Articles Tagged: Brock Purdy

Former Iowa State quarterback-turned-San Francisco 49ers star Brock Purdy kicked off his inaugural Ames-based youth camp Saturday at the Cyclones’ practice field. About 650 young football players ages 9-to-15 attended the event

A Purdy-to-Kittle game-winner in Sunday’s Super Bowl would tickle a lot of people in Iowa, including this writer.

Brock Purdy will become the first former Iowa State quarterback to start in a Super Bowl in a mere six days. The San Francisco 49ers’ second-year playcaller’s meteoric rise from “Mr. Irrelevant” to NFL star often comes with the tag “improbable” attached — but none of Purdy’s considerable success surprises Cyclones football coach Matt Campbell.

A year from now, you won’t remember who was picked first in the NFL Draft. But the last selection is a game-changer.

A lot of the NFL’s current best collided at Iowa and Iowa State in college, even if they weren’t Hawkeyes or Cyclones.

Rookie QB from Iowa State was brilliant in San Francisco’s 35-7 win over Tampa Bay Sunday

The San Francisco 49ers drafted former Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy with the 262nd overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.

It’s likely Iowa State will see more players picked in the NFL Draft this year than anytime in recent memory. Scattered across the country for draft prep, deep bonds keep the former Cyclones united.

While some of the 11 Iowa, Iowa State and UNI prospects boosted their draft stock at last week’s NFL Combine, others have more work to do before next month’s draft.

Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy is far from the highest-rated recruit at this week’s NFL combine, but he has a history of winning against the odds, whether that’s in high school paintball games or in Ames.

Iowa State football’s final 2021 game was far from emblematic of the senior class’ success over the last four or five years.

Senior QB will be playing his final snaps in record-breaking career in Wednesday’s Cheez-It Bowl

What did Iowa State QB Brock Purdy think of Pittsburgh QB Kenny Pickett’s “fake slide” in the ACC title game? He appeared torn.

The most accomplished senior class in Iowa State history paved the way for the future.

This year hasn’t gone quite according to plan. But this senior class has done things that were unheard of and, frankly, things people didn’t think possible at Iowa State.