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
Has Iowa had a better
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Ever? If we're including JUCOs I'll throw Marshall Yanda out there.
No where near Banks level, but Chandler was a solid follow up as well.
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.
To the original point, Nick Jackson has been an absolute homerun, both production and how he meshes culture-wise.
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!
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!
I think he meant non-JUCO, I'm assuming. Jeff Kramer the DL transfer from Notre Dame comes to mind. I still think Jackson may be better though
Van Valkenberg stepped into a starting roll right away. And is still on the Rams roster. He and the DT Heflin were much needed transfers that year. But Jackson probably rates a little higher.
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.
So he was really a JUDO transfer.
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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.
Technically, yes they are.....but they were always gonna end up at Iowa.
Iowa recruited Andre Tippett during Bob Commings era and placed him at a Iowa JC. Bernie Wyatt killed it recruiting NY-NJ at Iowa, later at Wisconsin. Then, Commings was fired, Wyatt was retained and he encouraged Hayden Fry to project him as a DE, rather than a FB.
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still hoping that cade will do enough to compete in this thread a few months down the road. he certainly made the biggest splash on his way in
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.
Agree. Thats why I wouldn't include Green..
CS also started out at Iowa, then left to juco for one year, and then returned......
So let me get this thread straight. A question was asked. Then the rules to the question changed, then people started saying this choice or that choice does not count or qualify. That about sum it up?
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.
And yes, CS was at Iowa, left due to grades, and came back. He was one helluva an athlete at the position.
Could make an argument that it turns out Eppy Epenesa is the best transfer the Hawks have ever gotten…!
He went to Kirkwood, while working at a furniture store.
So what I am gathering is Iowa has done pretty well with the second chance guys. With the ones who maybe had to or for whatever reason did take the harder road or the road less traveled. Is that fair to say?
Jackson has been awesome. He looked a little lost the first game or so last year but really settled in well by game 2/3.
Rob Houghtlin turned out to be a pretty big get, even more so beginning as a walk on transfer.
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.....
Yes & a couple guys that read this board and my wife as far as that goes knew him &/or played football with him @ Wesylean
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.
Coluzzi also handled kickoffs, which were appreciable deeper than our PK at that time, though that PK became a stud kicker, for sure.
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.
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