Holy shit Hillman. I felt like not enough attention was being paid to him this offseason in favor of the QBs and RBs, but that is the exact type of player we need to get pumping through the program to really ascend. I think heās pretty special.
Ground game and bombing punts and celebratingā¦ are we east coast Iowa with swagger??
Peyton Lewis 4 carries?? Whatās going on there?? What G6 is he transferring to next season to be the undisputed #1 at?
So, who do we like best at RB so far? All have looked at least decent, but I really liked the acceleration/jets on both Davis and Vaughan last night. They got the majority of carries (maybe distancing themselves from the rest?) last night. I sort of expected Middlebrook or Brown to be the guys, but those two were really scooting and showing some fancy footwork.
Lewis just doesnāt seem to offer much different/better than our other RBs. His burst is ok, his power is ok, his vision is ok. Gotta earn those reps.
Iām not sure thereās a clear #1 back on the team and there is three 1.5s that all offer a little something different. I love the backfield. Donāt feel like thereās a meaningful drop off from one guy to the next (and I definitely felt that a little bit when JāMari took snaps off last year) which is great. Just next guy up and run it down their throat behind our senior citizens up front and occasionally let Beau slip out.
Iām serious can we brand ourselves as Iowa with swagger?? We donāt have the cornfed boys but weāve got access to more skill talent!
Xay Davis was awesome last night. Obviously hard to evaluate given the opponent but he did what he did behind the 2nd and 3rd string OL. Most of his yards were due to him making plays rather than a wide open hole created for him (Iād describe Vaughnās success as more like that). Iām still super high on Middlebrook (and X) but Davis is a lot closer to RB1 than I would have ever thought.
A bunch of Hillmanās family was in our section, a few rows in front of us. Almost a full row of āHillman 6ā jerseys and t-shirts, and they were pumped. Cool to see.
