Genoa grad Deiter on Sports Illustrated cover

8/10/2018
BLADE STAFF
  • s5deiter

    Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst and Wisconsin offensive lineman Michael Deiter shake hands during a 2015 game.

    AP

    • Genoa High School graduate Michael Deiter graces a regional cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated.

    Wisconsin's Michael Deiter, left, has started 41 games for the Badgers in his career.
    Wisconsin's Michael Deiter, left, has started 41 games for the Badgers in his career.

    The magazine’s college football preview issue highlights a few of the projected top teams this season, and the Wisconsin senior is featured along with his four partners on the Badgers’ offensive line. SI picks the Badgers third in its preseason rankings.

    Deiter, who has started 41 games at Wisconsin, is a surefire starter for a Badgers team that went 13-1 and won the Orange Bowl last season. He wears No. 63 and is the top lineman in the photo.