Badgers safety Hunter Wohler raises his NFL draft stock after impressive combine

Hunter Wohler is one of the best safeties to come through the University of Wisconsin and his college production was impressive. However, many were wondering how he would be as an NFL player and there were some thinking he would need to switch to linebacker. The biggest naysayers didn't see him making much impression at all at the combine and slipping down the draft entirely. However, just the opposite happened with his NFL combine performance.

Hunter Wohler's NFL Combine stats showcase why he should rise up NFL Draft boards

As you can see the stats above, Wohler had a bit of a mixed bag but had enough of a showcase that he's jumped up among other safeties. He came in with solid height and weight that impressed many of the NFL Draft pundits, measuring in at 6'2 and 213 pounds. Both are very fitting for safeties, especially among elite safeties in the league.

The combine performance that jumped off the page for many was what he did in the vertical jump. He jumped 37 inches and that was in the top 5 of safeties in the class. The other stat that helped his draft stock was his 40 time. While it wasn't impressive in terms of the fastest of the safeties, one of the knocks on Wohler is that he wasn't fast enough for the NFL level. That he runs slow but plays fast. However, he had a 4.57 official 40-yard dash and that stood out for what many thought he would run.

Every other stat in his combine performance didn't hurt but may not have helped. They were good but not great and yet in some ways that helps Wohler. The doubters were thinking he may fail in some category or another. The ability to stay in the middle was helpful.

Wohler, according to RAS Football, finished with a 9.55 out of 10, which according to Kent Lee Platte ranked 50 out of 1083 SS from 1987 to 2025. This is huge for Wohler.