No, he's an "Athlete".
This, Mota will be an excellent WR ! As usual ,IowasLaw doesn't have his facts straight. Mota ran a 10.7 100 meters last spring.
Just because recruiting services list as an athlete doesn't change the fact from day one when he steps foot on campus he is a WR. He was recruited by schools as both DB and WR however as he stated in interviews, such as one with this very site, after he committed he did so because Iowa is going to let him play WR. Just like Noah Fant who some schools projected as DE like Nebraska others like Iowa recruited him as a TE. He's a guy yes can play both and maybe they could years later switch him back because as Mota stated when he got his first offer it was as a DB and when he first visited last winter he was with DB recruits. But again from this site's interview he's starting off at WR and being able to play that position and his relationship with Copeland one of the things that sealed the deal with his commitment. Iowa deserves its criticism in recruiting for lack of skill players but OP is skewing the facts by ignoring that he will be a WR as a freshman when he arrives at Iowa.
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And yet when some posters suggested using Nwankpa at wide receiver, they were laughed at. Impossible. Can't be done we were told. It definitely is tough to run down the field and catch a Petras pass, but maybe not quite as difficult as some would have us believe, should the pass actually be within catchable range.
The 4.28 has been misreported. He’s actually ran the forty 4.28 times. Got gassed on the fifth one and quit.
Not one person said that. What was said, is that it would be pretty hard to have a guy switch from defense to offense in the middle of the season. I know that doesn't fit your usual narrative though.
Who didn't?
Still, you have to respect the precision of measuring the partially completed attempt!
Sad thing is we could've used him this year and with the transfers Nebraska brought he's like their 4th-5th option and doesn't see the field much besides punt returns.
Iowa should only go after recruits targeted by Georgia and Alabama confirmed!
Saban recruits to win. Kirk recruits to make sure their personalities align with his dictatorship way of running a program.
I know right, I've never heard of players having issues with Saban's style of coaching. He is the best friend to all of this players.
In all honesty, the short hand version of this is much better than your regular posts.
Bullshit ! Add Mota and probably another WR recruit this year to Arland Bruce, Keagon Johnson, Brody Brecht, Jacob Bostick, Diante Vines, Jack Johnson and Alex Wick and you have an excellent group to work with. Or aren't you RATIONAL enough to grasp it ?
where is the guarantee that bruce johnson or brecht are here next year or the year after?
If you can’t argue rationally, then it’s probably time to sit this one out.
I can't guarantee that anyone will be here, why do you think it is unlikely that they won't be here ?
What are you talking about? He’s absolutely right. Brecht has proven nothing, his main sport is baseball. Keegan showed some potential last year but that is it. And now he’s missed almost half the season this year. We know nothing about what happens with him next year. Ragaini gone after this year. Bruce will maybe be our leading returning wideout with 15 catches (maybe) next year? Most might be a really good athlete but he’s never been a full time wide receiver. This is a shitshow. No way around it. Plus we will have a QB that has never thrown a pass next year.
whats irrational?
if brecht can get his control dialed in I don't think it's a stretch to think he'd leave college.
Could we please have 1 or 2 of these to say "hello" to every recruiting class? That'd be cool
Brecht isn’t going anywhere with playing baseball at Iowa too. If anything would be for mlb draft in 2 years.
Even if he’s not FB is is 2nd sport. He’s proven nothing as a receiver. We need full time receivers.
Do to hamstring injury he’s only basically played 3 games as a freshman. Kind of tough to “prove” yourself with that sample size. But he’s a big body wr something Iowa lacks. Give the kid a little time before you write him off.
