Seemingly every year, the Wisconsin football team comes in with three definitive statements about the offense: It has a fantastic stable of running backs, a phenomenal offensive line and a massive question mark as to whom the quarterback will be or how well he will do.
Scott Tolzien won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award for the top senior quarterback in 2010 as he completed a whopping 72.9 percent of his passes while Montee Ball came four yards short of reaching 1,000 yards, which would have given the team three 1,000-yard rushers.
After a miracle transfer and storybook season from Russell Wilson in 2011, the Badgers have faced nothing but questions at quarterback.
In 2012, despite reaching the Rose Bowl thanks to one great game and some luck involving the ineligibility of both Penn State and Ohio State, the Badgers were dreadful under center. Three quarterbacks started multiple games that season including Danny O'Brien, Curt Phillips and Joel Stave.
Last season, Stave was the man under center; however, he struggled mightily with accuracy on downfield throws, and his lack of mobility forced him to remain in the pocket at all costs, with his brief forays outside the pocket ending horribly.
Coming into 2014, with 4-star dual-threat quarterback D.J. Gillins enrolling in January, Tanner McEvoy moved back to quarterback and Bart Houston still in the fold, there was a real, open competition at signal-caller for the team.
Unfortunately for the Badgers, instead of having four good options competing for the position, it seemed as if whoever won the starting job would be a stop-gap option until Gillins fully learned the offense or 3-star incoming freshman Austin Kafentzis got to campus.
McEvoy ended up winning the job, which caused Stave to get the "yips." Fast forward six games into the season and Stave, clearing his mental hurdles, is back out as the starting quarterback. Ineffective play-calling doomed McEvoy's tenure, as forcing him to stay inside the pocket is a recipe for disaster while his legs make him a difficult weapon to contain.
Conventional wisdom says to bring in a quarterback per class, even though the Badgers have good depth at the position. With Kafentzis highlighting the Class of 2015, let's take a look at three potential options for the Badgers to bring in for the Class of 2016.