learn more about snap counts and overall grades. The UW defense has played 532 total snaps this year. So when you see the snap count for an individual player, compare it with that total.

As far as the grading system, anything above 70 is usually pretty good. In the 60s is pretty close to average and in 50s is below.

Players listed have played above 50 snaps through eight games.

DEFENSIVE LINE
PlayerSnapsRun DTacklingPRSHOverall

Rodas Johnson

274

65.5

70.0

62.2

64.1

Keeanu Benton

242

59.4

57.8

84.0

70.2

James Thompson

230

69.5

72.7

57.2

67.8

Isaiah Mullens

142

52.9

62.8

60.3

55.4

Gio Paez

130

54.0

64.5

65.2

56.4

Cade McDonald

97

45.9

26.2

55.1

47.9

Ben Barten

76

56.7

38.5

56.9

56.7

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