There are dudes who have been great CCL players who never amounted to much at Hilton (and while not trying to pick on him nor giving up on him becoming a significant contributor this season, Terrence Lewis would be a primary example of this). Then again, I cannot remember anybody who turned out to be a decent player at Iowa State who was not at least a decent player at the CCL. Jackson and Leech off to hot starts is encouraging towards the same; they have not proven anything, but at least they cross that bar.
CW said Leech was "closer to 80% than to 100% right now" on a recent podcast. I am going to keep my expectations in check for him. If we get something out of him this year, great, but I kind of think he is a long-term play to next year once he fully recovers and can come online with some of the big fish we have going for that recruiting class.
Thanks for the notes. Does Solomon look 100% again -- maybe still getting his sea legs under him, but nothing lingering from the injuries, at least?