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*****Offical 2022 Recruiting Thread*****

Aaron Graves
Defensive End
6’5 260
Out of all the instate guys in this class, Graves is easily the best imo. He’s big, strong, and physical. And believe me, I’ve watched a lot of film on recruits, and Graves has easily one of the best first steps I’ve ever seen out of an Iowa defensive end recruit. As far as a comparison, I would say Matt Roth/Jared Devries. He’s going to have a great career and I’ll enjoy watching it unfold.

Caden Crawford
Defensive End
6’5 240
When I started seeing all the forecasts and CB’s coming in, I got giddy. Having Crawford opposite of Graves is going to make for an extremely salty end duo in the future. Crawford is extremely physical and while not as good as Graves, still has a great 1st step off the line. For a comp, I was struggling to find a good one until someone said Drew Ott. Crawford and Ott were/are very similar in size and playing style. Crawford will need to put on the Braithweight, and likely won’t have much of an impact until his RS SO season imo.

Jack Dotzler
Offensive Tackle
6’7 265
Was there ever any doubt he was going to be a Hawkeye? He’s a great start to the 2022 OL class. He had some good offers, including PSU, IU, ISU, and Purdue. He has a very good frame to work with. What I see when I watch his tape is his lateral mobility not many high school guys who are 6’7 265 have the side to side motion Dotzler does. He is strong, but he definitely needs to weight room. He’s very lean, so he needs to add the muscle on. I’d guess he won’t make much of an impact until his redshirt sophomore/junior year, because of all the talent in the OL room. When he does make an impact, it’ll be a big one though. Can’t wait to watch him progress and make a big impact over the course of his college career.

Jayden Montgomery
Linebacker
5’11 205
I will admit, I wasn’t exactly optimistic before I looked at his tape. He didn’t have really any interest from other P5 schools, besides a little bit from Wisconsin. However, after watching his tape I am more comfortable with this pick up. He has some serious speed. Not quite Jaren Kanak, but it’s pretty good. He also hits hard. Like very hard. His build reminds of Hitchens, and he plays tough. He needs a lot of work. He is very raw, and needs to put the polish on. However, I think he can end up being a very good player for us when it’s all said an done. He just needs to come in with the right attitude and work hard. Something tells me he will;)
Added Jayden Montgomery.
 
Jayden looks like that extra heartbeat guy that Iowa gets all the time. He's a beautiful form tackler with great lateral quickness. Until he's ready for an every down role he's gonna be a demon on ST's. I love the looks of our lber room.
Can he play cash?
 
Possibly, but my guess is as a WR.
I heard that Keller and another TE prospect from Monroe WI were looked at on Monday.
For who? Iowa? I assume you're talking about McIntosh, who was in today.

They visit on the 25th.

Wisconsin burned their bridge with MRD, and have nearly burnt it with Keller, to the point that even if he got an offer from them, it'd be a fight.
 
For who? Iowa? I assume you're talking about McIntosh, who was in today.

They visit on the 25th.

Wisconsin burned their bridge with MRD, and have nearly burnt it with Keller, to the point that even if he got an offer from them, it'd be a fight.
No, Wisconsin ended up offering a kid that camped with them whose only other offer is to Illinois State. Don’t think he even has a Rivals page.
 
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