GREENDALE, Wis. — Jack Tabbert and Pewaukee didn’t need to air it out during a dominant season-opening road victory.
The Pirates only attempted three passes Thursday, according to stats seen on Bound Wisconsin, but gashed Greendale for 408 yards rushing and six touchdowns in the 42-7 win. And Tabbert, who flipped from North Dakota State to the homestate University of Wisconsin football program this summer, led the way on many of the holes on an offensive line that also boasts Northwestern commit Cade Reikowski.
“We obviously didn’t pass a lot, but just the size we have up front and the mentality (of) just go and kick someone’s butt, that’s what we’ve been preaching,” Tabbert told Badger Observer.
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Tabbert has the size to play in the Big Ten
Tabbert, who told Badger Observer in June that they envision him at center, said Thursday that he’s currently 6 foot 5 and between 270-275 pounds. His height should have him fit right in with Wisconsin’s current offensive linemen under assistant Eric Mateos and the other 2027 commits he’ll play with in the trenches (Cole Reiter, Hunter and Reece Mallinger and Ethan McIntosh).
And he’ll have plenty of time to work with Wisconsin director of football strength and conditioning Brady Collins and his staff to add more to his frame when he arrives in Madison.
