Wisconsin Football NFL Draft Prospect Draws All-Pro Comparison

It can be tricky to make sense of all the numbers after NFL Draft prospects have been measured in, run, jumped, and lifted. Kent Lee Platte created the Relative Athletic Score (RAS) to contextualize those measurements. RAS is "a metric that can easily and intuitively gauge a player's athletic abilities relative to the position they play."

For a strong safety, Wohler scored a 9.25 out of 10 RAS. Of all 1,228 SS prospects Platte has figures for since 1987, Wohler's score is 93rd-best.

Wohler's comparisons jump off the page even more than his RAS. The 2023 first-team All-Big Ten honoree's measurables are most similar to those of longtime Arizona Cardinals strong safety Adrian Wilson. 

After a Second-team All-ACC selection in 2000 with the NC State Wolfpack, Wilson entered the 2001 NFL Draft. He was a third-round selection by the Arizona Cardinals, with whom Wilson spent 12 seasons. In that time, Wilson earned All-Pro honors three times, was selected to five Pro Bowls, and was later enshrined in the Cardinals' Ring of Honor. 

Wohler's All-Pro comparisons do not stop there. The safety who has led Wisconsin football in tackles the past two seasons tested second-most comparably at SS to Harrison Smith. 

Smith was the Minnesota Vikings' first-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. The former three-sport athlete has spent all 13 of his NFL seasons with the Vikings, becoming a staple in the secondary. Smith has twice earned All-Pro honors and made six Pro Bowls. 

Although there is no guarantee that Wohler's testing numbers mean he will also enjoy a decade-long career in the NFL, they certainly put him in elite company.