Cyclone junior has only been playing football since his senior yeare in high school and once considered basketball his future
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Cyclone junior has only been playing football since his senior yeare in high school and once considered basketball his future
New Iowa State offensive coordinator Taylor Mouser played an integral role in building strong relationships on the recruiting trail and within the team’s walls. And he’s ready to lead an offense that improved from 128th to seventh in red zone scoring and features an array of big play threats in the running and passing games.
One broke a 38-year-old Iowa state record in the long jump. The other became Minnesota’s first two-time Gatorade player of the year award winner. Together, Iowa State sophomore tailbacks Abu Sama and Carson Hansen form a one-two punch in the backfield that should pose a problem for opposing defenses this fall.
Ben Brahmer’s big numbers have helped define him early in his ISU career. The first-team Freshman All-American by The Athletic broke the program’s true freshman tight records for receptions (28) and receiving yards (352) last season and the best is likely yet to come.
Taylor Mouser started his coaching journey “from the ground up,” becoming an integral part of the Iowa State’s recruiting efforts early on. Now, as offensive coordinator, he’ll get to serve as a general manger of sorts himself, helping to shape and guide the Cyclones’ roster through spring ball (which begins Thursday), then fall camp, and finally, game days in 2024.
After a foot injury slowed him late in the XFL season and carried over into his time with the Dolphins, former Iowa State standout Mike Rose is elated to be healthy and back with St. Louis, which now plays in the United Football League (UFL), a league created when the XFL and United States Football League (USFL) merged.
As prospects look forward to their pro days, here is a look at where the four Iowa, one Iowa State and one ex-Iowa players invited to the combine stand after their week in Indianapolis.
Iowa State cornerback T.J. Tampa has no shortage of confidence as he prepares for the NFL Draft.
Logan Lee, who is ranked 137th overall by Pro Football Focus, is among the prospects from Iowa or Iowa State who could further help his case at the 2024 NFL Combine.
A tight ends coach who came to Ames from Toledo with head coach Matt Campbell, he replaces Nate Scheelhaase
Nate Scheelhaase is reportedly moving on after his first season of leading the Iowa State offense — and will become the pass game coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams according to a social media post by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
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.
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