Howard Brown commits!
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This guy seems prone to then smash you, make you fumble, and run your ass over again
Wow, I haven't thought of Earl Campbell for a long, long time. But this kid running the ball looks like a reincarnation, just plows over and through people. Play him at QB, RB, DE or DT, but just PLAY HIM!!!! This will be a fun one to watch.
I mean, he could play QB, but not at that weight. He will be cutting a good 30 lbs to get down to what his quickness would need to be. His legs would get under cut 10 times a game.
I imagine he will come to camp and they will see what he can do and decide where they want him, unless they recruited him with a specific purpose in mind.
I imagine he will come to camp and they will see what he can do and decide where they want him, unless they recruited him with a specific purpose in mind.
They recruited him to be a DT. People are talking about goal like situations... like what the Chiefs did with Poe. Or someone more commonly known.. the fridge.
Y’know, Paul Rhoads once said it’s hard to recruit good defensive linemen to Iowa State. Often misquoted, but true. I see the college football “haves” sometimes signing as many as four gaudily talented HS defensive tackles or defensive ends in the same signing class, and I wonder what those kids are thinking.
I’ve been a Cyclone fan a long time. Rhoads was right. Chizik wasn’t any better. I watched McCarney try to put defensive lines together from table scraps. Even when he managed two good DT’s, he never managed a third one for depth.
Walden and Criner weren’t any better. If Donnie Duncan was, it was only because of the talent Earle Bruce left him.
Things have changed. Howard and JR Singleton may not be highly ranked kids, but they’re athletic and have a chance to be really good.
And it’s because of Matt Campbell. Because, ironically, Rhoads recruited Jamal Johnson, then Campbell signed Ray Lima—and Jon Heacock built something special around the two of them.
Welcome aboard, Howard. Go Cyclones!
I’ve been a Cyclone fan a long time. Rhoads was right. Chizik wasn’t any better. I watched McCarney try to put defensive lines together from table scraps. Even when he managed two good DT’s, he never managed a third one for depth.
Walden and Criner weren’t any better. If Donnie Duncan was, it was only because of the talent Earle Bruce left him.
Things have changed. Howard and JR Singleton may not be highly ranked kids, but they’re athletic and have a chance to be really good.
And it’s because of Matt Campbell. Because, ironically, Rhoads recruited Jamal Johnson, then Campbell signed Ray Lima—and Jon Heacock built something special around the two of them.
Welcome aboard, Howard. Go Cyclones!
I love when teams put a huge dude in the backfield. You know someone is gonna get crushed.
Campbell put Tongamoa in the backfield at times on goal line. Not as a ball carrier, but as a blocker out of the backfield. I could see them doing the same with Brown at times. Of course since he has actually taken snaps, that would for sure be a fun short yardage package with him at QB.
I think it’s something a lot of coaches would like to do, but having a big guy they trust to do it is rare. Sometimes coaches will occasionally do a WR pass trick play if the WR was a former QB. This is that rare DT who is used to running, throwing, and protecting the ball.
But of course this fan base immediately thinks of inserting him at QB instead of the more likely RB spot if anything at all lol
