3 Wisconsin Badgers crack CBS Sports' list of Top 100 NFL players entering 2025 season

With Wisconsin Badgers legends like Joe Thomas and J.J.

Watt exiting the NFL in recent seasons, UW has needed its next generation of football stars to step up in the pros.

That development is reflected in national media lists of the top players in the league, as newer Badgers faces carve out their place among the NFL's best.

Pete Prisco of CBS Sports released his list of the Top 100 NFL players entering the 2025 season, and three Wisconsin alumni made the cut.

11.

T.J.

Watt, Pittsburgh Steelers Of course, Watt is a mainstay on lists like these, even after a less productive 2024 season.

But a couple of younger Badgers also cracked the list, both in the Top 50.

40.

Zack Baun, Philadelphia Eagles It's a meteoric rise for Baun going from unranked to 40th, but he earned it with his breakout 2024 season and Super Bowl championship.

Philadelphia rewarded him with a major contract extension, and he's now well respected as a top linebacker in the league.

Running back Jonathan Taylor also made Prisco's list at No.

50 after he finished fourth in the NFL in rushing last season.

Baun and Taylor are still ascending, early in their pro careers.

If they continue on their current trajectory, they'll be considered among the best players at their respective positions for years to come.

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