Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Hawkeye draft prospect breakdown with Nick Kendell pt 2 covering Nate Stanley, Kristian Welch, and more

Episode Date: March 12, 2020

We continue our draft prospect breakdown with Nick Kendell covering Michael Sleep-Dalton, Nate Stanley, Kristian Welch, Brady Reiff, Cedric Lattimore, Toren Young, and Brady Ross. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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As always, I am your host, Andrew Wade. I'm excited to be back for another episode of the Locked On Hawkeyes podcast on this beautiful Thursday morning. I do apologize though if you were looking for a preview of tonight's Big Ten matchup between Iowa and Northwestern or Minnesota. That's why I'm saying or because I am pre-recording this. So my point is you are not going to get a preview of that game. I am in route right now on my way to Canada to go snowboarding for a couple of days, so I was not able to get this recording done after some of those games to provide you a preview of what is going to happen. So on today's episode, though, we are bringing you part two of our NFL

draft conversation with Nick Kendall, draft analyst for Mile High Huddle. He is a fantastic resource. If you did not have an opportunity to, make sure to check out yesterday's episode where we talked about Geno Stone, Michael Ojemudia, Tristan Wirfs, and A.J. Epineza. On today's show, we're going to focus on some of the lesser known guys or the lesser talked about guys outside of Nate Stanley. So we're going to start with Nate Stanley. Then we're going to talk about the guys like Brady Ross, Christian Welch, Cedric Lattimore.

So those are some of the guys we're going to be talking about on today's episode of the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast, giving you a kind of a pre-pro day breakdown of what to expect from these Iowa Hawkeyes football players and if they have an opportunity to get into the NFL as a potential UDFA or a late round pick. So all that is coming up on today's show. I do promise you that on tomorrow's show, I will be breaking down what took place, what transpired in the Iowa Big Ten game that is happening tonight. I am also going to be giving you a preview, hopefully, of the Iowa-Illinois game as long as Iowa does take care of business as I hope and expect they should and do.

So that'll be happening on tomorrow's episode. I'm going to take a little bit of a break out of my vacation to make sure I get you the content you need, want, and deserve. If you are tuning in for the first time, make sure to like, review, and subscribe wherever you downloaded this podcast at, and make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And if you do like what you hear today, make sure to follow some of our other shows that we had later on earlier on this week. In the past couple of weeks,

we had Iowa punter, Michael sleep Dalton on the show. I'm talking about his journey from Australia to Juco to ASU, all the way to Iowa. We also had the draft network and locked on NFL draft co-host Benjamin Solak on the show to talk about AJ F. So lots of great content we've been putting out in the past couple of weeks. I want to make sure that you get an opportunity to enjoy all of that. So with that being said, let's jump into our conversation with Nick. I think you're going

to really enjoy it and we'll wrap up the show after that. All right, so let's transition over to Nate Stanley, a very controversial player. If you talk to any Iowa Hawkeye fan, a guy who I think got a lot of grief throughout his three years as a starter from Iowa Hawkeye fan, a guy who I think got a lot of grief throughout his three years as a starter from Iowa Hawkeye fans. People, you know, either loved or hated him and really couldn't do a lot to shake a lot of perceptions of certain, you know, certain fans and whatnot, right or wrong. So coming into the NFL draft process, I think he is one of those guys who can confuse scouts because he has a lot of those traits. He has a big arm, He's got NFL type of size, but there's the accuracy concerns, and you're just not sure about some of the decision-making

that he's had over the course of three years. And it sounds like the mechanics as well needed to be improved a bit. I want to touch on that in a second, but what are your thoughts on Nate Stanley as far as a draftable grade? Where does he fall for you? Does he fall in the middle of day two? Does he end up back into day three? What does he project for you? Is he falling this middle of day two? Does he end up the back end of day three? What does he, you know,

what does he project for you? I think he could end up anywhere from round four, the end of round four, all the way to round seven. Somebody is going to take him. He started at a number of games in a pro style system in against big competition. You know, he's seen good, he's seen bad. So there's nothing that's really going to phase him. And, you know, a lot of coaches kind of like with drew lock last year, a lot of teams are going to like the sample size that you see there

you know you kind of know what you're getting sometimes for better or for worse i guess stanley as well but um you know i think he's going to be a solid backup he's got tools but i do think it's interesting the nfl again we're talking about the cat and mouse game the the arms race that is offense versus defense where nate stanley 10 ago, probably being talked about round two, round three, but the NFL is changing where you're getting more playmakers at the quarterback position. And, you know, these height guys, these pocket quarterbacks, you know, 6'4", 235 for Nate Stanley, they're going the way of a dinosaur.

You know, just look no farther than the Broncos with Joe Flacco last year. Guys who don't have great mobility, you know, that twitch that can avoid pass rush, can manipulate the pocket and, you know, get the ball out, be playmakers. Those guys just aren't lasting anymore because it's too hard to build an offense around those guys because you need to have the offensive line in place. Otherwise you're going to be screwed. You need to have these weapons in place. And so, I mean mean we saw it last year with the questions about kyler murray he ended up going

number one overall again hate to bring up another alabama guy but to attack of iola you think 10 years ago people would be talking about you know obviously the knee injury but this guy barely came in over six foot no issues about it nobody cares anymore so this you know prototype quarterback thing i think it's not going to be the case very much longer in the NFL I think teams are seeing that it's way too hard to get five good offensive linemen across the board so you need your quarterback to bring a little something in terms of the athleticism and the playmaker spark and I think that might limit the options for Nate Stanley going forward which is an interesting dynamic and just kind of taking a pulse of where the NFL is heading yeah man and I think we saw it too

he performs well when he has a clean pocket he can make some pretty incredible throws but when and just kind of taking a pulse of where the NFL is heading. Yeah, man, and I think we saw it too. He performs well when he has a clean pocket. He can make some pretty incredible throws, but when he doesn't have a clean pocket or when he is getting blitzed constantly, he doesn't handle it very well. There are times if it's just him one-on-one with a pass rusher, he can sometimes shake that guy off because he does have that big size. But if you bring multiple guys and pressure him,

he hasn't seemed to perform very well in the past so wanted to get your thoughts on that as well do you think he did a better job against the blitz in year three I know there were some concerns about the interior offensive line were you I guess do you think he improved in year three about you know handling the pressure it's hard to say because the games like the Michigan game and the Penn State game kind of leave a poor taste in my mouth. I think he's a guy that if you have only okay tackles at the edge, he's big enough. He can move around the pocket and step up,

but he just doesn't have that quick twitch where if you have guys that are winning up the middle, defensive tackles, A-gap blitzers from the linebacking spot, then he's going to have issues because he'll do that turnaround thing where he takes his back to the line of scrimmage yeah i'll try to do that a couple times versus michigan i'm like okay we know your trick nate stanley like the get rid of the ball next time because i mean every once in a while you see the the big ben type of plays but again it's just kind of the he's not a terrible athlete i just don't think he's quick twitch

and that you know his you know first step is start and. I just don't think it's all there. So I think if you have him in the NFL, you needed a good interior offensive line specifically, give him some room to step up and navigate that pocket. Because I do think he can step up and be big against, you know, one hand of an edge rusher. You know, that's not going to bring him down. But if you have guys in his face and can disrupt his footwork,

and then he starts to think about it and reel on it, that's when he gets into trouble and things can get a little bit out of whack so I definitely think that's a concern with him going forward and it's something that again talking about the change of the NFL I mean you need quarterbacks to be playmakers and use their legs more than ever and that's something that Iowa maybe has benefited from in regards that they're able to get better quarterback prospects because they still are running this pro style quote-unquote pro style scheme where teams like Alabama Oklahoma Ohio State are now running these air raid spread concepts so these kind of pocket-based quarterbacks you're getting better higher rated recruits coming to Iowa than typically in the past for that but

again maybe it's not the best in regards to getting these guys that can transition to the NFL definitely man so I want to make a statement. I want to get your thoughts, whether you think that's a true or false statement, Nate Stanley, given the right situation could be a average starter for a team. And that right situation is a very key term there, right? Good offensive line, pro style offense plays into a skillset. There's only a few teams that probably could handle a guy like him and make

him successful. Given that situation though, do you think he could be an average starter to above average starter? I think he has the, the biggest thing is the tools. And I, you know, we're going to go back a few years here, but in 2018, I thought that, you know, your quarterback, the biggest thing was they needed to be able to play correctly within structure. And, you know, if they had all the arm talent in the world you know that's nice but that's kind of extra stuff where you know if you can't play within structure and hit the right

reads blah blah blah you're not a six not going to succeed i guess this is a roundabout way of me saying that i thought josh rosen was going to be solid and i thought josh allen was not going to be great uh josh allen jury's still out on him, but I think the tools, the arm talent, the mobility, all that stuff matters in the NFL and gives you a high floor. So, and again, coming back to quarterbacks that are not dependent on the offensive line because the economics of it,

they're just not enough good offensive linemen to go around to have good offensive lines. So you want to have a season where even if you have everything else in place you get one injury in the offensive line it's done no just you can't do that anymore so teams that could make sense for him that would be interested i'd love to see more of a power scheme and one that uses utilizes a lot of play action especially testing some vertical shots maybe if tampa bay doesn't go quarterback early somebody like bruce arians who again wants to push the ball vertically and somebody with nate stanley who let be real. He does have good arm talent. That's, I mean, that's his biggest thing. He has really solid arm talent.

That's somebody that would really interest me as well. But I do think that it's possible that he could end up being a, an average starting quarterback, not your one. He's probably going to need a couple of seasons, but I definitely think it's possible. He has the arm talent and those tools, you know, there's a reason he's going to get drafted. It's those tools. He has them and that makes them a limited quantity and teams will value that.

Definitely, man. So it kind of just depends on the fit and the team and kind of what they specifically see in Nate Stanley. The other teams are probably going to basically eliminate Nate Stanley from their board. Essentially, it's just not a guy who can really fit their team. Yeah. Like a West coast team. Like let's say the Gary Kubiak run, Minnesota Vikings, Jake from is perfect for them. You know,

a guy who's smart can run the offense, hand the ball off like a champ like he did in Georgia and then, you know, hit the flats, hit the half field reads, but that's, that's not Nate Stanley. You know, that's not what you want from him. So maybe a team, I mean, green Bay would be an interesting one that pushed a little bit more vertical. I know it's still a West coast, but but not as I guess we'll call it conservative as the Kubiak one would be interesting I know that New England is a team that's had some feelers out there with Nate Stanley that would be interesting Atlanta makes a lot of sense as well so there's a number of teams out

there that would be interesting it's just again this pro style quarterback I think that's going to be an antiquated antiquated term here very soon. Absolutely man. Alright let's transition over to some UDFAs or I should say likely UDFAs. Let's kick it off with Christian Welch a linebacker who I thought really came on into his own towards the end of the season. You could see the impact that he has on the team when he wasn't on the field those last couple games of the regular season for Iowa, especially against Wisconsin.

I thought that was an interesting game where we could have really used a Christian Welch. So I wanted to get your thoughts on him. Do you think he has a place in the NFL actually making a 53-man roster? I think he definitely can make a 53-man roster. He's somebody that flashed a lot when he was on the field, but he had some injuries. And I think that he moves pretty well also. So again, not be drafted he could be drafted late seventh round i'm gonna wait for those iowa pro day numbers which again take with a grain of salt because they're not you know i would not put those up directly against the combine numbers a little bit situation sometimes those those programs can cook the numbers to look a little better for their guys

which you know i don't fault them for that but he's somebody that I definitely think could find his way onto a roster and make the team very least that he's going to make some money playing football. And that's, I mean, that's the dream. So that's all you can ask for. Yeah, exactly. So seventh to undrafted free agent died. He'll he'll make his way and I'll have a chance to make a 53 man roster. And that's, you know, that's about, I guess all you could hope for for the limited sample size that we have on him. Absolutely, and I know this is not a guy who is going into the draft this year,

but last year you were pretty high on Nick Neiman coming into the season. Are you still pretty high on Nick? Do you think he is a guy who could stand out in his final year? Yeah, I think so. I think it's really interesting to watch this transition of this Iowa defense. Are they going to be 4-3? Are they going to be 4-2-5 so Neiman's a guy who's going to have to battle with like Doyle and the like to get some reps because again those base defenses the 4-3s the 3-4s go in the way of the dodo bird and the the advent of the spread and air raid concepts you

know taking place not only in the SEC but Big Ten Pac-12 Big 12 etc etc so he's going to have to fight and work his way to not be that kind of like his brother where his brother was essentially a nickel player, played that before Amani Hooker took over there. So he's going to have to work his way to be more of an inside linebacker. So we'll see there. It's a little bit different responsibility, more gap filling, but he's big. He can move around. If he can be healthy, I think he can be a really good player there.

It's just, you know, who cream rises at the top. So I would not sleep on him at all, especially as a fourth year player. But if he ends up being a backup player, that would make sense too. Absolutely, man. All right. So go into the running backs, Brady Ross, fullback fullbacks are dying in the NFL. I think there's only a few teams that really run offenses that truly utilize a fullback. And even those offense, you look at San Francisco, you know, they, their fullback basically is a pass catching kind of guy,

a guy who can also run the ball and do a lot of things with the ball in his hands. Denver has a fullback and, you know, they basically use them as a lead blocker. So one of your thoughts, do you think Brady Ross is actually going to be able to make an NFL squad? He is a bulldozer kind of guy, but I don't think Iowa fullbacks in general, the last couple of years while obviously good fullbacks for Iowa have not really done anything by the way of getting any sort of notice in the NFL

draft. Yeah, I wouldn't bet on it. He's wrong era and what does he bring extra, you know, that's going to be valuable. You know, the fullback, not only many teams are using the fullback less and less, but the ones that are getting value are those tight end slash halfback hybrids where they can be flexed out into slot. They're as much a weapon in the pass game as they are in the run game. So probably not for Brady Ross would be my assessment, but I'll be honest, I have not scouted

much fullback tape. Yeah, weird. And um and Torin Young I'm assuming is the exact same answer I know his situation is a little bit interesting I feel like he actually declared because he realized the kind of the writing on the wall he was not going to get a lot of playing time in his final year also didn't really feel like transferring to a new school and I feel like he kind of realizes that there's a good chance he just his pro career is already done so he figured let's get on with our life but while we're doing that maybe attempt to see if we can put up some good numbers at the combine get a camp invite and maybe show out there so uh torn young what do you think you see in him

do you think he has a shot at all and it really probably depends on this 40 time if we're being honest yeah i think he definitely has a shot but I think he's probably more of the lines of LaShawn Daniels where he's a big back, a plotter, and has his role for Iowa, but doesn't offer enough explosive ability to warrant a roster spot in the NFL. So, you know, I'm pulling for him. Hopefully that won't be the case. Hopefully he'll find his way in the NFL, especially leaving early.

But again, talking about changes, the offenses, whatnot, I'm not fully on the analytics trade where, you know, hashtag running games, don't matter, but run running games need to be explosive. And you'll look no farther than the 49ers last year. They didn't believe in the thunder and lightning kind of tandem idiom that a lot of people tend to lean into. Instead, they just got speed on speed on speed. And that led to more explosive plays.

And that's what you want. If the running game is going to be viable, it needs to generate explosive plays. And just Torin Young with his foot speed and his breakaway speed, I'm just not sure that's there. So again, another guy who maybe 20 years ago, I'd feel a little bit more comfortable about him playing in the league. But with the way the league is trending, I'm sure that his his overall skill set will be as valued

absolutely another guy I know this is not NFL draft talk but Akram Wadley a guy who was getting a lot of hype coming out of college didn't get drafted didn't make the active roster bounced around he's you know bounced around the AAF obviously they you know folded he is not on an XFL roster what is I mean I know his testing was terrible for a guy his size but his tape I thought would at least make him you know a guy who people would want on special teams as either a kick returner or a third down running back or something like that because even at the AAF he had some really nice highlights and watching some of his games. I thought he played pretty well. So do you, I mean, is there,

do you have any idea of why teams just do not want to touch Akron Wadley with a 10 foot pole? It seems like. Well, it's another thing of the stuff we talked about with Gino stone is you don't want to be small and you don't want to be quote unquote, not athletic. So you don't want to be both of those things at the same time. He did have a good 40 yard dash of the 4.54 seconds which is the 54th percentile but everything else really poor metrics and he's teeny tiny so his only chance to earn a role in the NFL or even

playing football would have been as a third down back but I mean how often did we see him being asked to run nuanced routes you know how often was he flexed out out wide or even to the slot so i mean there's one things where a guy is the outlet outlet option and he's a dump off but that's you're not really getting much value from that that's just part of the scheme so it's because we didn't see that at iowa not i couldn't really evaluate you know he is he theoretic who's a or a bryce love or you know somebody somebody like that where you can see that skillset transfer or transitioning because you know, it's essentially another wide receiver out there. We didn't even see that with Wadley. So again,

I think it's where running game running games are becoming much more running back by committee. What's the niche that he fills? Where does he win? And if it's between the tackles without, you know, having the size of the power or without having, you know, great outside of the 40-yard dash, you know, the three-kill and the vertical jump, those stuff, the explosive numbers are not there. It's just I don't know where he wins, so I don't know where I'm playing him. So I think this won't be the last we see of Wadley.

I think he'll get another chance because running backs, you know, they just tend to – it's a highly volatile position.'s a lot of injuries so guys will get shots and you know guys will come out of nowhere I think it was CJ Anderson a couple years ago was an under or on free agency and then it ends up being the starting running back for the Super Bowl losing Los Angeles Rams running backs are picked up all the time it's a reason I mean you see running backs come in in December and like the backup guy or somebody comes out the practice squad and they look like the best back on the team it's like well where have we been hiding this guy you haven't been hiding this guy it's just everybody else is dinged to heck so while they may have a chance in that regard maybe the

xfl or something like that can give him a shot as well but again it's just where does he win that value that matters in today's league and with with his size, you really need somebody like that to translate as a, a pass catcher. And we just didn't see that to the extent where we could get a good evaluation of it at Iowa. Yeah, man. I just have one quick question on that.

How did you know exactly what his 40 yard dash time and the percentile that it filled in with for running backs off the top of your cut? Did you just, did you just know that or were you looking that up somehow? That was super impressive. I have it all right here in front of me. You had Akram Wadley in front of you too? I was able to pull it up. Okay. Cause I was like, I didn't see you typing or anything.

That was really impressive. All right. I don't have it memorized. I'm not that good. I was going to say, I mean, you had me impressed. All right. The three last guys we'll cover Michael sleep dog really quickly. I interviewed him on the show. Great guy, obviously a really cool story. Being a former electrician, going to Juco, going to Arizona state, taking the ballsy move of going to Iowa to intentionally punt and crappy weather in November definitely improved the punting game for Iowa.

I don't know if he improved it as much as people were anticipating based off his previous performances you know do you think he has a shot at I know you probably don't evaluate punters very much either but do you think he has a shot as kind of a camp leg I know I saw something around 20 punters get you know camp invites that are you know undrafted free agents we've seen some specialists from Iowa, though, who've had pretty good combine or training performances. Miguel Racinos, Marshall Cohn, who didn't get a camp invite at all. So I wanted to get your thoughts. Do you think Sleep Dalton has a place at least on a practice squad to begin with?

Well, unfortunate for him, this is actually a pretty good punting class coming out this season. So the fact that he is – I know, right? Crazy. But, again, covering the Denver Broncos, the Broncos need a puncher bad. So the fans have demanded that I at least have some idea of the punters this season. And by all accounts, it's a pretty good punting class.

Braden Mann from Texas A&M and Joseph Charlton at South Carolina, both those guys were bombing punts at the senior bowl this year. They were. They're a beast. Yeah, those guys stand out. Both of them, I mean, you shouldn't ever draft a specialist before the end of the fifth round, but both those guys could come off the board pretty early.

Michael Turk is only a registered sophomore, and he pumped out, I think, a record for punters at the combine on the bench press. He's a beast. Yeah, right? Interesting names. I know that Tommy Towns townsend from florida is another interesting guy as well so i like michael sleep dalton i believe he's 27 or 28 years old

now probably you know good story kind of glad he came on to iowa last year and helped the punting game but i think that he has a uh a long shot towards making the nfl as a starting puncher you might get an invite but again i I would be highly skeptical of anybody. If anybody wanted to bet on you, if Michael C Dalton was going to be punting in the NFL next year, take that bet. Fair enough. Well, he is a great dude. Hope he does well, but yeah, it makes sense. I mean, it's a, it's a tough,

tough life to live the kicker or punter life and try to scratch into one of those 32 spots. So maybe we could see him in the XFL as well. Finally, the defensive line, the defensive tackles, Brady Reif and Cedric Lattimore, both guys who obviously played, you know, had their role, right, in Iowa's defense, played a lot more snaps this year than in the previous seasons. I thought they did a pretty good job. Actually, that's incorrect.

I think Brady was a starter last year, and Cedric Lattimore played some decent snaps. But regardless, the point is these two guys are guys who are probably going to be underacted free agents, camp kind of guys. Do you see any chance of them making an impact at the next level? Brady has the NFL pedigree, right, with Riley being his brother. Cedric Lattimore I thought had a pretty good season. But what are your thoughts on those two guys as defensive tackles?

I think Brady Reif's size will probably limit him at the next level. There's just not many defensive tackles, interior defensive linemen that have his frame that are succeeding. So the guys are bigger, stronger than the NFL. So probably not for him. I do think Cedric Latimer has a chance. He actually has the frame where you could conceivably put on some more weight with him. And he was asked to do a lot of dirty work for Iowa. You know, he doesn't have that explosiveness as a pass rush you want,

but I wouldn't be surprised if he got drafted round seven, if not being in a priority undrafted free agent. So I think he has a chance to be a guy to make a 53 out of those two listed. Absolutely, man. Cool. Well, Nick, I really appreciate you talking, taking the time to talk about Iowa Hawkeyes. Surprised you knew so much about punters and your ability to pull up the

Akron Wadley stuff so quick. Are there any other Iowa players that you want to touch on or anything you want to say about the Iowa Hawkeyes while we're on the show? I know that Iowa is moving on from Tristan Wirfs, who is probably going to be a top 10 pick and going to leave this program in a better place than when he came on. But I think Iowa's offensive line is going to be interesting to follow next season. And somebody that the scouting community is already a buzz about is Tyler Linderbaum at the center. Obviously

watching a lot of Tristan Wirfs this season. I've had more than a few people come up to me and say, hey, tell me about this center, Nick. Like this guy is absolutely out here just embarrassing people. So NFL circles, scouting circles are already starting to take notice of that center. Tyler Linderbaum will be a redshirt sophomore next year, so it's possible that next season could be his last year at the Hawkeyes if he performs well enough. So keep an eye out for him and just know that NFL teams are already circling that guy and saying that he's a stud, so it should be a fun one to watch next year.

Yeah, I mean, he is an absolute beast. And the fact that he's only been playing offensive line for a year is pretty darn impressive. If you think about, too, just real quick on the offensive line, Larrick Jackson, Coy Cronk, Tyler Linderbaum, three guys. Do you think there's a chance that we have three offensive linemen, a chance, three offensive linemen from the Iowa Hawkeyes to 2020 season be drafted

in the top, let's say, four rounds of the 2021 draft. Top four rounds makes it hard because Coy Cronk might, there's so many questions with him, and that's even if Tyler Winterbaum comes out. So I'll go the under on that if you put a gun to my head if it was three, but I think there is a chance. I love it, man.

Hopefully we'll see some good offensive line play next year. Nick, obviously appreciate you joining the show. Where can fans of the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast find you at? Yeah, you can find me on Twitter. It's at Nick Kendall, MHH. It's K-E-N-D-E-L-L. And yeah, they're talking draft, football, Broncos, beer, fishing, hiking, you know, whatever.

I'm just pretty basic. Maybe even some, you know, whatever is going on in TV those, those days, but yeah, find me on Twitter at me. I try, I try to be pretty, pretty level-headed and I can talk football. I know that there was some people, I think you and I had a little back and forth with the Nate Stanley is as good as Josh Allen that I just, I couldn't put in my hands on that one, but yeah, I guess I'll leave you with don't box score scout.

Every player is their own individual. And as long as you pick Hawkeyes in the draft, you're going to be fine. I love it, Nick. Well, thank you, man. Have a good day, buddy. Yeah, thank you very much for having me, and we'll talk again soon. Awesome, man. All right, and that concludes it for our show today.

Again, a big shout-out to Nick for taking the time out of his day to record a 45-minute episode that we broke up into two parts to talk about the draft prospects for the Iowa Hawkeyes. And again, my apologies for not giving you a current recap of some of the things happening in the Iowa Hawkeye world, namely the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. Also, I know wrestling seating has come out by this point. We're going to be covering that early next week, so stay tuned for that. Hoping to get a few special guests on the show to preview the national championships. And then I also realized the baseball team was back in action yesterday versus Kansas. Again, pre-recording this in advance of that game, so not able to

give a breakdown of that. Hopefully similar results to what happened on Tuesday. So apologies there, but I do appreciate you all tuning in. I hope you enjoyed this NFL draft talk and the talk about college football in general. If you are not getting enough Iowa Hawkeye talk, make sure to check out the Locked On Big Ten podcast. It is the podcast covering all the Big Ten teams and a lot of Iowa Hawkeye stuff as well, especially with how well Iowa is doing from a men's and women's basketball perspective, a wrestling perspective, and obviously consistently year in and year out

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