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[Blair Sanderson]

Following the future
Blair Sanderson | Editor

Tyrone Tracy Jr. had 180 yards receiving, 133 yards rushing, and 3 touchdowns Friday.

In our following the future update, we take a look each week during the season at how Iowa's commits are doing on the field, including our performance of the week. Join us throughout the year as we watch their progress and get ready for the future of Hawkeye football.

Performance of the week

Tyrone Tracy Jr. had another big week as he hauled in 6 catches for 180 yards and a pair of receiving touchdowns and added 133 rushing yards and 1 touchdown on the ground as well in Decatur Central's 41-16 win over Franklin Community.

Through 9 games this season, Tracy has 97 carries for 952 rushing yards and 42 catches for 879 receiving yards with 19 touchdowns for Decatur Central (8-1).

See highlights from Tracy's game on Friday in the video below.



Other performances

Returning from a leg injury, Samson Evans ran for 88 yards and 4 touchdowns with offensive lineman Jeff Jenkins leading the way as Prairie Ridge beat Jacobs by a score of 30-16. Evans has 977 yards rushing on the season for Prairie Ridge (8-0).

Linebacker Dillon Doyle had 6 tackles, 1 TFL, and a fumble recovery as Iowa City West beat Linn-Mar 42-7 on Friday. This season, Doyle has 45 tackles and 5.5 TFL on defense and 12 catches for 173 yards and 2 touchdowns on offense for West (8-0).

Defensive tackle Tyler Linderbaum had 9 tackles in Solon's 42-7 win over West Burlington Notre Dame on Friday. This season, Linderbaum has 33 tackles, 6 TFL, and 2 sacks for Solon (8-0) who has only allowed 21 points through 8 games.

In a game between a pair of Hawkeye commits, it was tight end Jack Plumb that came out victorious as his Bay Port team beat Henry Geil and Green Bay Preble by a score of 49-21 Friday. Primarily used as a blocker, Plumb has 2 catches for 15 yards and 2 touchdowns this season for Bay Port (9-0).

Running back Henry Geil finished with 14 carries for 141 yards and 2 touchdowns on the ground plus 50 yards receiving in the loss. Through 9 games this season, Geil has 204 carries for 1,411 yards and 16 touchdowns for Preble (6-3).

See highlights from Geil's game on Friday in the video below.



Safety Julius Brents had 2 tackles and 1 pass breakup in Warren Central's 24-17 win over River Rouge on Friday. In 5 games since returning from a knee injury, Brents has 13 tackles and 1 interception this season for Warren Central (6-3).

Offensive lineman Cody Ince saw his Unity offense held to just 79 yards rushing in their 31-6 loss to Grantsburg on Friday. On defense, Ince led the team with 13 tackles in the game. This season, he has 74 tackles and 15 TFL for Unity (7-2).

Cornerback D.J. Johnson had 3 tackles and 1 pass breakup, but saw his North Central team lose to Ben Davis 58-14. This season, Johnson has 29 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 6 pass breakups for North Central (3-6).

Defensive tackle Noah Shannon had 5 tackles in Oswego's 34-3 victory over Plainfield South on Friday. This season, Shannon has 37 tackles, 10 TFL, and 6 sacks for Oswego (7-1).

Tight end Anthony Torres is out for the season due to injury. His Mishawaka Penn team improved to 8-1 on the year with a 48-7 win over Mishawaka on Friday.

Terry Roberts had 4 catches for 129 yards and 2 touchdowns as Cathedral Prep beat West Toronto Prep 50-7 on Friday. This season, Roberts has 20 catches for 639 yards and 8 touchdown on offense to go along with 6 tackles and 2 interceptions on defense for Cathedral Prep (8-0).

See highlights from Roberts' game on Friday in the video below.



Class of 2019 defensive back commit Larry Tracy had 5 tackles and 3 pass breakups as he helped Decatur Central beat Franklin Community 41-16 on Friday. This year, Tracy has 64 tackles, 13 pass breakups, and 3 interceptions for Decatur Central (8-1).

Class of 2019 offensive line commit Tyler Endres helped Norwalk put up 316 yards of total offense in their 34-7 win over Nevada Friday. Norwalk is now 6-2 this season.

Class of 2019 offensive line commit Ezra Miller paved the way as Ridge View racked up 361 rushing yards in their 44-12 win over MMCRU Friday. Defensively, Miller had 2 tackles in the game. This season, he has 47 tackles and 7 TFL for Ridge View (5-3).

Class of 2019 tight end commit Logan Lee finished with 2 catches for 25 yards and a touchdown on offense and 5 tackles and a sack on defense in Orion's 61-18 win over Bureau Valley Friday. This year, Lee has 20 catches for 342 yards and 8 touchdowns for Orion (7-1).

Finally, junior college defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon, who plans to enroll at Iowa at semester, had 3 tackles and 1 sack as Iowa Western picked up a 41-14 win over Garden City on Saturday. This season, Nixon has 24 tackles, 7 TFL, and 2.5 sacks for Iowa Western (6-1).

See highlights from Nixon's game on Saturday in the video below.



Please check back next week for more results and stay with HawkeyeReport.com for the latest on Iowa football recruiting.

 

[bojihawk44]

Can't wait for Tracy Jr. to get to campus. Kid is absolutely electric and has that Akrum Wadley-like elusiveness in space where you just know he's going to make a few people miss and score.

And really like what I've seen out of Nixon. Pad level and arm extension could be a little bit better but he can move really well for his size and might create those bubbles at the line of scrimmage that seem to be absent from the defense most of the time this year.

 

[HawkIDrummer]

Saw Linderbaum played briefly against my hometown... he's a man among boys.

 

[Hawki45]

I agree on Tracy. This kid is going to be a playmaker. Reminds me of Le’Veon Bell a little, and before everyone freaks out I’m not saying he is as good as Le’Veon or anywhere close, I’m just saying that he seems like a patient runner that waits for the hole and also has the ability to line up at receiver or catch the ball out of the back field. Hopefully he plays with a chip on his shoulder, because his ranking should be way higher....but that doesn’t bother us Iowa fans

 

[nitewing]

Tracy will be used in the slot. Evans will line up as a SE but the one I am waiting to see 6'1 211 lb RB Giel. line up at RB

 

[IA_Hawks7]

What is Torres's injury?

 

[Roy-munson]

247 has named Tyler lindebaum and Jeff Jenkins 4 stars, this is 247 rankings not the composit

 

[millhawk]

Saw Linderbaum played briefly against my hometown... he's a man among boys.

Yes, a Mitch King quality only starting out much larger. Nasty, loves to hit...Doyle has to be licking his chops.

Coach Copeland has to be licking his chops with T Tracy. He should be special and plays as a freshman.

 

[nitewing]

Yes, a Mitch King quality only starting out much larger. Nasty, loves to hit...Doyle has to be licking his chops.

Coach Copeland has to be licking his chops with T Tracy. He should be special and plays as a freshman.

Copeland already has a group of FR that will be SO's the receiving corp just keeps getting better,
Smith-Masette
Brandon Smith
Easley will be the leader of the group as a SR,
with these RS'ing
FR Marchese
FR Cooper
and Quarrell's working his way onto the field

Copeland definitely has to be licking his chops. as well as Stanley,
my hopes are that Butler gets another year giving the offense this for a potent offense attack
RB Butler
RB Young
RB Kelly-Martin
TE Fant
TE Hochenson
to go with those WR will be something that has not been on a KF team before. if people can't get excited about that, then they are the consummate Debbie downer.

 

[kceasthawk]

Copeland already has a group of FR that will be SO's the receiving corp just keeps getting better,
Smith-Masette
Brandon Smith
Easley will be the leader of the group as a SR,
with these RS'ing
FR Marchese
FR Cooper
and Quarrell's working his way onto the field

Copeland definitely has to be licking his chops. as well as Stanley,
my hopes are that Butler gets another year giving the offense this for a potent offense attack
RB Butler
RB Young
RB Kelly-Martin
TE Fant
TE Hochenson
to go with those WR will be something that has not been on a KF team before. if people can't get excited about that, then they are the consummate Debbie downer.

Cooper is not redshirting. He's already played in the last couple of games I believe.

 

[millhawk]

Copeland already has a group of FR that will be SO's the receiving corp just keeps getting better,
Smith-Masette
Brandon Smith
Easley will be the leader of the group as a SR,
with these RS'ing
FR Marchese
FR Cooper
and Quarrell's working his way onto the field

Copeland definitely has to be licking his chops. as well as Stanley,
my hopes are that Butler gets another year giving the offense this for a potent offense attack
RB Butler
RB Young
RB Kelly-Martin
TE Fant
TE Hochenson
to go with those WR will be something that has not been on a KF team before. if people can't get excited about that, then they are the consummate Debbie downer.

Agree about the returning wr's and the numbers. I'm saying Tracy finds his niche in that group and gets some time on the field. He's that good. It also helps that his high school team is using him as a wr at times.

 

[nitewing]

Cooper is not redshirting. He's already played in the last couple of games I believe.

did not see his name in any of the game stats, sorry for the mis information but it stands Copeland has a lot of young talented WR to work with,

the offense has a chance to put up some good numbers and win a lot of games. the OL is getting bigger and will give better blocking, for Stanley and the RB's

 

[kceasthawk]

did not see his name in any of the game stats, sorry for the mis information but it stands Copeland has a lot of young talented WR to work with,

the offense has a chance to put up some good numbers and win a lot of games. the OL is getting bigger and will give better blocking, for Stanley and the RB's

No stats for Cooper as he hasn't been targeted in his few plays, but KF did say they were trying to get him on the field more. Time for a bust out game for B Smith this week.

 

[froggy67]

I am really looking forward to seeing Samson Evans on the field. For some reason I think his determined style of running is going to shine.

 

[pacnorthhawkeye]

Agree about the returning wr's and the numbers. I'm saying Tracy finds his niche in that group and gets some time on the field. He's that good. It also helps that his high school team is using him as a wr at times.

Stoked about Larry too. He's a feisty little CB.

 

[nitewing]

the depth is getting better and deeper.

 

[TKingpin]

Cooper has been in the games. He is not red-shirting. He doesn't get any targets just yet, but he has been on the field. He was in at the end of the Illinois game when Wiegers came in.

 

[ghostOfHomer777]

Stoked about Larry too. He's a feisty little CB.

I'm very excited about Larry too ... however, my vibe is that he'll be developing as a safety for the Hawks by the time he hits campus. I could be wrong, but if you go off the pattern of recruits, it seems like we hit the CB recruiting especially hard in '17 and '18. Consequently, we're likely to have things open up a little bit more at safety in the '19 class.

 

[ghostOfHomer777]

Truth be told - I'm pretty excited about the '18 class as a whole thus far. The guys just seem to be such good "fits" for Iowa. Seeing the natural progression of their play as seniors in high school seems to further validate how the coaches had evaluated them too.

If you look at the '17 class, the WRs seemed to project more as outside WRs .... thus, you look at both Tracy and Evans ... but guys look like fabulous fits at the slot, as interior WRs for us.

Then, as we work in Nixon, Linderbaum, and Shannon into the fold ... we'll have a nice mix of guys with girth to man the interior DL. Nixon seems to be very comparable to Lattimore in terms of size and athleticism. Linderbaum and Shannon are both guys who have pretty nice starting "size" ... but who, as Coach Morgan would say, also have pretty natural leverage (a nice way of saying that they are on the shorter side). Given that 2 of our more productive DTs currently are Bazata and Matt Nelson ... it will be important to infuse that position with depth and talent.

Our OL candidates look good to me too. They seem like "glue guys" .... guys who given the coaches some flexibility with filling spots. Plumb is a developmental OT, Jenkins strikes me as a prototypical OG, and Ince is a guy who appears to me to project equally well at either OG or OT. Lastly, in a pinch and depending on development ... I still really like Linderbaum at center too. However, to that end, it would appear that Banwart might be the next guy in line to take over after Daniels graduates (Williams will have a say about that, of course).

Doyle is having one heck of a year for IC West ... it definitely appears like we're getting a good one there.

And Geil excites me as much as anybody. We targeted him from very early on ... and each week, his performances only seem to make the coaches look smarter and smarter.

 

[Wasnt-drunk-didnt-troll]

I was thinking the plan for Sampson was alot but I have been wrong many times. Also, anyone know anything about keysaun Bryan? I am excited about Geil like everyone but think Bryan will be a stud down the line also.

 

[nitewing]

I was thinking the plan for Sampson was alot but I have been wrong many times. Also, anyone know anything about keysaun Bryan? I am excited about Geil like everyone but think Bryan will be a stud down the line also.

Bryan is in the mold of Butler and Wadley fast and a receiving RB, this was a staple of Hayden and GD, BF has embrased that philosophy. a receiving RB is very valuable.

 

[Hawks_Rock_12]

Tracy will be used in the slot. Evans will line up as a SE but the one I am waiting to see 6'1 211 lb RB Giel. line up at RB

I remember you being excited about a RB named Eric Graham, whatever happened to him ?

 

[ghostOfHomer777]

Bryan is in the mold of Butler and Wadley fast and a receiving RB, this was a staple of Hayden and GD, BF has embrased that philosophy. a receiving RB is very valuable.

Both IKM and Bryan are more of the "versatile" type of all-purpose back.

 

[nitewing]

Both IKM and Bryan are more of the "versatile" type of all-purpose back.

yes they are, Giel is more of a power back in the mold of Gordon. that 6'1 210 lb + that has speed and power,

 

[BigOHawk]

I remember you being excited about a RB named Eric Graham, whatever happened to him ?

Graham was a signing day reach from down south, left the team prior to the season last fall to purse PT somewhere else.

 

[BigOHawk]

Graham was a signing day reach from down south, left the team prior to the season last fall to purse PT somewhere else.

Looks like he is playing with Independence CC out of Kansas. Stats I found through 3 games said he has 32 rushes for 232 yards, not a bad average.

 

[nitewing]

Looks like he is playing with Independence CC out of Kansas. Stats I found through 3 games said he has 32 rushes for 232 yards, not a bad average.

Graham also found himself buried on the Depth chart. there is no shame in that. look at who else has left that found themselves buried on the depth chart.

 

[Roy-munson]

Graham also found himself buried on the Depth chart. there is no shame in that. look at who else has left that found themselves buried on the depth chart.

I give up, who?

 

[nitewing]

I give up, who?

you were able to look up Graham, how about Mitchell for one, there are others but I am tired of dealing with posters like you, that do nothing but try to start something with no basis.

 

[wneff]

Looks like he is playing with Independence CC out of Kansas. Stats I found through 3 games said he has 32 rushes for 232 yards, not a bad average.

That is where Season 3 of Last Chance U is being shot, so he will soon be coming to a TV or device near you.

 

[BigOHawk]

DMX (Mitchell) now plays for the mighty Incarnate Word Cardinals...27 rushes for 174 yards and 3 TD's. Yes, those same pesky Incarnate Word athletes that beat Nebraska in bball a few years ago.