Former Badger Jeff Duckworth is in his second season as a graduate assistant working with the wide receivers at his alma mater in 2017.
Duckworth returned to Madison after serving as a defensive graduate assistant at Kent State following his graduation from UW.Â
Duckworth was a four-year letterwinner for the Badgers from 2010-13 and played a key role in Wisconsin’s 2011 Big Ten championship, catching a critical fourth-down pass from Russell Wilson in the fourth quarter of the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game.
He finished with 15 catches for 230 yards and a touchdown in 2011, his sophomore season. He caught 12 passes for 176 yards and two scores in an injury-shortened senior season in 2013. All told, Duckworth caught 39 passes for 398 yards and four TDs in 41 career games for the Badgers.
A Cincinnati, Ohio, native, Duckworth graduated from UW with a bachelor’s degree in life sciences communication in 2013.
