Known commodity but finally stays healthy and becomes the best pass catching TE in the country.
Ben Brahmer
Ben Brahmer
Breakout player prediction
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His speed and shiftiness are his best traits. When he originally committed here out of HS, he was thought to be a RB. Gives you an idea of his versatility.
There’s only one way that happens, so not just no, but hell no!
I heard Townsend was the most electric player on the team. Maybe that combines agility and acceleration, and not just strait 40 time.
The reason that you haven’t heard it much is that there aren’t documented track results to support it.
Xavier ran an 11.18 100m as a junior, then didn’t run as a senior—perhaps enrolled early?
Similar with Ryver Peppers, who was on campus instead of running track. Kids usually make a decent jump year to year.
Without looking, I don’t think Jaylin Noel ever broke 11.0 either, but that because he didn’t run track after his sophomore(?) year.
We saw how that turned out.
And absolutely everyone keeps calling (the new) X “explosive”.
Townsend will be a stud, but don’t be surprised if he’s on a snap count and/or doesn’t even play in Ireland.
The real reason you haven’t really heard it much is because he got seriously hurt in spring ball and has been rehabbing since
demoncore1031
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Offense - Trevor Buhr or Brett Eskildsen
Defense - Marcus Neal or Trey Verdon
Defense - Marcus Neal or Trey Verdon
Would be surprising if he doesn’t from the way it sounds
Kai Black huh? Now there’s a name I haven’t heard anyone mention this entire offseason. He’s at TE, right? That would surely be a HUGE surprise if he were to see the field at all IMO. That position goes about 5-6 deep.
Flora, Eskildsen and Overby are the fastest guys on the team.
Townsend, unfortunately, is one of the slower receivers on the team.
National: Ben Brahmer
Big 12: Overby or Eskilsen
Iowa State Fanbase: Keaton Roskop
Big 12: Overby or Eskilsen
Iowa State Fanbase: Keaton Roskop
Came in as a WR. he has my pick for obscure player nobody mentions that starts to get run late season, ala Carson brown last year
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I'm extremely biased because he is a family friend, but with a healthy Brahmer attracting a lot of attention, I expect Gabe's growth from the late season last year to continue in a big way.
I used to referee basketball with Gabe's dad, who played football for UNI and grew up a huge Hawkeye fan. Watching his conversion to being ALL IN with the Cyclones has been glorious.
From a first look at the depth chart - I'd say Marcus Neal. The star position is so important to the defense we run and if he can hold that down, he's going to be in the middle of everything.
That’s kinda what I thought about X, but wasn’t sure, so I didn’t want to say it. But you don’t have to be a burner to be a great WR…. Jerry Rice proved that.
