Former Badger Antonio Fenelus is in his third season as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, where he works with the Badgers’ defensive backs, in 2017.
A four-year letterwinner for the Badgers, Fenelus shined in UW’s secondary as a senior in 2011. He earned first-team All-Big Ten honors for a season that saw him start all 14 games en route to recording 51 tackles, 3.0 TFLs, four interceptions and nine pass breakups. He also earned first-team All-Big Ten laurels from league media as a junior, when he finished with 56 tackles, four picks and seven pass breakups.
Wisconsin claimed the Big Ten title in both seasons, including a win in the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game in 2011.
For his career, Fenelus finished with 155 tackles, 22 passes defended, nine interceptions and three forced fumbles in 52 games (32 starts). As a senior, he earned UW’s Jimmy Demetral Team MVP award for defense.
Following his time at UW, Fenelus signed as an undrafted free agent with the Indianapolis Colts before stints with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League and the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.
A native of Boca Raton, Florida, Fenelus was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and graduated from UW with a bachelor’s degree in community and nonprofit leadership in 2013.
