Wisconsin Badgers

Taylor Mehlhaff is in his eighth season as an analyst at his alma mater in 2022. He is responsible for working with Wisconsin’s special teams units.

Prior to the 2018 season, Mehlhaff was selected to attend the NCAA and NFL Coaches Academy, an event aimed at assisting in the development of up-and-coming college coaches.

One of the greatest kickers in Badgers history, Mehlhaff was twice a Lou Groza Award semifinalist. He earned first-team All-America honors and was named first-team All-Big Ten when he converted 21 of 25 field goals as a senior in 2007 before being selected in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints.

Mehlhaff is tied for third on the Badgers’ all-time list with 50 career field goals and also ranks third with a career field goal percentage of .769. He went 145-for-148 on extra-point attempts, ranking No. 2 in school history.

Mehlhaff returned to Madison after spending the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant at Pittsburgh under UW head coach Paul Chryst. At Pitt, he helped develop kicker Chris Blewitt, who converted 30 of 38 field goal attempts for the Panthers during his first two seasons. 

Prior to Pitt, Mehlhaff spent the 2012 seasons as a quality control assistant at Tennessee, where he mentored the Vols’ special teams units, including kick returner Cordarrelle Patterson, a first-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings. 

Mehlhaff’s own professional career included stints with the Saints in 2008 and Vikings in 2009, as well as spending the 2010 season with the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League, where he went 10-for-13 on field goal attempts.

A 2008 graduate of UW, Mehlhaff earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business management. He and his wife, Ashlyn, have two daughters: Bennett and Hollyn.