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Caleb Shudak's Dad (Jeff) is No. 2 on Clown U’s All-Time Scoring List w/ 266 Career Points as a 4-year kicker from 1987-90 (58 FGs, 73.4%)

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Nice story from HawkCentral.

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The most recent Cy-Hawk football matchup showed just how important the placekicker can be. On a wet grass field that made for tricky kicking conditions, Keith Duncan booted four field goals — one in each quarter — to help deliver an 18-17 Iowa win at Jack Trice Stadium in 2019.

Two years later, the Hawkeyes’ kicker position again is in the spotlight ... in large part because of his last name.

Caleb took advantage of the COVID-19-impacted 2020 season that didn't count against eligibility to return for a sixth year at Iowa. Now, in Game 2 of his first season as Iowa's field-goal specialist, he gets to kick where his father did — No. 12 Iowa (1-0) at No. 10 Iowa State (1-0) at 3:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised by ABC.

"It is cool to think about being on the same field and kicking to the same uprights that he did," Shudak said of his father. "I get a little emotional thinking about it and talking with him about it. It’s so cool. He was my childhood hero. (As a kid), I was like, 'Man, this is the best kicker in the world.'"

"I don’t know if he’ll ever admit it, but (me choosing Iowa) was probably tough for him initially," Shudak said of his father. "He was a diehard Iowa State fan. But seeing how happy it made me and how much better I was getting athletically, academically, as a person that was maturing, I think he really enjoyed that."


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Nice story from HawkCentral.

Some excerpts:

The most recent Cy-Hawk football matchup showed just how important the placekicker can be. On a wet grass field that made for tricky kicking conditions, Keith Duncan booted four field goals — one in each quarter — to help deliver an 18-17 Iowa win at Jack Trice Stadium in 2019.

Two years later, the Hawkeyes’ kicker position again is in the spotlight ... in large part because of his last name.

Caleb took advantage of the COVID-19-impacted 2020 season that didn't count against eligibility to return for a sixth year at Iowa. Now, in Game 2 of his first season as Iowa's field-goal specialist, he gets to kick where his father did — No. 12 Iowa (1-0) at No. 10 Iowa State (1-0) at 3:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised by ABC.

"It is cool to think about being on the same field and kicking to the same uprights that he did," Shudak said of his father. "I get a little emotional thinking about it and talking with him about it. It’s so cool. He was my childhood hero. (As a kid), I was like, 'Man, this is the best kicker in the world.'"

"I don’t know if he’ll ever admit it, but (me choosing Iowa) was probably tough for him initially," Shudak said of his father. "He was a diehard Iowa State fan. But seeing how happy it made me and how much better I was getting athletically, academically, as a person that was maturing, I think he really enjoyed that."


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Nice to see a good father who wanted to provide his son with a much better opportunity and environment than he had for himself. :)
 
It's really impressive that his dad is number two on the list because ISU was really bad during his career there, and of course they played less games than now. I guess sometimes that does lead to making more FGs though and 73 percent is really great for that era.
 
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