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2026 Wisconsin Football All-Nickname Team

Sep 13, 2025; Blacksburg, Virginia, USA; Old Dominion Monarchs quarterback Colton Joseph (1) warms up before the game at Lane Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Bishop-Imagn Images | Brian Bishop-Imagn Images

There is a bountiful bevy of new faces inside the Wisconsin Badgers locker room right now, so I’ve decided to speed up the “get to know each other” process by assigning some fun new nicknames.

Let’s get right to it, gang.

First Team All-Name

Ulysses S. Grant Dean

Darrion You, Me, and Dupree

Thomas Heiberger and Fries

Eugene Paris Hilton Jr.

Djidjou Bah Humbug

Ryan Johns Hopkins

Matthew Lion Traynor

Second Team All-Name

Johann Sebastian Cheeks

Cecil Cooper Catalano

Luke I’m Your Father Emmerich

Bryce North, South, East or West

Matt Forever Jung

Shamar Mordecai and Rigby

Abu Still The Sama, III

Third Team All-Name

Tyreese No Fearbry

Carson Jean Claude Van Dinter

Jackson McGohan Places

Emerson, Lake, Palmer and Mandell

Liam and Noel Danitz

Raphael Nowhere Near Dunn

Mason Strike a Posa

All-Name Honorable Mention

Deuce Davonte Adams

Eli Manning Adams

Cai Norman Bates

Truth and Justus Boone

Harrison Ford Bortolotti

Drew Insta Braam

Kash or Charge Brock

Blake Cherry Pie

Colin Chicago Cubberly

Nolan Winter Davenport

Carsen Daly Eloms

Eric Jamar Fletcher Jr.

Yahya Oh My Gaad

Colton Joseph, Mary, and Jesus

Austin Texas Kawecki

Zion Williamson Kearney

Mason Crosby Kelley

Gavin Rossdale Lahm

Mason Fast Lane

Peyton Manning Lange

Sam Early or Lateju

Jayden James Loftin

Will Ronald McDonald

Langdon Street Nordgaard

Logan Roy Powell

James Roe Your Boat

Taylor Swift Schaefer

King Arthur Scott, III

Jack Sieve, Sieve, Sievers

Cairo Egypt Skanes

Shawn Carter Smith

Hardy JJ Watts

Ben Franklin Wenzel

Quantavius Fatboy Wiggins

PJ Tucker Wilkins

Aaron Katarina Witt

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