has there been a better transfer in player than Nick Jackson? dude was great after the first couple of games last year, I'm having a hard time thinking of anyone better
No where near Banks level, but Chandler was a solid follow up as well.Brad Banks
Hayden brought Tippett in, and he became an All-American and an NFL star as a DE. Tippett credited his quickness and balance to his experience in judo.JUCO’s Andre Tippett
So he was really a JUDO transfer.Hayden brought Tippett in, and he became an All-American and an NFL star as a DE. Tippett credited his quickness and balance to his experience in judo.
Ever? If we're including JUCOs I'll throw Marshall Yanda out there.
Great list going here. Did not know Tippett was a JUCO transfer.
To the original point, Nick Jackson has been an absolute homerun, both production and how he meshes culture-wise.
Many good choices mentioned but to me Greene doesn't really qualify. He was a Hawkeye all the way. We were on him and I think steered him to the prep school in Conn? Then he was at Iowa, and then because of grade issues we stuck him in a Juco in Iowa before his return. Then he came back to Iowa. Kind of like he was on the practice squad or stashed somewhere, but he was certainly coming back if he got his grades in order.Shonn Greene
Agree. Thats why I wouldn't include Green..I wouldn't count guys that were going to be at Iowa and ended up taking a season, or two, to get their grades up at Iowa Central or Kirkwood as "transfers".
Technically, yes they are.....but they were always gonna end up at Iowa.
CS also started out at Iowa, then left to juco for one year, and then returned......Should have been more specific talking about players who have transfered from D-1 schools into Iowa.
Well aware of Banks, Tippett & Yanda being juco transfers, Greene doesn't really count because he was at iowa originally & had to get the grades in order & didn't play football while he was away.
Clinton Solomon CJ Jones also come to mind!
Very well said and agree 💯has there been a better transfer in player than Nick Jackson? dude was great after the first couple of games last year, I'm having a hard time thinking of anyone better
I think Solomon was right out of high school.CJ Jones, Clinton Solomon, and Nick Easley at the wide receiver position.
And yes, CS was at Iowa, left due to grades, and came back. He was one helluva an athlete at the position.
He went to Kirkwood, while working at a furniture store.Went to a prep school not Juco
He went to kirkwood after enrolling at iowa & then came back to iowa.Went to a prep school not Juco
He was & had to go to iowa central to get eligible againI think Solomon was right out of high school.
And he went to my high school to bootWent to a prep school not Juco
Totally incorrect. He did both. He went to prep in Conn. Then he went to Iowa, and still had grade issues there. Then he went to Juco in Iowa, and worked in a furniture store for awhile, then came back to Iowa, and then left with a year of eligibility left after he won the Doak Walker award.....Went to a prep school not Juco
Yes & a couple guys that read this board and my wife as far as that goes knew him &/or played football with him @ WesyleanCould make an argument that it turns out Eppy Epenesa is the best transfer the Hawks have ever gotten…!
I was just thinking the other day about how far our special teams have come since Rastetter, but I could not remember his name. I was thinking back then, that a good HS JV punter could have done a better job. Man he was bad.This discussion begins and ends with Ron Coluzzi. We were destined for another season of Colten Rastetter as our punter, then Coluzzi came in from Directional Michigan as a grad transfer. His flip against Michigan that drew a targeting was legendary, and figured in, in a minor way, to the win over #3 in 2016.
Coluzzi also handled kickoffs, which were appreciable deeper than our PK at that time, though that PK became a stud kicker, for sure.