81 days until kickoff - #81 Jon Wisnieski

[Blair Sanderson]

81 Jon Wisnieski
TE 6-5 250 Jr.
West Des Moines, Iowa
Dowling

Hawk-Item - - Suffered injury during spring practice and missed entire 2014 season.

2015 - - Saw action in 31-14 win over Illinois State, but had no statistics as offense gained 431 yards total offense . . . did not see action in 31-17 win at Iowa State . . . did not see action in 27-24 win over Pitt . . . saw action in 62-16 win over North Texas, but had no statistics as offense gained 488 yards total offense . . . did not see action in 10-6 win at Wisconsin . . . did not see action in 29-20 win over Illinois . . . did not see action in 40-10 win at Northwestern . . . did not see action in 31-15 win over Maryland . . . did not see action in 35-27 win at Indiana . . . did not see action in 40-35 win over Minnesota . . . did not see action in 40-20 win over Purdue . . . did not see action in 28-20 win at Nebraska . . . did not see action in 16-13 loss to Michigan State . . . did not see action in 45-16 Rose Bowl loss to Stanford.

2014 - - Did not see any game action due to injury.

2013 - - Redshirted.

High school honors - - Named to elite all-state first team and all-district first team as a senior . . . honorable mention all-conference as a junior . . . Career - - Member of state championship team as a sophomore . . . helped prep team post 18-6 record in final two seasons, reaching state playoffs each season while playing tight end and linebacker . . . team captain as a senior . . . recorded 24 receptions for 234 yards and four touchdowns as a senior . . . eight receptions for 119 yards and two touchdowns as a junior . . . recorded 36 tackles, with one interception for a touchdown, as a junior . . . also lettered in both basketball and baseball.

Personal - - Born 9/21/94 . . . business major . . . parents are Barb and Dave Wisnieski . . . . earned academic all-state honors for football . . . member of National Honor Society . . . member of prep Honor Roll . . . one of two players from West Des Moines on the Iowa roster . . . attended same high school at QB Ryan Boyle and LB Nick Wilson . . . high school coach was Tom Wilson.

 

[DutchyFunStar]

Big year for this kid. There is playing time for a 2nd and 3rd TE out there.

 

[nu2u]

4th year on campus - seems like he joined the team just yesterday.... where the hell does the time go? Anyway, I hope he shakes the injury bug this year, If so, you have to believe he has a good shot to make the two-deeps. My friend from DSM said he is a solid pass catcher in the mold of Brandon Myers. I have no idea if this is true but the Iowa offense definitely needs one or two TEs to emerge behind Kittle. On paper, Wisnieski seems best positioned to do that. Looking forward to watching him play.

 

[NevadaHawk]

Someone will need to fill the big shoes of departing senior George Kittle after this season. Will it be Jon?

 

[StormHawk42]

Hard to believe he's a junior already

 

[Hawk68]

Damn, there must be a TE in the large group behind Kittle that will emerge as a surprise player!