#15

John Torchio

Senior safety for Wisconsin. 2022: 5 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

S · Wisconsin · Sr. · #15

6′1″ · 211 lb · Lafayette, CA

CFB Index 86 · #16 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamWisconsin 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 2263 nationally · Signed with Wisconsin

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Wisconsin. 2022: 5 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wisconsin in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Wisconsin, 92 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Wisconsin3-star out of Campolindo

202212 games

All-Big Tenfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2263 national

CFB

College

Wisconsin

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2021

Paul Chryst

Wisconsin

2022

Jim Leonhard

Wisconsin

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Jim Leonhard. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Wisconsin10-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2020Wisconsin4-3HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Wisconsin9-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2022Wisconsin7-6HC: Jim Leonhard · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

86All-Conference level #16 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (98th percentile). Strength: passes defended (89th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#10 / 811 · 98th pct

Passes defended#240 / 2755 · 89th pct

Tackles#558 / 2755 · 79th pct

Solo tackles#564 / 2755 · 79th pct

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1175 / 2755 · 55th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.6	0.1	0.1	0.4
Road5g	3.6	0.3	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.4	0.1	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #16 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #16 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Wisconsin	50	29	2.5	1.0	5	5	--
2021	Wisconsin	35	23	3.0	0.5	--	3	--
2020	Wisconsin	4	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Wisconsin	3	3	0.0	0.0	1	1	--
Career		92	57	6.5	1.5	6	9	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-0vs Illinois State	3	1	1.0	1.0	1	0
Wk 2	L 14-17vs Washington State	8	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 66-7vs New Mexico State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 21-52@ Ohio State	7	5	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 5	L 10-34vs Illinois	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 42-7@ Northwestern	3	2	1.5	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	L 28-34@ Michigan State	5	3	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	W 35-24vs Purdue	10	3	0.0	0.0	2	1	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 10	W 23-10vs Maryland	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 10-24@ Iowa	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 15-14@ Nebraska	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 16-23vs Minnesota	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		50	29	2.5	1.0	5	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

John Torchio

2018

202212 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

Players who play like John Torchio