Wisconsin Football: Wisconsin Badgers All-Time Team
By Jim Oxley
Pat Richter, Dave Schreiner and Allan Schaefer have their jersey numbers retired at UW. Jim Oxley photo
All-Time Team: Wide Receivers
Pat Richter: Richter’s tenure as a Badgers receiver was enough to cement his status as one of the few in school history to have his jersey retired, as the No. 88 forever graces the facade at Camp Randall.
A letter-winner in football, basketball and baseball at UW (yes, the Badgers had a baseball team at one point), Richter was a before-his-time receiver, standing 6-6 and weighing in at 230 pounds, a stark contrast from the other receivers playing at that time. He helped the Badgers to a Big Ten championship in 1062 and a spot in the 1963 Rose Bowl against USC, where he caught 11 passes for 163 yards and the final score in a comeback effort that fell short in a 42-37 loss to the top team in the country.
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Her may have been a receiver before the golden age of the passing game, but his numbers stand the test of time. He’s still the 10th-leading receiver in school history with 1,873 career receiving yards. His 15 career touchdowns are also 10th best in school history.
Richter’s jersey was retired in 2008, two years after he retired from a long stretch as the Badgers athletic director (1989-2004), a tenure that saw Wisconsin bring both Barry Alvarez and Bo Ryan aboard, win three Rose Bowls, and make it to the Final Four under Dick Bennett.
Lee Evans: A receiver worthy of sharing the field with Richter came much later in the form of Lee Evans, who from 1999-2003 became the best receiver in school history in terms of receiving yards (3,468) and receiving touchdowns (27).
His 19.8 career yards per catch is second only to Tony Simmons (20.1) who caught 76 fewer passes than Evans in his career. Evans 175 catches are third all time at UW, and he holds the single-game record with 258 yards against Michigan State in 2003.
His 1,545-yard 2001 season is the best-single-season output in school history, followed by his 2003 offering of 1,213 yards. Only two other Badgers (Brandon Williams and Jared Abbrederis) have put together 1,000-yard seasons, and Evans did it twice.
Evans was the 13th overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
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