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Ohio WR picks the Hawkeyes
Ohio wide receiver Cameron Wilson committed to the Hawkeyes on Monday. He's the second commitment for the Hawkeyes, joining Riverdale (Ill.) offensive lineman Mitch Keppy.
After nearly two months, the Iowa Hawkeyes are back on the recruiting board.
Wide Receiver Cameron Wilson committed to the Hawkeyes on Monday, according to HawkeyeReport.com. Wilson is a 6-foot-2, 190-pounder who caught 77 passes for 1,075 yards and six TDs last season for Jerome High School in Dublin, Ohio.
Iowa recruiting is slightly off pace from last season – when Iowa had six before the end of June – but that should pick up after Iowa makes offers coming out of its summer camps, which concluded last week.
By any measure, Wilson is a good get. He had 14 offers, including West Virginia, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Purdue and Illinois. BC and Illinois were the other two finalists. No, Ohio State hasn’t offered the Ohio native, but Iowa is in need of wide receivers and so decided to roll the dice on Wilson sticking with the Hawkeyes. The national signing period begins Feb. 3, 2012.
Iowa has 16 offers out to wide receivers, including West Des Moines Dowling’s Amara Darboh. Iowa’s primary wideouts for 2011 will be senior Marvin McNutt and junior Keenan Davis, so there is a little sense of urgency to fill the roster and create competition. After 2011, Davis will be the No. 1 with Kevonte Martin-Manley and Don Shumpert the next logical successors.
With Wilson, Iowa probably takes three receivers for 2012. The next in the chute could be Malik Golden, a 6-1, 185-pounder from Chesire (Conn.) Academy who, according to HawkeyeReport.com, favors the Hawkeyes.
Wilson, who caught 51 passes for 628 yards and six TDs as a sophomore, joins offensive lineman Mitch Keppy on Iowa’s recruiting board. Keppy, a 6-5, 280-pounder from Riverdale, Ill., committed April 6.
Wilson owns or has a piece of nine records at Jerome. Last season, his 77 receptions set the season record. His 13 catches for 258 yards against Westerville Central were records. His 135 career receptions and 1,974 yards also are records. His 15 career TD receptions also is a record.
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Looks as though he likes catching it in traffic. I like him already.
At 6-2, 190, probably at least 200 before he plays for Iowa, he should do well in traffic.
I don’t like to say that Iowa is emulating anyone but in the Ferentz era and especially now that they have Campbell on staff it seems as though Iowa is more like the Michigan of old than the “new” Michigan is (even with Hoke). Power running game, pro-style offense with a dropback QB that likes to sling it to a good set of sure-handed receivers and a solid if not great defense. Bo would be proud. Probably why Hayden always frustrated Bo with his scheming because as I recall, Bo was probably the most conservative coach in the conference at the time. The torch has been passed to Kirk in that regard now that Tressel is gone.
Does that sound like a good topic for an article? Something about how Ferentz is carrying on the Michigan mantra of old? How he is now all that is left (besides Joe Pa I guess) now that Tressel has departed?
I’m not saying that the conservative style of Ferentz is good or bad but just that he is now in a world by himself in the conference in that regard.