So who will be candidates for returners now?
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Just read a lot about Cooper DeJean and his possibilities at almost every position
THE X FACTOR , DeJean, Bruce, Kaleb Johnson, The new guy from IWCC. We will be fine 🙂
It's really crazy how a good ST coach can be overseen by an individual athlete.
It's really crazy how a good ST coach can be overseen by an individual athlete.
Kaden Wetjen can supposedly fly.
Our last few punt returners are usually walk-on transfers anyways.
Our last few punt returners are usually walk-on transfers anyways.
I think Charlie must have seen others on the roster who would take touches away from him. Thus reducing the visibility of his profile for NFL scouts.
I got blasted a month ago for posting that I thought his JC tape showed him a more explosive player than Jones. We will see.
yesterday i was miffed about jones' departure but thanks to this thread i have reversed course and expect iowa to break many KR and PR records this year. 
Kind of crazy Iowa has lost four scholarship receivers since last Fall: Jones, Tracy, Hutson, and Mathews, and yet they only signed one WR in last year's class. They are going to need to sign several this year to get the numbers up. Mota is on board but I would guess they sign at least two more this year. It is a shame they couldn't sell Kasper on coming here.
jones is the only guy i feel bad about. opportunity to replace the other 3 offers much upside imo.
Yeah, I don't think losing them is bad but they didn't replace them which has left the room really thin Almost like back when Copeland took over.
Maybe I missed something, but Gavin Williams was second string on the depth chart. Why wouldn't he be first in line?
Not for punts, though. And if Gavin is the starting back, I would hope that the coaching staff wouldn't risk injuring him on kickoffs. There has to be decent alternatives. Bruce or Keagan, for example.
We may never know the "why" - could have been the player, the coach, the other coaches (OC), etc.
Wetjen has some impressive highlights...
Reminds me of Tim Dwight's running style.
Put Entringer at WR please! His high school tape is impressive at WR. Time to get more skilled guys to the offensive side of the ball, especially with a packed DB room
Iowa always does fine in the return game. I hate that Jones is leaving, but not concerned the Hawks will struggle returning punts and kick-offs.
The safety room isn’t that packed. Once Kaevon graduates, Koen will have a great shot at winning that spot.
We have a five star safety that would like a word. I’d guess Nwankpa and DeJean will be the guys. And if one of them plays cash you have Schulte, Bracy and Castro still. Like I said, he’s needed more on offense and could make a quicker impact IMO
Coop will play CASH
X will be the FS
If you give Koen just a year to learn the playbook defensively, he will be playing by his RS FR season, at the latest his sophomore year.
Wetjen looks good returning kicks in those highlights. Was that IWCC or Highschool?
Jones was an All B1G performer and really the only consistent skill player on the entire team last year. He will likely be sorely missed.
He was our 4th leading receiver, with 1-3 coming back.
The doomer revisionism is getting out of hand.
Yah, but the thing about that is this: Jones couldn't throw the ball to himself, so he's headed somewhere that has a QB who will get him the ball. Have you ever thought about how damn frustrating it is for a WR to run a great route, get open, and have the QB either not throw to him or throw the ball 10 yards in front of or behind him, time after time?
And when you are the best return man in the entire BIG--better than the guys at Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, and everywhere else--then you're pretty damn good. Charlie Jones was pretty damn good. We'll see if Iowa is plug-n-play with returners. It hasn't been for 23 years, but maybe this is the year. And then that 123rd-ranked offense is still ready to rock too. LOL
I think Tracy got frustrated and left too, I know he dropped some balls but with sp ar qb he didn't have a chance. He had talent
IF he was so damn frustrated why did hue wait til now to enter portal?? Or why even return for extra year. He could have decided to go elsewhere much earlier than he did
have no idea where he s going or why. He will be a former Hawkeye and I will be supporti g the Hawks.
Tracy got plenty of opportunities and couldn't get open.
I wish him well, but his reps were gonna be drastically cut with the emergence of Johnson and Bruce.
Maybe he bought into the probable bs that things are gonna change or improve and realized it's not likely??
