I'm from Iowa. Born and raised. Lewis Central is in Council Bluffs which is literally on the border to Omaha, NE. The school played in class 3A in 2019 which was the highest class in Iowa for that year. In 2020, the state shuffled the classes creating a 4A tier for the largest schools which when I played there were 4 tiers with my school being 4A. Lewis Central will remain in 3A. Their schedule looked pretty weak based on the teams that I know are traditional powerhouses such Wes Des Moines Dowling, West Des Moines Valley, Ankeny Central, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Davenport schools.
So, I would rate his school's competition as the lowest level in Florida. Nothing against the young man or his abilities. Plenty of studs come from small schools. I just want to give some perspective on the video we're watching.
I don't know what chance we have at him. Being on the Nebraska border you have a lot of Nebraska fans and I'm sure they're recruiting him hard. I would say 6/10 of the state of Iowa are Iowa Haweye fans and the other 3/10 are Iowa State fans and 1/10 are Nebraska fans on the border close to Omaha.
It's pretty much every Iowa kid's dream to be an Iowa Hawkeye. Given they have had a lot of success with their TEs in recent years, I would have to put them as the leader without knowing anything about his recruitment. I would be very surprised if he doesn't wind up at Iowa.
You have a different economic situation with most people in Iowa being middle class and I wouldn't think the kid would be swayed by bag money and based on an Iowan attitude it would be the quickest way for a school to be eliminated from his recruitment.
He could be attracted to Alabama based on their natioal attention and ability to make it in the CFP. Alabama had an offensive lineman from Iowa named Ross Pierschbacher who plays for the Washington Redskins (A side note is I went to school with his mother.). It wouldn't be a complete shock if he wound up there.
Looks like Michigan is in the picture as well.
If I had to handicap his recruitment without knowing him, I would say 1. Iowa , 2. Alabama, 3. Michigan, 4. Miami
I'd think he'd be a hard pull from the Hawkeyes. Hopefully the coaching staff can get him on campus and pehaps to a camp if we have football this summer.
