Junior Poyser
Wisconsin Badgers
85
Great

Junior Poyser

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NTDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Buffalo
2nd String / Backup

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Junior Poyser is listed 2nd string at NT for Wisconsin Badgers.

Redshirt junior · #97 · 6'2", 328 lbs

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Depth at NT · Wisconsin Badgers

  1. 19191Hammond Russell IVStarter
  2. 29785Junior PoyserYou
  3. 37667Dillan Johnson

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The Story

The Edge Threat

A 2-star recruit out of Williston Northampton School, ranked #2,677 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 30 tackles, 5 TFL, 4 sacks. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 88th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit2★ · #2,677 NatlTeam Share7%Percentile88th
Brampton, ON
Jersey
#97
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
328 lbs
Transfer
Buffalo

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—3054

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★☆☆☆2-star
Composite
0.7906
National Rank
#2677
High School
Williston Northampton School
Hometown
Easthampton, MA

Why this rating?

On a 90-rated defense; 88th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.80 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
90
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 88% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 32% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.80)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 3WMSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 31-3

Sep 19WEMUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 54-10

Sep 12WWIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 36-9

Sep 6LNDTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-13

Junior Poyser's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Edge Threat
30 tkl · 5 TFL · 4 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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