Robert Steeples: 'I like the versatility' in Wisconsin football's cornerback group

MADISON, Wis. — Watch and listen to cornerbacks coach Robert Steeples after the University of Wisconsin football team’s 10th preseason practice Monday inside Camp Randall Stadium.

Expect more fall camp interviews with Badgers to drop on Badger Observer throughout August. We’ve already published videos of the following since Aug. 5:

• Coach Luke Fickell after Aug. 6 and Aug. 14 practices

• Offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes

• Quarterbacks coach Kenny Guiton

• Running backs coach Jayden Everett

• Tight ends coach Nate Letton

• Offensive line coach Eric Mateos

• Defensive line coach E.J. Whitlow

• Outside linebackers coach Matt Mitchell

• Linebackers coach Tuf Borland

• Quarterbacks Colton Joseph and Ryan Hopkins

• Running back Abu Sama III

• Defensive lineman Hammond Russell IV and Junior Poyser

• Outside linebackers Nick Clayton and Micheal Garner

• Linebackers Cooper Catalano and Mason Posa

Among the topics Steeples spoke about with reporters included:

• “I like the versatility in the room and how we get to rotate”

• Transfer cornerback Eric Fletcher Jr. and how he’s “challenged himself to grow”

• Transfer cornerback Cai Bates “playing big-corner football”

• Transfer cornerback Javan Robinson being “a computer but he’s a burner”

• How the competition between Fletcher and redshirt freshman Jai’mier Scott “hasn’t been as much of a battle as it is getting ready for your moment because you know it’s coming”

• Mental conditioning

• “The biggest growth I’ve seen from like a group standpoint is the sideline conversation”