Safety, Wisconsin, 2013–⁠17

Joe Ferguson

Number
No. 8
Height
6′1″
Weight
195 lb
Hometown
Madison, WI

Joe Ferguson played safety at Wisconsin (2013–⁠17).

Career highs

2interceptions, career highat Indiana, 2017

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2016Wisconsin7400000
2017Wisconsin16900420
Career231300420

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloTkl
2013411

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2013Wisconsin8S
2014Wisconsin8S
2015Wisconsin8S
2016Wisconsin8S
2017Wisconsin8S6′1″195

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2017 Wisconsin 9 games, 16 tackles, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 1vs.Utah StateW 59–⁠10210010
Oct 14vs.PurdueW 17–⁠9210000
Oct 28atIllinoisW 24–⁠10220010
Nov 4atIndianaW 45–⁠17––––2–
Nov 11vs.IowaW 38–⁠14100001
Nov 18vs.MichiganW 24–⁠10420001
Nov 25atMinnesotaW 31–⁠0110000
Dec 2vs.Ohio StateL 21–⁠27320000
Dec 30 ✦atMiamiW 34–⁠24100000
2016 Wisconsin 5 games, 7 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 10vs.AkronW 54–⁠10100000
Sep 24atMichigan StateW 30–⁠6110000
Oct 29vs.NebraskaW 23–⁠17320000
Nov 12vs.IllinoisW 48–⁠3100000
Nov 19atPurdueW 49–⁠20110000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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