My favorite sports publication The Athletic came out today with its Midseason All American team; as well as its Midseason Freshman All American team. Won't link the article because it is a pay site.
But Iowa is quite well-represented in both lists, and is tied with Georgia and Michigan St with 4 players tabbed on its first or second AA team. Tyler Linderbaum and Tory Taylor were named first team AA, with Jack Campbell and Matt Hankins on second team AA. They did blurbs on the 1st team guys, here are those for the Hawkeyes:
OL Tyler Linderbaum, Iowa: Linderbaum is PFF’s highest-graded center and highest-graded run-blocking center, a mauler who has played as well as any player at any position through the first half of the season. It’s possible nobody is a greater lock for a postseason award than Linderbaum for the Rimington Trophy.
P Tory Taylor, Iowa: A field-position wizard, Taylor has pinned 21 of 43 punts inside the 20-yard line this season while averaging 46.2 yards per punt. Against Penn State, Taylor pinned six of nine punts inside the 20, including four inside the 5. Against Iowa State, he pinned five inside the 20, including three inside the 10.
As far as the Freshman Midseason AA team is concerned, they just did 1st team and two young Hawkeyes were named to it:
OT Mason Richman, Iowa: The redshirt freshman has started every game at left tackle this season and has shown big upside. Richman was a three-star signee out of Kansas who played defensive line in high school. He quickly pulled off the transition to the O-line, appearing in three games last season before winning the starting job in camp.
OG Connor Colby, Iowa: Colby has started each of the last four games for Iowa and has the second-best PFF rating (79.1) among starters on the Hawkeyes’ line behind their All-America center Tyler Linderbaum. The four-star true freshman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hasn’t allowed a sack so far in 220 snaps. Only five other linemen have started as true freshmen during Kirk Ferentz’s tenure.
All in all, a pretty nice showing for the Hawks on these teams. Hopefully the rest of the season plays out well and Iowa has many representatives on the AA teams that count at the end of the year
But Iowa is quite well-represented in both lists, and is tied with Georgia and Michigan St with 4 players tabbed on its first or second AA team. Tyler Linderbaum and Tory Taylor were named first team AA, with Jack Campbell and Matt Hankins on second team AA. They did blurbs on the 1st team guys, here are those for the Hawkeyes:
OL Tyler Linderbaum, Iowa: Linderbaum is PFF’s highest-graded center and highest-graded run-blocking center, a mauler who has played as well as any player at any position through the first half of the season. It’s possible nobody is a greater lock for a postseason award than Linderbaum for the Rimington Trophy.
P Tory Taylor, Iowa: A field-position wizard, Taylor has pinned 21 of 43 punts inside the 20-yard line this season while averaging 46.2 yards per punt. Against Penn State, Taylor pinned six of nine punts inside the 20, including four inside the 5. Against Iowa State, he pinned five inside the 20, including three inside the 10.
As far as the Freshman Midseason AA team is concerned, they just did 1st team and two young Hawkeyes were named to it:
OT Mason Richman, Iowa: The redshirt freshman has started every game at left tackle this season and has shown big upside. Richman was a three-star signee out of Kansas who played defensive line in high school. He quickly pulled off the transition to the O-line, appearing in three games last season before winning the starting job in camp.
OG Connor Colby, Iowa: Colby has started each of the last four games for Iowa and has the second-best PFF rating (79.1) among starters on the Hawkeyes’ line behind their All-America center Tyler Linderbaum. The four-star true freshman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hasn’t allowed a sack so far in 220 snaps. Only five other linemen have started as true freshmen during Kirk Ferentz’s tenure.
All in all, a pretty nice showing for the Hawks on these teams. Hopefully the rest of the season plays out well and Iowa has many representatives on the AA teams that count at the end of the year
