Wisconsin Football Defensive Snap Counts & PFF Grades at the Bye

The Wisconsin football program has started their 2023 campaign at 3-1 heading into the bye week. The Badgers haven’t lived up to lofty preseason expectations at this point. However, the bye week serves as an opportunity for UW to get right.

With no game on Saturday, it seems like a good time to check in on how Wisconsin’s defense has fared through Pro Football Focus grades. 

For those unfamiliar with the format, any player with a score over 70 would be considered to have a good PFF Grade, while 60 is the mark of an average PFF grade, and 50 is below average.

These grades shouldn’t be used as an end-all-be-all of a Wisconsin football player’s level of play, but it does give us an insight into which players have been consistent and which players have been hit or miss through four games. 

Let’s dive in.

Wisconsin Football Defensive Snap Counts & PFF Grades at the Bye

Defensive Line

Rodas Johnson – Snap Count: [153] – PFF Grade: [57.3]

James Thompson Jr. – Snap Count: [142] – PFF Grade: [76.0]

Gio Paez – Snap Count: [140] – PFF Grade: [63.5]

Ben Barten – Snap Count: [77] – PFF Grade: [68.8]

Curt Neal – Snap Count: [55] – PFF Grade: [59.7]

Darian Varner – Snap Count: [38] – PFF Grade: [53.5]

Cade McDonald – Snap Count: [7] – PFF Grade: [67.5]

Outside Linebackers

C.J. Goetz – Snap Count: [177] – PFF Grade: [65.0]

Darryl Peterson – Snap Count: [151] – PFF Grade: [75.4]

Jeff Pietrowski Jr. – Snap Count: [84] – PFF Grade: [55.9]

Kaden Johnson – Snap Count: [12] – PFF Grade: [80.8]

Wisconsin Football Inside Linebackers

Jake Chaney – Snap Count: [218] – PFF Grade: [58.2]

Jordan Turner – Snap Count: [185] – PFF Grade: [59.0]

Maema Njongmeta – Snap Count: [181] – PFF Grade: [72.8]

Cornerbacks

Ricardo Hallman – Snap Count: [292] – PFF Grade: [72.0]

Jason Maitre – Snap Count: [271] – PFF Grade: [53.6]

Alexander Smith – Snap Count: [185] – PFF Grade: [70.6]

Nyzier Fourqurean – Snap Count: [107] – PFF Grade: [59.4]

Wisconsin Football Safeties

Hunter Wohler – Snap Count: [289] – PFF Grade: [79.9]

Preston Zachman – Snap Count: [157] – PFF Grade: [65.6]

Kamo’i Latu – Snap Count: [155] – PFF Grade: [52.0]

Travian Blaylock – Snap Count: [115] – PFF Grade: [66.1]

Austin Brown – Snap Count: [28] – PFF Grade: [69.1]

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