His name was largely absent in any of the spring football that I read. Is he still at LB or did he get moved to DE? I strongly felt he would be at least 240 now and be turning some heads. Haven’t heard much about him. 🤷‍♂️. Anyone? Anything?
Kueter earned a lot of praise last summer and fall (during fall-camp) ... Higgins seemed to rave about him.
However, the truth is that this year Iowa has a bit of a log-jam at LB. You have to remember that Fisher stuck around for another year. The implication is that we have 3 uber-experienced guys in Higgins, Jackson, and Fisher.
In addition to those guys ... Sharar and Harrell have been waiting in the wings for years now. Lastly, just as Fisher was a former walk-on ... walk-ons have had success in our LB room. We have two other really promising LB-types in Rexroth and Telander.
Op top of all that ... Iowa has talented guys in the secondary ... so Phil will invariably keep on having the CASH-based version of our D as the "base." Thus, against most opponents, the majority of our defensive snaps will likely feature 2 LBs (2 ILBs + our CASH). Of course, given that we have a pretty good room ... Seth and Phil will likely create a bunch of sub-packages ... just so the guys can keep hungry.
Lastly, the FR class of LBs that will be hitting campus seem like they'll be really freakin' good. Weisskopf, Buffington, and Ries are some talented, versatile LB-types. Both Buffington and Ries are former QBs ... so their football IQs are likely exceptional. Weisskopf has pretty good hands ... I really wouldn't be shocked if he were to end up at TE (he's definitely an AJ Edds type). On top of all that ... those guys won't be splitting their collegiate attention between 2 sports.
While Kueter is a high-potential guy ... I could see him potentially falling behind in the LB room due to having his divided attentions. Given his passion for wrestling ... maybe he should stick there. I certainly hope that football works out for him though.