He probably would have been moved to safety, TBH.
His Rivals recruiting page listed his position as "ATH."
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His Rivals recruiting page listed his position as "ATH."
Oddly enough, I think we have done pretty well over the years recruiting kids who only had the Dakota directional school offers…😎
YES! I nearly lept off the couch in the NW game when I saw, for the first time since CJB, a damn Iowa QB running and getting first downs, stressing the D on the edges and making them pay for selling out. Small sample sizes yes but even a quick not elite level fast QB like Sully can make a huge difference, it's something we've been screaming and clamoring for years about!
Now, imagine for a moment an average passing game to help Kaleb run the ball, sigh...we led the B10 or were 2nd in rushing for most of the year, averaging over 200 ypg.
Agreed, easy to cherry pick a few examples of misses when we've had some good hits too! Greenway/Greenwood/LaPorta/Kittle/Mike Daniels, etc.
This is his 5th year in college.
He had 3 offers: North Dakota State, South Dakota State, and Northern Iowa.
Yale, South Dakota and Iowa showed interest but never offered.
How could Yale have been so stupid???
He had 3 offers: North Dakota State, South Dakota State, and Northern Iowa.
Yale, South Dakota and Iowa showed interest but never offered.
How could Yale have been so stupid???
Playing McNamara was the “safe” choice. By that, I’m not saying he was the right choice, but he had been in the program longer, probably knew the offense a little better, had the experience at Michigan, such that starting him was “safe”. And Kirk always makes the “safe” choice. I think it was apparent by ISU that he had limitations.
Then we got peaks at Sullivan in the goal line offense, and it was a consistent success, but until NW never got to see him in extended minutes. When he finally got his shot, the season was 3/4 over. He missed a lot of games to develop. So his starts came late, but carried an expectation that he’d been playing from the beginning. There were rough patches for him, but he was essentially in early season form, although late in the season. Then he gets hurt and misses two games that would have given him valuable experience. Then he starts against Mizzou. His play was very good at times and not so good at others. I’m not saying he is the answer for next year, and maybe he doesn’t develop beyond what he can do now, but there are aspects of his game that Cade could never provide, that we all knew since the Iowa State game. Just by playing more, I think he’ll get better. If Gronowski doesn’t come to Iowa, all is not lost.
Unless things have changed since my time there, Ivy League schools don’t give athletic scholarships.
I stopped reading after your first sentence. You couldn't be more incorrect. I could Provide you the information but you should learn how to look up things before you post things that are totally inaccurate.
1st qb in a century (fcs, fbs, nfl) to do that in a single game.Cam Miller - Las Vegas Raiders Quarterback - ESPN
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196 yds
2 TD's
QBR 192
121 yds rushing
FCS National Championship
Brian and Kirk passed on this kid from Solon, IA while they played QB's who couldn't run or pass in McNamara and Deacon Hill. With 3 or 4 other recruits who were not good enough to play the position.
Ndsu qb coach/oc wanted to come to Iowa. He built Stick, Wentz, Lance, and now Miller.
Coach Miller put several kids into college ball. Morris, Koehn, Linderbaum, Coons (AJ), Bock, and his own son. Countless others at 1AA/D2/D3/JUCO.
As others have said, Cam would not have developed at Iowa like he did at NDSU. It all worked at for him, couldn't be prouder of the young man.
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He didn't start in only his senior year. He was a three year starter and played against Iowa two years in a row.
| Season | Team | Conf | Class | Pos | G | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | TD% | Int | Int% | Y/A | AY/A | Y/C | Y/G | Rate | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Miami (OH) | MAC | FR | QB | 12 | 241 | 381 | 63.3 | 3105 | 25 | 6.6 | 13 | 3.4 | 8.1 | 7.93 | 12.9 | 258.8 | 146.5 | |
| 2002 | Miami (OH) | MAC | SO | QB | 12 | 271 | 428 | 63.3 | 3238 | 22 | 5.1 | 11 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 7.44 | 11.9 | 269.8 | 138.7 | |
| 2003* | Miami (OH) | MAC | JR | QB | 14 | 342 | 495 | 69.1 | 4486 | 37 | 7.5 | 10 | 2.0 | 9.1 | 9.65 | 13.1 | 320.4 | 165.8 | H-9 |
| Career | 38 | 854 | 1304 | 65.5 | 10829 | 84 | 6.4 | 34 | 2.6 | 8.3 | 8.42 | 12.7 | 285.0 | 151.3 |
I chuckle knowing that a decent amount of these ‘wth why didn’t we get this kid’
Would be the ones going with the
‘WTH KF the guy has zero stars, isn’t even listed as a QB on his recruiting profile and we waste a scholarship on him? We will never compete in the B1G by giving out charity scholarships to a kid because he is local. Kid probably should go to Coe or Wartburg, definitely not big enough to be a QB in the B1G’
Someone go back and see how many ‘we have to get this guy’ posts there were when he was being recruited.
I think it shows what kind of respect KF has that all 130 FBS coaches resisted that urge to offer a scholarship to the kid because he only wanted to go to Iowa.
Jackwagons
Would be the ones going with the
‘WTH KF the guy has zero stars, isn’t even listed as a QB on his recruiting profile and we waste a scholarship on him? We will never compete in the B1G by giving out charity scholarships to a kid because he is local. Kid probably should go to Coe or Wartburg, definitely not big enough to be a QB in the B1G’
Someone go back and see how many ‘we have to get this guy’ posts there were when he was being recruited.
I think it shows what kind of respect KF has that all 130 FBS coaches resisted that urge to offer a scholarship to the kid because he only wanted to go to Iowa.
Jackwagons
Cam could have "walked on" and been buried on the depth chart and never developed under KF\BF. He made the right move going to NDSU, he found the right fit for OC\QB coach that helped develop him into what he is today.
Agree, most would have rolled their eyes at offering him a scholarship.
I honestly have no idea why any QB who has legit offers elsewhere would ever want to play for KF in this offense.
Dude, I was talking about high school. Ben didn't start until his senior year, which is why he ended up at Miami and not Ohio State. Obviously you didn't stop reading after the first sentence, but you weren't reading carefully.
Tell me if you have seen this before. Hawkeye Marching Band, I am truly sorry for misreading your post and responding like an ass.
Please forgive me. I 'almost' wish I could blame on one or two many but since I just celebrated 10 years of sobriety I have to take it like a man.
To the rest of you FO.
Everybody enjoy 2025, there will be plenty of challenges and some might get us worked up but we (me) should try harder and maybe take a step back before I put my foot in my mouth.
That's all.
Geez. What did you do to my friend Marching Band you ****er!?
I wasn't kind as I possible could be. I was rather harsh in a response to his post and others called me out on it. I fell on the sword so there could be peace.
I was just ****ing with you. We need more mea culpas like this where people realize they were unnecessarily harsh towards another poster. It shows a level of emotional maturity seldom seen around here. Good on you.
Miller went to the Raiders in the 6th round.
If you had to predict one mega-sleeper pick in this draft, I think this is it. There's no obvious starter on that roster right now, and this kid knows how to HUSTLE!
He may not be the starter on 2025, but I wouldn't be surprised if he finds a way to be "the guy" in 2026.
If you had to predict one mega-sleeper pick in this draft, I think this is it. There's no obvious starter on that roster right now, and this kid knows how to HUSTLE!
He may not be the starter on 2025, but I wouldn't be surprised if he finds a way to be "the guy" in 2026.
Pretty cool to see a kid from the WAMAC get drafted before 5* Ewers.
NDSU's QB coach wanted to come to Iowa, KF thought BF would be better...
So Miller was on the same high school team as Lindebaum? And didn't he play against the linebacker from SDSU that went to the same high school? Was there 3 kids on that same high school team? Pretty crazy for a 'small' Iowa high school
Yes, Tyler played on the same team as Cam (semi-finalists Tyler's Sr year, State Runners-Up Cam's Sr year). Even crazier, Tyler's dad (class of 88) and Cam's dad (class of 89) played football together in HS.
Bock was MLB as SDSU, Coons was WR at SDSU\WstILL, and USD, Jace went to UNI (got injured and never played), Flansburg went to ISU, Lindy went to Iowa. Solon has had a run of really good athletes (back to James Morris) and they were all coached by Cam's dad.
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