[COMMITTED] ‘21 6’4” Saf Malik Verdon
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Campbell isn't moving on.
I really like how this staff recruits high school QB's to play other positions in college. They are often the best athlete on their team. Some of our best players fit this category - Montgomery, Jones, Eisworth, hopefully Dean and others to follow.
Verdon is now the top composite rated recruit in ISU's class of 2021 according to 247.
Iowa did this for years and I was always disappointed that ISU didn't do it more. There were always a couple of WRs, DBs and maybe a LB or RB on their roster who was a former QB. Generally QBs have a feel for the game and understand the game as a whole more than most other players.
And I never understood why people didn’t grasp that ISU did the exact same thing all along. Iowa just made a big deal out of doing it.
Gawd, I hate everyone being so Hawkeye-centric. Especially in Cyclone threads.
Interesting. I guess I never heard about a lot of Cyclones who were high school QBs who were recruited at ISU to play other positions in the late 80's and 90's. Can you fill me in?
TIA
Can you name all the hawx that were ex QBs specifically recruited as ex QBs to play another position there? TIA
The thing that Iowa had great success with was turning HS TEs into OL. Now a lot of those guys didn't play until they were RS juniors, but Iowa tends to play a lot of upperclassmen in the OL anyway. Hopefully ISU is finally going to get to the point where RS freshman are not forced into action. That being said, Remsburg and Simmons certainly look like they belong out there.
First, I wasn't talking to you. Second, there wasn't disagreement about Iowa using this strategy. I was told that ISU had been doing the same thing all along and that Iowa just publicized it. I simply asked for some of the players at ISU that we never knew about. I'm sure @Aclone can give me a quite a few names without too much trouble.
Stan Hixon. Vinny Cerrato. Buddy Hardemon. George Amundsen. All in the 70’s. Successful teams. You’re on to something.
A lot of the time the high school quarterback is simply the best athlete on the team.
Yeah. At the time all that Hawkeye PR came out, I could have done that. Matter of fact, I’m pretty sure that I did. Here on CF. I’m not going to now.
I will mention that the list (pre current age) runs from guys like Leonard Johnson and Money Reynolds all the way back to early Eighties cornerback Ronnie Osborne.
The neat thing I recall about Ronnie was that he was second team large school all state in Florida at quarterback...as a freshman. The other three years he was first team all state.
I'll hear no slander Lawrence White on this board, my friend. I think this is a misframing of their talent. Isheem Young is an elite talent. Azunna has had a servicable career. Miller and King are young but will be four year contributors one way or another. Would I want them as my starters if I'm aiming for a championship... not right now. It's always good to add talent.
