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Oates: Where potential UW draftees rank at their positions

The University of Wisconsin had one player — Kevin Zeitler — taken in the first round of the NFL draft. There are 13 other Badgers hoping to hear their names called before the seventh and final round concludes tomorrow. Zeitler’s selection came as no surprise. Prior to the draft, he was ranked the second-best guard by ESPN, CBS Sports and Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune and the fourth-best guard by Pro Football Weekly. Where do the other potentially draftable Badgers rank at their respective positions on those four exhaustive lists of player rankings? QB Russell wilson: 8th by ESPN, 7th by CBS, 10th by the Tribune, 9th by PFW. FB Bradie Ewing: 3rd by ESPN, 3rd by CBS, 1st by PFW (Note: The Tribune didn’t rank fullbacks). WR Nick Toon: 11th by ESPN, 16th by CBS, 13th by the Tribune, 21st by PFW. TE Jake Byrne: 33rd by ESPN, 31st by CBS, 16th by the Tribune, 39th by PFW. C Peter Konz: 1st by ESPN, 1st by CBS, 1st by the Tribune, 1st by PFW. OT Josh Oglesby: 24th by ESPN, 27th by CBS, 18th by the Tribune, 56th by PFW. DE Louis Nzegwu: 51st by ESPN, 26th by CBS, 29th by the Tribune, 21st by PFW. DT Patrick Butrym: 36th by ESPN, 49th by CBS, 35th by the Tribune, 35th by PFW. CB Antonio Fenelus: 36th by ESPN, 34th by CBS, 38th by the Trubine, 34th by PFW. S Aaron Henry: 19th by ESPN, 5th by CBS (free safeties only), 7th by the Tribune, 7th by PFW (free safeties only). K Phil Welch: 8th by ESPN, 4th by CBs, 10th by PFW. (Note: The Tribune didn’t rank kickers). P Brad Nortman: 5th by ESPN, 4th by CBS, 5th by PFW. (Note: The Tribune didn’t rank punters). LS Kyle Wojta: 3rd by ESPN, 2nd by CBs, 4th by PFW. (Note: The Tribune didn’t rank long-snappers).

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