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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Yeah, I don't say that just willy nilly. The way Iowa develops players is conducive to producing good TE's and linemen. They're pretty good at developing white linebackers too. 
As far as TE's go, you always have the big names like Hockenson, Kittle and Dallas Clark. But you also have guys that are just solid TE's too. We're all familiar with Noah Fant due to recency bias but I bet nobody remembers a guy like Scott Chandler, who was a standout conversion project at Iowa. He bounced around for a few years before he stuck with the Bills. In 4 years there, he amassed 180 catches for just over 2000 yards and 17 TD's.
It actually goes all the way back to Hayden Fry and guys like Jonathan Hayes and Marv Cook. Fry was one of the very first NCAA coaches to introduce the idea of a stand-up TE. |
Why when I hear the name Hayden Fry do I think of the tv show coach?