Montee Ball holds the NCAA Division I-FBS record for most career rushing touchdowns with 77 and the NCAA Division I-FBS record for most career total touchdowns with 83. Overall, he holds five NCAA football records. He is a force. He is not particularly fast, yet he is elusive. He also had a few key fumbles in a few pivotal games. We wanted more information on the rushing phenom so we turned to Andrew Rosin.
Tale of the Tape
Class – Senior
Height – 5′ 11″
Weight – 210 lbs
40 time – 4.60 (projected)
What path did Montee Ball take to get to Wisconsin?
Ball was on the border of being a three or four star running back out of Missouri. Wisconsin beat out Missouri, Stanford, Kansas, and Northwestern for his services. Nebraska had an interest, but they never made an offer. Ball was ranked between 30-50 on the positional rankings. He committed in June of 2008, and was generally solidly in the hold of the Badgers even when Missouri made a charge.
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February 15, 2013
