Got Moss?
I admit, I almost choked this week when someone, talking about the wideouts, posted, “We don’t have a Randy Moss!”
Honest! I hadn’t thought about it that way, but…uh, yeah, we kinda do? At least, for ISU.
I had to dig deeper on that. Moss was measured at 6’3.6” 175 on his Marshall pro day. Reputedly, he ran a 4.25 40 and had a 47” vertical.
Looking earlier, he ran a 10.94 100m to win the West Virginia State Track meet—as a 15 year old sophomore. Later, he ran a 21.15 200m indoors on the Marshall track team.
Our nascent Moss comp?
Dom Overby is listed at 6’5” 200, while the coaches are saying he’s “almost 6’5”.
Moreover, he ran a 10.54 100m as a 17 year old senior—and a 20.91 200m
For comparison’s sake, the two fastest forty times by Cyclones were Kene Nwangwu (reported 4.28, official 4.31) and Darien Porter (official 4.30)
Among other HS marks, Kene ran a 10.54 100m(w), a 21.94 200m and had a 24’5” LJ.
Porter was a 400m specialist, with a state record of 46.99, but also had a 10.68 100m and a 21.69 200m
For comparison to all of those, Overby had an official 10.54 100m, a 20.91 200m, a 46.81 400m, and a 24’7” LJ(w).
Also competed in the 800m, javelin, discus, shot put…decathlete much, young man?
Anyway, Dom was actually faster than Randy at the 200m, and his HS marks match or exceed our two fastest Cyclones at the same stage, so…maybe he has a chance to go under 4.30 when that time comes?
In short, Dom is about to be ISU’s Moss. Which is only fair, since Randy spent so much time jumping OVER and running BY defenders. He DOM-inated.
Puns. It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s gotta to do it!
And, oh yeah. Brett Eskildsen actually ran a 10.52 in HS.
Lastly, when you look at lists of legendary NFL speedburners? Just see how many are listed with 10.5 HS track times.
And ‘25 recruits and current ‘26 commits have those same types of athletic traits.
Yep. After years of struggling, our HS WR recruiting is doing just fine now.
Now, sit back and watch Dom start jumping over and running by folks today.
Go Cyclones!
I admit, I almost choked this week when someone, talking about the wideouts, posted, “We don’t have a Randy Moss!”
Honest! I hadn’t thought about it that way, but…uh, yeah, we kinda do? At least, for ISU.
I had to dig deeper on that. Moss was measured at 6’3.6” 175 on his Marshall pro day. Reputedly, he ran a 4.25 40 and had a 47” vertical.
Looking earlier, he ran a 10.94 100m to win the West Virginia State Track meet—as a 15 year old sophomore. Later, he ran a 21.15 200m indoors on the Marshall track team.
Our nascent Moss comp?
Dom Overby is listed at 6’5” 200, while the coaches are saying he’s “almost 6’5”.
Moreover, he ran a 10.54 100m as a 17 year old senior—and a 20.91 200m
For comparison’s sake, the two fastest forty times by Cyclones were Kene Nwangwu (reported 4.28, official 4.31) and Darien Porter (official 4.30)
Among other HS marks, Kene ran a 10.54 100m(w), a 21.94 200m and had a 24’5” LJ.
Porter was a 400m specialist, with a state record of 46.99, but also had a 10.68 100m and a 21.69 200m
For comparison to all of those, Overby had an official 10.54 100m, a 20.91 200m, a 46.81 400m, and a 24’7” LJ(w).
Also competed in the 800m, javelin, discus, shot put…decathlete much, young man?
Anyway, Dom was actually faster than Randy at the 200m, and his HS marks match or exceed our two fastest Cyclones at the same stage, so…maybe he has a chance to go under 4.30 when that time comes?
In short, Dom is about to be ISU’s Moss. Which is only fair, since Randy spent so much time jumping OVER and running BY defenders. He DOM-inated.
Puns. It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s gotta to do it!
And, oh yeah. Brett Eskildsen actually ran a 10.52 in HS.
Lastly, when you look at lists of legendary NFL speedburners? Just see how many are listed with 10.5 HS track times.
And ‘25 recruits and current ‘26 commits have those same types of athletic traits.
Yep. After years of struggling, our HS WR recruiting is doing just fine now.
Now, sit back and watch Dom start jumping over and running by folks today.
Go Cyclones!
