RECRUITING: Cyclones earn commitment from in-state linebacker Will Hawthorne

[Connor_Ferguson]

RECRUITING: Iowa State has earned a commitment from the top in-state linebacker in the 2025 class in @WillHawthorne10

RECRUITING: Iowa State earns commitment from top in-state linebacker Will Hawthorne

Iowa State has earned a commitment from the top linebacker in the state in Gilbert's Will Hawthorne. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound prospect is rated as the No. 5 player from Iowa and the No. 71 linebacker prospect in the country. There’s no place like home ️ pic.twitter.com/lhkH9st1Yz — Will Hawtho

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[WISCY1895]

That’s a great recruiting win. Nebraska was going after that one pretty hard

 

[Remo Gaggi]

Why would anyone want to play for old man Ferentz?

 

[ClubCy]

Why would anyone want to play for old man Ferentz?

What does that have anything to do with beating Nebraska out for a recruit? It seems like you bring up Iowa in nearly every post.

 

[Drew0311]

Why would anyone want to play for old man Ferentz?

You mean the team that beats us almost every year? Yeah why

 

[CysRage]

Why would anyone want to play for old man Ferentz?

Hawk fans are funny. Basically saying it was a weak instate class so it’s the old ol’ “we didn’t want them anyways” instead of the fact they got beat

 

[Cyclonsin]

Hawk fans are funny. Basically saying it was a weak instate class so it’s the old ol’ “we didn’t want them anyways” instead of the fact they got beat

Per 247 Iowa didn't offer Hawthorne. Whether that's because they genuinely weren't interested, or they didn't think they'd land him so they didn't offer is anyone's guess.

 

[CRcyclone6]

Why would anyone want to play for old man Ferentz?

And play for a top 5-10 defense?

 

[ClubCy]

So anyways……back to beating out Nebraska and Matt Rhule (who is a very good coach imo). This is a great get.

 

[MugNight]

Iowa fans should be studied. What a bizarre blend of superiority, victimhood, sour grapes, and arrogance.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

You mean the team that beats us almost every year? Yeah why

No, we usually screw something up and we beat ourselves.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

What does that have anything to do with beating Nebraska out for a recruit? It seems like you bring up Iowa in nearly every post.

Not every post, but I’ll try harder to be sure I throw shade at good old Iowa u. at every opportunity. Just to piss you off.

 

[madguy30]

No, we usually screw something up and we beat ourselves.

By being less fundamentally sound.

 

[Aclone]

Per 247 Iowa didn't offer Hawthorne. Whether that's because they genuinely weren't interested, or they didn't think they'd land him so they didn't offer is anyone's guess.

Well, Iowa also didn’t offer Will Tompkins, despite him having thirteen national offers from the likes of OL factory Wisconsin, Penn State, Tennessee and USC.

Draw your own conclusions.

By being less fundamentally sound.

That happens when one team has a solid coach who has been around for decades, at a program that has been solid for over forty years—versus a solid coach who is working to repair the damage of that exact same time period.

1979, the two schools totally reversed roles.

Matt Campbell is just about to put on the finishing touches of his reclamation project.

 

[madguy30]

Well, Iowa also didn’t offer Will Tompkins, despite him having thirteen national offers from the likes of OL factory Wisconsin, Penn State, Tennessee and USC.

Draw your own conclusions.

That happens when one team has a solid coach who has been around for decades, at a program that has been solid for over forty years—versus a solid coach who is working to repair the damage of that exact same time period.

1979, the two schools totally reversed roles.

Matt Campbell is just about to put on the finishing touches of his reclamation project.

So ISU is going to turn the page and be more fundamentally sound in general this year?

 

[Aclone]

So ISU is going to turn the page and be more fundamentally sound in general this year?

I’d say “It’s a process”, but that’s somebody else’s line.

 

[Frak]

Well, Iowa also didn’t offer Will Tompkins, despite him having thirteen national offers from the likes of OL factory Wisconsin, Penn State, Tennessee and USC.

Draw your own conclusions.

That happens when one team has a solid coach who has been around for decades, at a program that has been solid for over forty years—versus a solid coach who is working to repair the damage of that exact same time period.

1979, the two schools totally reversed roles.

Matt Campbell is just about to put on the finishing touches of his reclamation project.

I don’t know…Iowa hasn’t been all that great at evaluating OLs recently. I mean, you could argue that the best two OLs to play CFB in this state since Wirfs both went to UNI.

 

[demoncore1031]

I don’t know…Iowa hasn’t been all that great at evaluating OLs recently. I mean, you could argue that the best two OLs to play CFB in this state since Wirfs both went to UNI.

Is it actually the recent recruiting or have they just not been as good at developing these kids like they used to?

 

[cyputz]

Interested to see how Mason Woods develops.
Levar (Dad) coaches Iowa Special Team, grandpa is Big Daddy Hunt of ISU fame.

 

[t-noah]

Well, Iowa also didn’t offer Will Tompkins, despite him having thirteen national offers from the likes of OL factory Wisconsin, Penn State, Tennessee and USC.

Draw your own conclusions.

That happens when one team has a solid coach who has been around for decades, at a program that has been solid for over forty years—versus a solid coach who is working to repair the damage of that exact same time period.

1979, the two schools totally reversed roles.

Matt Campbell is just about to put on the finishing touches of his reclamation project.

Promise?