Grad Transfer WR La'Michael Pettway Visiting (commits 5/6)

[Shawker]

I’ll be very disappointed if he’s just a Murdock type.

He has a career line of 37-601-5. Expecting much more than that in one season is probably wishful thinking.

 

[clonedude]

He has a career line of 37-601-5. Expecting much more than that in one season is probably wishful thinking.

That's not good at all if it's for 3 years. If it's one year, it's decent enough.

 

[SolarGarlic]

I’ll be very disappointed if he’s just a Murdock type.

Murdock was a very good third option. 475 yards and 5 TD. I'd be happy if he was able to match that. Chances are he doesn't, but that might depend on their respective QB situations.

 

[Tre4ISU]

Honest question, how does 4/100 make that much of a difference?

It's in the aggregate.

 

[Brandon]

I’ll be very disappointed if he’s just a Murdock type.

Murdoch was solid

 

[clonedude]

He has a career line of 37-601-5. Expecting much more than that in one season is probably wishful thinking.

He'd be the #1 WR at Iowa though.

 

[madguy30]

Murdoch was solid

Yeah that's not a bad comparison.

 

[IASTATE07]

Murdock was a very good third option. 475 yards and 5 TD. I'd be happy if he was able to match that. Chances are he doesn't, but that might depend on their respective QB situations.

Looks like that's about what Pettway put up last year.

 

[Aclone]

Yeah that's not a bad comparison.

I think Eaton is a better match. Maybe even somewhere between ME and Hakeem.

 

[Cydkar]

He'd be the #1 WR at Iowa though.

Cool

 

[Aclone]

I’m trying to wrap my mind around the thought that we might actually have an offense this fall that matches our defense.

 

[CyTwins]

He has a career line of 37-601-5. Expecting much more than that in one season is probably wishful thinking.

He was the best WR on an SEC team and chose us over Auburn and Oklahoma State. I expect him to be pretty productive

 

[madguy30]

I’m trying to wrap my mind around the thought that we might actually have an offense this fall that matches our defense.

Yeah could be fun.

I didn't even hate the offense last year...it was tricky due to the Oline being bad but generally for most of the season the ball was put in the hands of the best players with a purpose and there were winning results.

 

[CyArob]

It's not 4%. The rating system is not based on percent. Have you ever seen a recruit rated .1475? No. Not even .5478. So you can't compare ratings and say one is just 4% higher. The overall range is much smaller than from 0 to 1. Hope that helps.

I'm pretty sure I was rated a .1475.

 

[CYphyllis]

Did not realize how awful Arkansas was last year. It will be interesting to see what he can do with some more offensively capable players around him.

 

[CyCloned]

Did not realize how awful Arkansas was last year. It will be interesting to see what he can do with some more offensively capable players around him.

CMC has been after this guy since it was announced he was transferring. There are a lot of guys coming back at the WR position. If he did expect big things for him, he wouldn't have been after him.

 

[CyCal]

Because 99% of D1 players are like 0.78 to 0.95. A 0.04 difference for the total team average is a Big difference.

Exactly. To simplify a little we can say that basically all division I players are between .70 and 1.0. So that 0.04 difference suddenly represents 15 percent of the total range, rather than four percent.

 

[LarryISU]

Great get.

He better be ready to step up and play against better defense week in and week out.

Isn't it more like, he'd better be ready to step up and play with a better offense and a QB that can drop a pass in to him on a dime!

 

[bozclone]

Pettway had great offers coming out of high school. Arkansas was really bad. It will be interesting to see if he makes an impact with next fall. CMC has had good success bringing in transfer players from the SEC.

https://247sports.com/Recruitment/LaMichael-Pettway-24812/RecruitInterests/

 

[JohnPrineforCy]

To us fans this is good news. I always wonder what the younger guys at that position think when a grad transfer comes in. I'd think they'd be a little disappointed that they'll be one more guy down on the ladder. But I guess that is Campbell's job to sell it to the guys and get them on board.

I get where you are coming from, but I believe that CMC from day one said he wants to build competition at each position. I am pretty sure these kids know from day one that they will have to work their ass off if they want to see playing time. Always a good thing to get depth and win transfers in the offseason.