"That’s the best-looking linebacker I’ve ever seen. This guy’s (Jack Campbell) unreal.”
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I think he leaves IC as KF's best LB if he stays healthy, and has a solid DL.
Pretty impressive if it happens.
Pretty impressive if it happens.
You could definitely see it already last season. Was he out with an injury for the Purdue and NW games last season?
Yes definitely for Purdue, we win that game IMO with him...and of course the RZ fumble....
Better than Greenway? Sign me up!
He reminds me of Jack Lambert, but with all of his teeth. He just always seems to end up at the ball.
You beat me to it. Lambert also played in Black and Gold for the NFL champs Pittsburgh Stealers. He was 6-4/5 around 240/245. Campbell 6-4/5 around 245. Lambert ran 4.7 40. Don't know Jacks 40, but he looks plenty fast. Nice comp. 😎❤️
Hope he wasn’t just talking about his good looks.
Last year I thought he had that Josie Jewell, Pat Angerer look. Tough, fast, smart - always around the ball.
The defense always seems to be great when the guy in the middle is a stud.
The defense always seems to be great when the guy in the middle is a stud.
And he has the size and length those two didn’t. If he’s the type of gamer those two are/were he could be unreal.
Friend of mine who just retired as the head coach at Ames after many years said Campbell is the best high school player he’s ever coached against.
Ok. I’m ready for Iowa football.
I hate the Packers but it looks like Campbell has a little Ray Nitschke football DNA and that's a good thing.
...and as big as Nitschke was for a LB back in the 60s (6ft3, 235) Campbell is even bigger at 6ft5, 243 and much faster also.
...and as big as Nitschke was for a LB back in the 60s (6ft3, 235) Campbell is even bigger at 6ft5, 243 and much faster also.
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BF would do well to keep his opinion to himself until we’ve ascertained how well Jack does when asked to cover david bell one-on-one with the game on the line.
how about no linebacker covers him with game on the line..BF would do well to keep his opinion to himself until we’ve ascertained how well Jack does when asked to cover david bell one-on-one with the game on the line.
Not to quibble, but Lambert was barely 220. Different era.
Heard Lambert interviewed on SIRIUS NFL a few years ago. He said he came in as a rookie around 210 and finished the year around 190. He joked that his weight was never truthfully listed on the Steelers roster. Also said his mid season most years was around 200 and he got bigger the last couple of seasons, up to around 215 and he blamed that on old age.
Shocking how much bigger the players have become since my childhood.
Stop stop I cannot get anymore erect
I hope Jacobs is as good as I think he is... if so him, Campbell & Benson could be the best lb trio in Hawkeye history
In the state championship game he sure looked like he was on another level to me.
I thought he’d be good, but the interception against Wisconsin, damn.
For his size, to recognize the play action, turn and recover to make the pick. Excited to see a full season of those highlights.
For his size, to recognize the play action, turn and recover to make the pick. Excited to see a full season of those highlights.
BF would do well to keep his opinion to himself until we’ve ascertained how well Jack does when asked to cover david bell one-on-one with the game on the line.
How about that game just never gets to “on the line” status?
They thought Lanning was the best too until he had to cover a certain RB 1 on 1...
I was listening to Dochtermann & Howe's recent podcast yesterday and one of them picked Campbell as their B10 Defensive Player of the Year for the upcoming season. Kind of surprising, but wouldn't that be nice?
Jack is going to seriously upgrade the defense for that lucky NFL team who gets him in the draft.
