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K.J.Sails commitment

Great pickup! Now if they can just land either Farniok or Jackson it will be a really good looking class.
I assume that Brandon Drayton now will no longer visit.
 
Don't sail away. We'll love you like one of us KJ. And welcome aboard. CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH YOU IN KINNICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Self proclaimed ball hawking DB with swagger. Hawkeyes, you already know what it is!

Love this pick up with athleticism and speed. King's performance this year might have been the clincher. If he's any where near the mold of King he'll be a baller as he says.
 
Excellent! Should be a great competition between Sails, Rugamba, Billings, and Boswell for the top CB spots in the coming years. The rest of the D should be killer ... so we want the competition to drive up the level of play. My guess is that AT LEAST one true freshman CB plays next year. It should be fascinating to see how the competition plays out.
 
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I was wondering if he wasn't leaning somewhere other than Iowa with the Drayton visit news. I agree, Drsyton probably won't visit now.
 
Very nice pick-up. Feels like a King type of recruit - smaller, under-recruited athlete who plays with an edge and can play multiple positions, including returning kicks ! 163lbs - welcome to training table, please help yourself to seconds.
 
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Very nice pick-up. Feels like a King type of recruit - smaller, under-recruited athlete who plays with an edge and can play multiple positions, including returning kicks ! 163lbs - welcome to training table, please help yourself to seconds.

Except for the under-recruited part, you may be right. KJ has some legitimate power-5 attention, but King never did. I'll be happy if KJ can be another Desmond King, though. :)
 
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Very nice pick-up. Feels like a King type of recruit - smaller, under-recruited athlete who plays with an edge and can play multiple positions, including returning kicks ! 163lbs - welcome to training table, please help yourself to seconds.

Uhhh, not under-recruited by Iowa standards. He has at least 18 offers and most of them are from FBS schools, including multiple P5 offers.
 
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Uhhh, not under-recruited by Iowa standards. He has at least 18 offers and most of them are from FBS schools, including multiple P5 offers.

You're right - even though I had Sails in mind, I must have been thinking of another recruit when I typed my "under-recruited" comment. Iowa beat some solid programs for his commitment.
 
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Impressive looking athlete. He and the Hooker kid from Minnesota look like twins on film. Except for Hooker is almost 200 lbs (I think ).

Smooth, very athletic can make people miss.
 
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Impressive looking athlete. He and the Hooker kid from Minnesota look like twins on film. Except for Hooker is almost 200 lbs (I think ).

Smooth, very athletic can make people miss.
I'm excited about Hooker - I think that he's going to turn out to be one heck of a ball-hawking safety.
 
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It's always hard (for me) to gauge DBs and WRs in highlight films. He looks shorter than 5'11", for sure. Looks quicker than fast (quickness is more important, of course). I think he's gonna need a couple years to build and become more physical to play on our defense. But he's got the athleticism. Comparison-wise, Jovon Johnson, maybe? Again, he's not as physical (yet) on his junior film. But that's my Iowa comparison for him.
 
I'm excited about Hooker - I think that he's going to turn out to be one heck of a ball-hawking safety.

I completely agree ghost..... and I'm absolutely baffled that more schools were not involved in his recruitment - especially Minnesota and Jerry Kill who normally has a very good eye for talent and is (was) committed to aggressively recruiting MN kids. I mean Hooker has done it all - QB, RB, WR, safety, corner, and PR/KR for Brooklyn Park - clearly one of the best athletes in the State. Could be the steal of this Iowa class.
 
I completely agree ghost..... and I'm absolutely baffled that more schools were not involved in his recruitment - especially Minnesota and Jerry Kill who normally has a very good eye for talent and is (was) committed to aggressively recruiting MN kids. I mean Hooker has done it all - QB, RB, WR safety, corner, and PR/KR for Brooklyn Park - clearly one of the best athletes in the State. Could be the steal of this Iowa class.
I was really impressed with Billings. That dude makes things happen. If I had to guess which of these young DBs we're gonna be talking about in three years, it'd be him. I think a lot of schools are going to look silly for not going after him.
 
I was really impressed with Billings. That dude makes things happen. If I had to guess which of these young DBs we're gonna be talking about in three years, it'd be him. I think a lot of schools are going to look silly for not going after him.
Billings is not unlike Jackson, in that he essentially projects just as well at WR as he does at CB. I think that once he hits Iowa, both the O and the D are going to be fighting for him to be in their room.

Rugamba is in a rather similar boat, he's a bit longer - a bit more like a Micah Hyde. However, he too is a versatile player. He projects every bit as well on O as he does on D. Like Billings, the O and D are going to fight over him to be in their room.

Actually, the versatility of so many of our recruits is thing that I like the most about the class. If we end up having any holes on the roster - the versatility of the various recruits should end up helping to fill any of those voids.
 
Just watched some of the Hudl tapes out there on our DBs .... looks like some really nice high school talent at DB. I think that a few will break through and be great contributors. It will be fun to see the guys develop. Sails definitely looks good ... it appears as though his team needed/wanted him more on O than D as a SR. Most of his highlights were on the O side of the ball.

Phil Parker is one heck of a coach ... he seems to do really well with those versatile athlete types. Amari Spievey was one of them ... Bob Sanders was one of them ... Bradley Fletcher was one of them ... Desmond King is one of them ... I'm excited to see how the "new batch" turn out!
 
Just watched some of the Hudl tapes out there on our DBs .... looks like some really nice high school talent at DB. I think that a few will break through and be great contributors. It will be fun to see the guys develop. Sails definitely looks good ... it appears as though his team needed/wanted him more on O than D as a SR. Most of his highlights were on the O side of the ball.

Phil Parker is one heck of a coach ... he seems to do really well with those versatile athlete types. Amari Spievey was one of them ... Bob Sanders was one of them ... Bradley Fletcher was one of them ... Desmond King is one of them ... I'm excited to see how the "new batch" turn out!
Thank you KJ! You will love being a Hawkeye as much as we love having you on the team!
 
Except that the vast majority of these guys committed well before the season even started.

I think he means the 2017 class onward. I think most kids would be more likely to commit to a 10-13 win Iowa team than a 4-7 win team many were predicting.
 
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This is an important decision for him. If he's uncertain he should take more time. It's too bad he committed and then reopened but if it were our son we'd encourage him to be absolutely certain. He still has the Hawks high on his list so when he concludes his consideration and if the Iowa offer is still on the table, hopefully we see him in black and gold. Coach Ferentz and staff are straight shooters and no other program will do more to help you reach the next level if that's your desire.
 
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This is an important decision for him. If he's uncertain he should take more time. It's too bad he committed and then reopened but if it were our son we'd encourage him to be absolutely certain. He still has the Hawks high on his list so when he concludes his consideration and if the Iowa offer is still on the table, hopefully we see him in black and gold. Coach Ferentz and staff are straight shooters and no other program will do more to help you reach the next level if that's your desire.


Thing is, I'm willing to bet the Iowa coaches told him the offer is there unless two guys step up before he decides he's ready again. Not faulting the kid, but I doubt Iowa holds it for him if Jackson and/or farniok say yes and I'm also willing to bet Mr. Beyer (sp) gets an offer soon.
 
Don't think they offer Beyer because they don't need his position. They need OTs, DB and DT.
 
Don't think they offer Beyer because they don't need his position. They need OTs, DB and DT.


Willing to bet, of they offer Beyer it's with a flyer that his position may switch in the near future.....but I agree, those are the highest positions of need
 
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