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Jersey Number 6
Will Pauling
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- WR
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Homewood-Flossmoor
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
Honors and Awards
2024: Academic All-Big Ten
2024 Season (Redshirt junior at Wisconsin): Appeared in 10 games, starting all at wide receiver … recorded 407 yards on 42 receptions and three touchdowns … posted a game-high 83 yards and a touchdown on nine catches against Alabama (Sept. 14) … caught eight catches for 79 yards versus Penn State (Oct. 26) … notched the opening touchdown at Rutgers (Oct. 12), tallying four catches for 49 yards overall … led the team in receiving against Western Michigan (Aug. 30) with 60 yards on six catches … record a team-high 51 yards on five catches at Northwestern (Oct. 19) … caught a touchdown against Oregon (Nov. 16)
2023 Season (Redshirt sophomore at Wisconsin): Started all 13 games as the Badgers’ slot receiver and earned first letter as a Badger … led UW with 74 catches for 837 yards and six touchdowns … his 74 catches ranked fifth all-time in UW single-season history and his 837 yards ranked 14th … ranked 3rd all-time for single-season receiving yards by a sophomore … led the Big Ten and ranked third in the country with 27 third down catches … finished tied for the national lead with 22 third-down-converting catches … his 27 third down catches were the most for a Big Ten player since 2009 … made five catches in his UW debut versus Buffalo (9/2) … made five catches for 78 yards at Washington State (9/9) … completed a 19-yard pass to QB Tanner Mordecai versus Purdue (9/22) … Hauled in eight catches in back-to-back games against Rutgers (10/7) and Iowa (10/14) … tallied seven catches for 95 yards and scored his first career TD in a comeback win over Illinois (10/21) … made four catches for 51 yards and a TD against No. 3 Ohio State (10/28) … caught five passes for 51 yards and a score against Indiana (11/4) … made a career-high 10 catches for 96 yards against Northwestern (11/11) … tallied eight catches for 79 yards in an OT win over Nebraska (11/18) … caught two passes, one for a TD, in a rivalry win over Minnesota (11/25) … totaled a career-high 143 yards on eight catches in the ReliaQuest Bowl versus LSU (1/1)
2022 Season (Redshirt freshman at Cincinnati): Played in nine games, making 12 catches for 122 yards … made three catches for 19 yards in the season opener at Arkansas … totaled a career-high 41 yards vs. Kennesaw State (3 catches) and vs. Tulane (2 catches)
2021 Season (Freshman at Cincinnati): Appeared in four games … had a six-yard catch against SMU, the first of his career
High School
2024: Academic All-Big Ten
2024 Season (Redshirt junior at Wisconsin): Appeared in 10 games, starting all at wide receiver … recorded 407 yards on 42 receptions and three touchdowns … posted a game-high 83 yards and a touchdown on nine catches against Alabama (Sept. 14) … caught eight catches for 79 yards versus Penn State (Oct. 26) … notched the opening touchdown at Rutgers (Oct. 12), tallying four catches for 49 yards overall … led the team in receiving against Western Michigan (Aug. 30) with 60 yards on six catches … record a team-high 51 yards on five catches at Northwestern (Oct. 19) … caught a touchdown against Oregon (Nov. 16)
2023 Season (Redshirt sophomore at Wisconsin): Started all 13 games as the Badgers’ slot receiver and earned first letter as a Badger … led UW with 74 catches for 837 yards and six touchdowns … his 74 catches ranked fifth all-time in UW single-season history and his 837 yards ranked 14th … ranked 3rd all-time for single-season receiving yards by a sophomore … led the Big Ten and ranked third in the country with 27 third down catches … finished tied for the national lead with 22 third-down-converting catches … his 27 third down catches were the most for a Big Ten player since 2009 … made five catches in his UW debut versus Buffalo (9/2) … made five catches for 78 yards at Washington State (9/9) … completed a 19-yard pass to QB Tanner Mordecai versus Purdue (9/22) … Hauled in eight catches in back-to-back games against Rutgers (10/7) and Iowa (10/14) … tallied seven catches for 95 yards and scored his first career TD in a comeback win over Illinois (10/21) … made four catches for 51 yards and a TD against No. 3 Ohio State (10/28) … caught five passes for 51 yards and a score against Indiana (11/4) … made a career-high 10 catches for 96 yards against Northwestern (11/11) … tallied eight catches for 79 yards in an OT win over Nebraska (11/18) … caught two passes, one for a TD, in a rivalry win over Minnesota (11/25) … totaled a career-high 143 yards on eight catches in the ReliaQuest Bowl versus LSU (1/1)
2022 Season (Redshirt freshman at Cincinnati): Played in nine games, making 12 catches for 122 yards … made three catches for 19 yards in the season opener at Arkansas … totaled a career-high 41 yards vs. Kennesaw State (3 catches) and vs. Tulane (2 catches)
2021 Season (Freshman at Cincinnati): Appeared in four games … had a six-yard catch against SMU, the first of his career
High School
- Ranked as the 33rd best recruit in Illinois for the Class of 2021
- Had 1,184 all-purpose yards and 20 scores as a junior, including 50 receptions for 951 yards
- Second-team All-Area by Chicago Tribune in 2020
Luke Fickell Post-Game Media Conference || Wisconsin Football vs Ohio State || Oct. 18, 2025
Saturday, October 18
Luke Fickell Post-Game Media Conference || Wisconsin Football vs Iowa || Oct. 11, 2025
Saturday, October 11
Luke Fickell Weekly Press Conference || Wisconsin Football || Oct. 6, 2025
Monday, October 06
Luke Fickell Post-Game Media Conference || Wisconsin Football at Michigan || Oct. 4, 2025
Saturday, October 04
