It kind of looks like Iowa is becoming very deep in DBs. It would seem that Riley's hurdling might make him a better route runner. Just a thought.
?? Riley Moss - might he start out as a WR?
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I had that same thought as I have been seeing all his times this track season. He could be that deep threat we need along with being able to get Fant deep. Send them both deep and the medium range portion of the field should part like the red sea. LOL
When I read that his winning time in the state championships 100 meter high hurdles was FASTER than the winner of the Drake Relays University/College men’s 100 meter high hurdles, I knew we had another under-the-radar talent.
I am so impressed by Riley Moss’s track achievement that I cannot wait to see him on the football field. WR seems the most likely spot to me.
I am so impressed by Riley Moss’s track achievement that I cannot wait to see him on the football field. WR seems the most likely spot to me.
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Higher hurdles in college, but still impressive.
No, you don't put a guy at WR just because he's fast. His most impressive skill-set is his DB play. You have to account for the fact that we lost 2 safeties after the '17 season, we'll lose 2 more after the '18 season, and Amani Hooker will be graduating after the '19 season. And none of that is accounting for future attrition at safety either.
The point being, even though we're feeling comfortable with what Hooker and Stone bring to the table AND we're excited about the upside of Craddieth ... we desperately need more depth at safety (particularly looking in the long term). Furthermore, in the short term, we're in need of more quality special teams guys too.
Centennial was one of the very few teams to beat Dowling ... and Moss was a big part of that. I very excited about the young man being a Hawk.
Is Moss still planning to Blueshirt? Walk on for year 1 and then on scholly for 4?
No one asked if he could punt? You guys are slippin'.
If Iowa has to rely on walk-on receivers, its going to be a long year
Wisconsin 2011-2015: Top WRs
2011: 11-3 record, top WR was Abbrederis (former walk-on)
2012: 8-6 record, top WR was Abbrederis
2013: 9-4 record (new coach), top WR was Abbrederis
2014: 11-3 record, top WR was Erickson (former walk-on)
2015: 10-3 (new coach), top WR was Erickson
Methinks there is a reason why Iowa has more aggressively started recruiting Wisconsin and Minnesota ... while some folks might scoff at walk-on talent ... their talent-level often far surpasses what folks might think. For 5-years, Wisconsin was perfectly solid ... going through 3 different coaches ... and still the receiving game was led by walk-on WRs. I don't think that any Iowa fan (at least, in their right mind) would claim that a cumulative record of 49-19 over that window is anything to sneeze at!
Whether a guy is a former walk-on or not ... the ultimate judge is the play on the field.
While I agree stars dont matter, once you get to camp, you seem to be over looking that in every example you provided Wiscy had 2500 rushing yards returning.
By their own standards ... their rushing game was subpar in 2015.
Otherwise, it's true that it certainly didn't hurt their cause that they had rushers like Gordon and Ball.
It feels gross praising Wiscy but the crazy part about that stat is, they played Alabama that year. Not in some BS bowl either, they knuckled up and played them in the non con. It is decisions like that which have advanced their program IMO. Sure they lost that day, but, they went into the ring willingly and put themselves on a national stage early in the season.
Back to the original topic. My biggest wish/want for Moss is a guy who is a playmaker on special teams. I have been saying for a couple years a schollie would be well spent on one of those 5 ft 6, 9 sec 100 guys who are lightning in highschool but no one touches because they are to small, and have him do nothing but field kicks. Iowa puts so much emphasis on all 3 phases of the game that IMO a guy like that is a impact player. AW @pinstripe.
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What if both Easley (now on scholly but last year walk on) and Groeneweg both had the same production that Easley had last year. Seems like that would be a significant bump in favor of the offense. I certainly want to see our scholarship receivers make a statement and put up some real numbers, but you do what you can.
I wonder if he greyshirts if he'll primarily try and focus on track his freshman year. Anyone know if he is going to try and do both? Sounds like he could be better at track like Emmanuel Ogwu (another WR failure by Greg Davis) who left football to focus track only and was on 4x400 that got 4th at nationals last year. I think he ended up transferring to one of the track programs back in his home state thinking it was TCU or Texas last summer.
That is how Blair reported it. Will walk-in and be on team in Fall then scholarship in January. Gray shirt would mean no onvolvement with team in Fall so blueshift seems preferable
This but don't forget about K Merriwether(sp?). I say he's gonna be a good one.
I still think T Roberts might play offense.
Was going to start a thread on Moss since I'm far away from Iowa and don't know much about him except that he had an excellent time in the 100m hurdles - but thought it fits here. What was his primary position in HS? Was he a safety or a corner? It's interested people were speculating that he might be a receiver as late as this spring and here he is starting at corner. I'd love to know more about this guy who is now starting for the Hawks. Anyone have a link to his HS highlight film?
How little I knew about DB depth at that time! Glad to see Riley perform this well this soon. Go Hawks!
If we ran the spread or B12 offense, he would be a receiver. But since we actually care about defense, I'm sure we have him at his best position.
