| Year: | 2023 |
| Team: | Wisconsin Badgers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 7–6 |
| Conf Record: | 5–4 |
| Head Coach: | Luke Fickell |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Off Coach: | Phil Longo |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Air raid |
| Def Coach: | Mike Tressel |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Codef Coach1: | Colin Hitschler |
| Codc1 Year: | 1st |
| Def Scheme: | 3–3–5 |
| Captain: | Chimere Dike Tanner Mordecai Maema Njongmeta Marty Strey |
| Stadium: | Camp Randall Stadium |
| Bowl: | ReliaQuest Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 31–35 vs. LSU |
The 2023 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a member of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers were led by first-year head coach Luke Fickell.[1] The team played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.
See also: 2023 NFL draft.
| 2 | 43 | Joe Tippmann | C | New York Jets |
| 2 | 49 | Keeanu Benton | NT | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 4 | 132 | Nick Herbig | OLB | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Undrafted | Tyler Beach | OT | Houston Texans | |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Transfer to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | 6'3 | 262 | Freshman | Iowa | ||
| Logan Brown |
| OL | 6'6 | 310 | Junior | Kansas | |
| Stephan Bracey |
| WR | 5'10 | 182 | Junior | Central Michigan | |
| QB | 6'3 | 216 | Junior | Florida | ||
| Titus Toler |
| S | 5'11 | 180 | Junior | Boise State | |
| Tristan Monday |
| DE | 6'4 | 274 | Freshman | Arizona State | |
| RB | 6'0 | 223 | Senior | Louisville | ||
| Semar Melvin |
| CB | 5'11 | 178 | Junior | Michigan State | |
| Jaylan Franklin |
| TE | 6'4 | 243 | Senior | Michigan State | |
| Dean Engram |
| WR | 5'9 | 170 | Senior | ||
| Julius Davis |
| RB | 5'10 | 201 | Senior | Montana State | |
| Spencer Lytle |
| ILB | 6'2 | 234 | Senior | Stanford | |
| Avyonne Jones |
| CB | 5'11 | 187 | Freshman | Coastal Carolina | |
| Vito Calvaruso |
| K | 6'3 | 198 | Senior | ||
| Al Ashford III |
| CB | 6'0 | 181 | Sophomore | Utah State | |
| A'Khoury Lyde |
| CB | 5'9 | 191 | Freshman | Delaware | |
| Marshall Howe |
| QB | 6'1 | 187 | Freshman | Yale | |
| Markus Allen |
| WR | 6'1 | 190 | Sophomore | ||
| Drew Evans |
| OL | 6'5 | 260 | Freshman | Indiana | |
| Keontez Lewis* |
| WR | 6'2 | 196 | Junior | Southern Illinois | |
| Dylan Barrett* |
| OL | 6'5 | 320 | Junior | Iowa State | |
| Myles Burkett* |
| QB | 6'0 | 202 | Freshman | Albany | |
| Ross Gengler* |
| OLB | 6'2 | 230 | Junior | Wisconsin–La Crosse | |
| Chimere Dike |
| WR | 6'1 | 200 | Senior | Florida | |
| Skyler Bell* |
| WR | 6'0 | 195 | Sophomore | UConn | |
| Jordan Mayer* |
| OLB | 6'4 | 235 | Freshman | Penn State | |
| Trey Wedig* |
| OL | 6'7 | 315 | Junior | Indiana | |
| Jordan Turner* |
| ILB | 6'1 | 238 | Junior | Michigan State | |
| Rodas Johnson* |
| DE | 6'2 | 295 | Senior | Texas A&M | |
| Darian Varner* |
| DE | 6'3 | 275 | Junior | Cincinnati | |
| Keane Bessert* |
| LS | 6'2 | 230 | Freshman | Kansas State | |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | 6'3 | 186 | Freshman | Oklahoma | |||
| QB | 6'3 | 214 | Graduate Student | SMU | |||
| Jason Maitre |
| S | 5'10 | 188 | Graduate Student | Boston College | ||
| Darian Varner |
| DE | 6'2 | 260 | Junior | Temple | ||
| Joe Huber |
| OT | 6'5 | 310 | Junior | Cincinnati | ||
| Jake Renfro |
| OL | 6'3 | 290 | Senior | Cincinnati | ||
| Jeff Pietrowski |
| DE | 6'1 | 250 | Junior | Michigan State | ||
| QB | 6'1 | 195 | Freshman | Mississippi State | |||
| Nathanial Vakos |
| K | 6'1 | 188 | Sophomore | Ohio | ||
| WR | 5'10 | 165 | Sophomore | Cincinnati | |||
| Quincy Burroughs |
| WR | 6'2 | 202 | Freshman | Cincinnati | ||
| C.J. Williams |
| WR | 6'2 | 190 | Sophomore | USC | ||
| Bryson Green |
| WR | 6'0 | 203 | Junior | Oklahoma State | ||
| Nyzier Fourqurean |
| CB | 6'1 | 185 | Junior | Grand Valley State | ||
| Michael Mack |
| CB | 6'1 | 180 | Junior | Air Force |
The Badgers held a spring game titled "The Launch" on April 22, 2023 at Camp Randall Stadium.[2]
Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2023 poll, Wisconsin was projected to finish first in the West Division.[3]
| Media poll (West Division) | |||
| 1 | Wisconsin | 233 (20) | |
| 2 | Iowa | 232 (16) | |
| 3 | Minnesota | 176 (1) | |
| 4 | Illinois | 152 | |
| 5 | Nebraska | 116 | |
| 6 | Purdue | 89 | |
| 7 | Northwestern | 38 | |
| Head Coach | 1st | |||
| Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks | 1st | |||
| Defensive coordinator/inside linebackers | 1st | |||
| Colin Hitschler | Co-defensive coordinator/safeties | 1st | ||
| Offensive line | 1st | |||
| Associate head coach/wide receivers | 1st | |||
| Running backs | 1st | |||
| Nate Letton | Tight ends | 1st | ||
| Paul Haynes | Cornerbacks | 1st | ||
| Greg Scruggs | Defensive line | 1st | ||
| Matt Mitchell | Special teams coordinator/outside linebackers | 1st | ||
| Greg Gillum | Chief of staff | 1st | ||
| Pat Lambert | Director of recruiting | 1st | ||
| Max Stienecker | Director of recruiting strategy | 1st | ||
| Brady Collins | Director of football strength & conditioning | 1st |
Source:[5]
See also: 2023 Buffalo Bulls football team.
See also: 2023 Washington State Cougars football team.
See also: 2023 Georgia Southern Eagles football team.
See also: 2023 Purdue Boilermakers football team.
See also: 2023 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team.
See also: 2023 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
See also: 2023 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.
See also: 2023 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.
See also: 2023 Indiana Hoosiers football team.
See also: 2023 Northwestern Wildcats football team.
See also: 2023 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
See also: 2023 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.
See also: 2023 LSU Tigers football team and 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl (January).
| Braedyn Locke | Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week | October 23, 2023 | [6] |
| Braelon Allen | Second Team All-Big Ten Offense (Media)/Third Team All-Big Ten Offense (Coaches) | [7] |
| Hunter Wohler | Second Team All-Big Ten Defense (Media)/Third Team All-Big Ten Defense (Coaches) | |
| Ricardo Hallman | Third Team All-Big Ten Defense (Media)/Honorable Mention Defense (Coaches) | |
| Tanor Bortolini | Third Team All-Big Ten Offense (Media)/Honorable Mention Offense (Coaches) | |
| Will Pauling | Third Team All-Big Ten Offense (Coaches)/Honorable Mention Offense (Media) | |
| Nathanial Vakos | Honorable Mention Special Teams (Media) | |
See also: 2024 NFL draft.
| 4 | 117 | Tanor Bortolini | C | Indianapolis Colts |
| 4 | 134 | Braelon Allen | RB | New York Jets |