Frank Weymiller

Iowa State linebacker Jake Knott runs the short shuttle during the team's pro day Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at the Bergstrom Indoor Training Facility on the Iowa State campus in Ames.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Coe’s Weymiller gets ‘the call’ for pro day

Kohawk linebacker/defensive end was late addition to Iowa State's NFL showcase

AMES – Coe second team D3football.com all-American Frank Weymiller wasn’t sure pro day would be for him. Then a call came at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Teams had expressed interest in seeing him. So the defensive lineman from tiny New Albin loaded up his “old, muddy Grand Prix” and headed to Ames for the 9 a.m. [...]

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Frank Weymiller

3 Coe football players named to all-American team

D3football.com has named Frank Weymiller a second-team choice, safety Demetrius Johnson a third-teamer and offensive lineman Nathan Yelton a fourth-teamer. Weymiller prepped at Waukon, Johnson at Cedar Rapids Kennedy. Here is the release from Coe: Three Kohawks Earn D3football

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Coe's Demetreus Johnson walks off the field as Kohawks congratulate Elmhurst players at the end of a NCAA Division III first round football playoff game at Clark Field in Cedar Rapids on November 17, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)

Elmhurst ends Coe’s great season (w/video)

Gutsy 4th-down, 4th-quarter call gives 17th-ranked Bluejays a 27-24 win

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Coe Kohawks were ousted from the NCAA Division III football playoffs Saturday afternoon because the opposing team’s kicker was too laborious setting up for a field goal. Truthfully, there were a lot of decisive plays in Elmhurst’s 27-24 win at Clark Field. But perhaps the most decisive came early in the [...]

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The Coe team celebrates their undefeated season after the game at Coe on Saturday, November 10, 2012. (Kyle Grillot/The Gazette-KCRG)

Win over Central gives Coe 1st unbeaten regular season since 1993

Coe heads to NCAA Division III football playoffs on a high note

CEDAR RAPIDS — Sorry, Freddy Jackson. You’re a big NFL running back and everything, but this Coe football team did something all four of yours never did. Go unbeaten. A 34-13 win Saturday afternoon over Central at Clark Field wrapped up a 10-0 regular season for NCAA Division III’s 10th-ranked team. It’s the 10th time [...]

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Frank Weymiller

Weymiller ignores back issues to have outstanding career at Coe

CEDAR RAPIDS – Frank Weymiller is a great football player. The best defensive end in the Iowa Conference, perhaps the best defensive end ever at Coe College. But there’s a little part of you that wonders if he could be even better. That’s not an indictment of his skills or work ethic or anything like [...]

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Video: Coe senior Weymiler a national stat leader

CEDAR RAPIDS – Coe College defensive lineman Frank Weymiller leads the entire nation – not just Coe’s Division III ranks – in forced fumbles. Not often does a small college player lead all of college football in anything, so KCRG-TV9′s Chelsi McDonald caught up with the Kohawk senior to talk about his knack for ripping [...]

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Coe players including Diego Rodriquez (#31), Paulo Rodriquez (#20) and Carvin (cq) Thompson (#4) laugh as a teammate gets his picture taken during Kohawk media day at the Coe College on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)

Coe rankled by preseason snub, promises to be IIAC contender 2

CEDAR RAPIDS — Kudos to his coaching counterparts in the Iowa Conference. Steve Staker thanks you. They picked his Coe Kohawks to finish fifth in their preseason football poll. Dubuque’s the obvious favorite to repeat, with Wartburg, Central and up-and-comer Simpson selected after that. Then it’s Coe. The same Coe that’s been to the NCAA [...]

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Coe-Dubuque set to help decide Iowa Conference championship

CEDAR RAPIDS – They don’t have to worry about too many guys. Just four of them, really. OK, so it’s the Iowa Conference‘s top rusher and passer. It’s two of the league’s top three receivers, including the NCAA’s all-time leading pass catcher. Umm, never mind. That’s a lot for the Coe Kohawks to worry about. [...]

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Coe survives Simpson for 1st victory of season

CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s not supposed to be this difficult for the Coe Kohawks to win football games. “We’re making it hard on ourselves,” defensive end Frank Weymiller said after Coe escaped Simpson, 34-26, in an Iowa Conference opener Saturday afternoon before 3,383 fans at Clark Field. “It’s nice to put those first two games [...]

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Cousin lands Coe IIAC’s best running back

CEDAR RAPIDS — Coe’s most successful recruiter just might be a player. It was injured All-American defense end Frank Weymiller who coaxed sophomore running back Brendan Leiran to come play football for the Kohawks. The two are cousins from Waukon, and Weymiller decided two summers ago he wanted to transfer from Iowa State. He ended [...]

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