Date and place: Nov. 9, 2019, Camp Randall Stadium
Performance: 31 carries, 250 yards, long run of 42 yards; 1 catch, 8 yards
Taylor's Top 5: The best Jonathan Taylor performances of his Wisconsin Badgers career
While he hasn’t explicitly stated so, all signs point to the Rose Bowl being running back Jonathan Taylor’s final game with the University of Wisconsin football team.
Taylor’s college career has been full of astounding statistics and stellar performances. He’s the first NCAA football player to rush for 6,000 yards in the first three years of a career, and he’s second all-time on the Big Ten Conference’s rushing list. As it appears to be coming to a close, let’s take a look at the best games Taylor put together while in a Badgers’ uniform.
5. 2019 vs. No. 18 Iowa
4. 2018 vs. Nebraska
Date and place: Oct. 6, 2018, Camp Randall Stadium
Performance: 23 carries, 221 yards, three touchdowns, long run of 88 yards
3. 2019 vs. No. 11 Michigan
Date and place: Sept. 21, 2019, Camp Randall Stadium
Performance: 23 carries, 203 yards, three touchdowns, long run of 72 yards; 1 catch, 5 yards
2. 2017 at Nebraska
Date and place: Oct. 7, 2017, Memorial Stadium
Performance: 25 carries, 249 yards, two touchdowns, long run of 75 yards
1. 2018 at Purdue
Date and place: Nov. 17, 2018, Ross-Ade Stadium
Performance: 33 carries, 321 yards, three touchdowns, long run of 80 yards
Video: Ultimate Jonathan Taylor Highlights
The 2012 game — won by Oregon 45-38 — was a matchup of high-powered offenses. This season's teams lean more on their outstanding defenses.
Paul Sanborn, who died when Jack was 4, was an offensive lineman for the Ducks from 1980 to '82.
Jim Leonhard knows he's seen as a candidate for head coaching or NFL assistant jobs, but says he's "extremely happy" with his current role.
Wednesday's Rose Bowl vs. Oregon might be the final game together for the redshirt juniors from central Wisconsin.
Paul Chryst, who is 4-0 in bowls as UW's coach, has found the right mix of innovation and motivation during the bowl season.
UW freshman quarterback Graham Mertz made an impression with first-team practice reps throughout the season.
Oregon senior quarterback Justin Herbert could have been a high pick in the 2019 NFL draft, but elected to stay in college and now leads the Ducks against the Badgers in the Rose Bowl.
The newly-engaged senior inside linebacker has been a game-changer for UW's defense this season.
Oregon defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux, the Freshman Defensive Player of the Year in the Pac-12, is a game-changer with nine sacks this season.
Badgers quarterback Jack Coan excelled as a lacrosse player in high school in Sayville, New York.
Tyler Johnson and Christian Bell are in the mix for a front seven that has to find a way to slow down Oregon's strong running attack in the Rose Bowl.
“Anybody who would say that has never been involved in football in any capacity,” says UW's athletic director, who was inducted in the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2009.
Ferguson, who watched grandfather Barry Alvarez coach the Badgers in the 2013 game, goes into this season's game as UW's every-down tight end.
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