Many of those guys play in the MAC rather than in FCS. Maybe the MAC guys are too expensive now, I don't know.
I will say it's promising that the staff is targeting G5 players.
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I will say it's promising that the staff is targeting G5 players.
Tony Diaz is in town today for his visit.
As mentioned in another thread, Ozick is from Liberty, MO the same town as Bennett Stirtz. (Kansas City suburb, but appears they went to the same High School)
So there might be some minor connection there(?). Stirtz a couple of years older, but gotta assume Ozick is well aware of who Stirtz is. Roger Stirtz was also the BB Coach at Liberty, not sure if he still is.........
This young man is either a redshirt freshman or soph. Hawks recruiting him makes me wonder if we don't have some attrition in the OL room.
I trust the staff scouring the lower division. They do the homework and it cost less $$.
Played at James Madison as a freshman. Went Southlake High in Texas.
Kahmari Brown from Elon, 16 TFL's and 12 sacks this past season, wow! That's some production, don't care what level that's at, I like!
2025:
- Played in 14 games, making one start at right guard
High School:
- Padilla Poll First Team All-State and Texas Sports Writers Association Second Team All-State as a senior
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram Second Team All-Area as a senior
- First Team All-District as a junior and senior
- Helped Southlake Carroll to UIL 6A D2 state championship game
- Also part of the Dragons’ 2023 state semifinal run and 2022 region final berth
- Holds Southlake Carroll all-time records for bench press, back squat and power clean
- Team captain
- Honorable Mention Academic All-State
- Dual-sport athlete who also threw shot put and discus for the track & field team
Personal:
- Son of Travis and Cheryl Wilson
- Has a brother, Luke
- His father was a tight end at TCU
Gronowski, Wetjen , Hawthorn, Feth , Large all produced and contributed , I cannot really think of many busts, the Tackle a couple Years ago and George both due to injuries, What other washouts compared to the successes including an All American are You thinking of that were absolute busts?
MG I’ll give you but he wasn’t exactly a diamond in the rough. Wetjen walked on from a Juco, they didn’t exactly portal pay for him. Hawthorne I’ll give you but still has things to prove imo. Feth was a part time starter but not hardly an impact player. Same with Large.
Id classify Parker, George, Borud, Barrios, Anderson, Phillips as all as busts.
Zach VanValkenburg came from Hillsdale College and had a nice run. We did have the DB, Williams, from UNI that rarely played a few years ago, this year, Barros from South Dakota.
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One could argue Nick Jackson was one of our top portal players.
Nick Jackson was a highly productive player already from UVA. That’s my point.
Cade Wolford (Kent St WR) is visiting Wed.
Iowa football hosting transfer portal WR Cade Wolford on Wednesday
Iowa football is hosting transfer portal target and former Kent State wide receiver Cade Wolford on Wednesday.
hawkeyeswire.usatoday.com
I think Tony Diaz (WR) visited a couple days ago but I haven't heard any news about how his visit went.
Looks like he is also visiting Illanoy and Kentucky.
Looks like he is also visiting Illanoy and Kentucky.
South Dakota's AA RB Phillips is visiting this Week, 5'9 225 , Fred Russell on HGH type build, Man talk about hard to tackle
Over 1900 yards rushing this past season. Averaged 6.2 yards per carry running between the tackles. Sounds like he has a quick burst. Probably not a game breaker but certainly a first down getter.
I like this build for a RB. Hard to tackle-small target area.
Defense also can't see him until he bursts through the line.
Fred Russell is a pretty good comparison. Compact frame with an efficient stride. IMO Phillips is stronger than Russell, Fred was a bit more elusive, Phillips can get that extra YAC.
Leonard could be RT, but I bet it's Dotzler.
Freddy was also probably faster, he could scoot. Didn't hurt that he had the best OL in Iowa football history blocking for him either.
