Throwback Thursday: Looking back at Wisconsin's starters as recruits

MORE: Looking back at Iowa's starters as recruits

In our Throwback Thursday feature, we are going to take a quick look back at Iowa's opponent every week and see how their starters were ranked as recruits.

OFFENSE

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QUARTERBACK

RUNNING BACK

FULLBACK

TIGHT END

WIDE RECEIVERS

OFFENSIVE LINE (LT, LG, C, RG, RT)

DEFENSE (3-4)

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DEFENSIVE LINE (DE, NT, DE)

LINEBACKERS (OLB, ILB, ILB, OLB)

DEFENSIVE BACKS (CB, SS, FS, CB)

NOTES:

-Average star rating on offense: 2.73

-Average star rating on defense: 2.91

-Chez Mellusi (Clemson) and Collin Wilder (Houston) came to Wisconsin as transfers.

-John Chenal, Josh Seltzner, and Matt Henningsen originally joined Wisconsin's program as walk-ons.

-Wisconsin starters that had an Iowa offer during the recruiting process: Graham Mertz, Kendric Pryor, Danny Davis, Jake Ferguson, Joe Tippmann, Keeanu Benton, Jack Sanborn, and Scott Nelson.

-Other players on Wisconsin's roster that had an Iowa offer: A.J. Abbott, Isaiah Mullens, Bryson Williams, Rodas Johnson, Spencer Lytle, Cam Large, Ben Barten, Dylan Barrett, Tanor Bortolini, Kaden Johnson, Aaron Witt, Skyler Bell, Jake Ratzlaff, Bryan Sanborn, Hunter Wohler, Riley Mahlman, Braelon Allen, and T.J. Bollers.