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Most collegiate football players are ultimately hoping to hear their name called in the NFL Draft. Best case scenario for the elite, they are picked on the first day in the first round. Still some fall to the second or third day and ultimately get to hear their name called to the team that wanted [...]
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NFL: Brad Herman – New England Patriots: released by Patriots Bryan Mattison – Kansas City Chiefs: released by Chiefs Nate Kaeding – Tampa Bay Buccaneers: retired from the NFL NBA: Reggie Evans - Brooklyn Nets: 26.3 min per game; 2.7 PPG; 25% FGP; 100% FTP; 13.3 RPG; 1.0 APG; 0.7 SPG; in 3 games EUROPEAN BASKETBALL: [...]
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On Thursday, Nate Kaeding announced his retirement from the National Football League after a nine year career. To most football fans the announcement means they will no longer be able to draft Kaeding on their fantasy football team. To Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans it means they will not get the chance to see if Kaeding [...]
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In order to make room for the latest draft picks and undrafted free agents, the Kansas City Chiefs today released four players including offensive lineman Bryan Mattison. Mattison signed with the Chiefs three weeks into the 2012 season in order to provide depth on the offensive line. He spent time on both the active roster [...]
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In order to make room for recently draft picks, most teams need to create room on the roster. Today the New England Patriots announced the release tight end Brad Herman along with five other players from their roster. Herman was a graduate of the University of Iowa who signed as an undrafted free agent last [...]
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NFL: Keenan Davis – Cleveland Browns: signed free agent contract with Browns Micah Hyde – Green Bay Packers: drafted in 5th round by Packers Matt Tobin – Philadelphia Eagles: signed free agent contract with Eagles James Vandenberg – Minnesota Vikings: signed free agent contract with Vikings NBA: Reggie Evans - Brooklyn Nets: 32.7 min per game; [...]
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In what seems like a yearly tradition, a Hawkeye offensive lineman is joining an NFL roster in an attempt to make the team. This year, that lineman is Matt Tobin. Tobin was 6 feet tall as a junior in high school and ended up walking on at Iowa. After turning into a 6’6″, 290 pound [...]
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Most Iowa Hawkeye fans likely thought there was little to no chance of quarterback James Vandenberg having an NFL future after a disappointing senior season. While they still might be right, he’s doing everything possible to prove them wrong. Vandenberg signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings and will now try to make [...]
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For Micah Hyde, the wait to hear his name called in the NFL Draft was most likely longer than he had hoped. On the third day of the 2013 Draft, the wait ended when the selected Hyde with the 26th pick in the 5th round. Hyde finished his collegiate career at the University of Iowa [...]
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Davis was a highly sought after wide receiving prospect out of Cedar Rapids and chose to stay close to home and play for the Hawkeyes. He immediately saw the field in his first game at Iowa and scored his first career touchdown in the second game of his career. He played in every game during [...]
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Collegiate Awards: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by Media as Sophomore; Defensive Player of the Game in Insight Bowl as Sophomore; Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by Coaches as Junior; 2nd Team All-Big Ten by Media as Junior; 1st Team All-Big Ten as Senior; Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year in Big Ten as Senior After joining the [...]
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Collegiate Awards: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by coaches as Senior Tobin joined the Iowa program as a walk-on in 2008 and obviously took a redshirt during that season. He failed to make the two-deep roster throughout the season and did not see any action during his Freshman season either. He was listed as the 2nd team [...]
