How many games has DJK started?

PJHawk

PJHawk

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We all the know DJK could get the records for all time catches and yards this season, (impressive) but how many games has he started throughout his career?
 
PJHawk said:
We all the know DJK could get the records for all time catches and yards this season, (impressive) but how many games has he started throughout his career?
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I actually don't think it's all that many, to be honest. He spent a good portion of last year coming off the bench. I do believe he started all of 2008. Not sure about 2007. He made some great plays as a freshman, but he didn't really start to make a name for himself until the Wisconsin game that year.
 
Good point. He's had a great career, but still hasn't reached his potential. I was happy to finally see him and McNutt both first string on the 2 deeps.
 
Starting at wide receiver at Iowa is overrated. You can get just as many catches coming off the bench.
 
DaDynasty said:
Starting at wide receiver at Iowa is overrated. You can get just as many catches coming off the bench.
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I'm not sure about that. The starters get the vast majority of catches. McNutt and DJK seem like an exception to me. At least in the last 10 years, starters dominated the stat sheet at receiver. Kasper, Mo Brown and C.J., Hinkel and Solomon all had a ton of catches, much more than the reserves. Yes our bench guys get catches, but McNutt and DJK are the only ones I can remember who came off the bench alot and led the team.
 
tm3308 said:
I'm not sure about that. The starters get the vast majority of catches. McNutt and DJK seem like an exception to me. At least in the last 10 years, starters dominated the stat sheet at receiver. Kasper, Mo Brown and C.J., Hinkel and Solomon all had a ton of catches, much more than the reserves. Yes our bench guys get catches, but McNutt and DJK are the only ones I can remember who came off the bench alot and led the team.
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You are proving yourself wrong by including Mo Brown in that group. Brown led the 2002 team in TD catches (10) and yards per catch and never started a game that season.
 
PJHawk said:
You are proving yourself wrong by including Mo Brown in that group. Brown led the 2002 team in TD catches (10) and yards per catch and never started a game that season.
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Yeah, kinda funky that Ed Hinkel started every game as a RS FR whereas Mo Brown was a JR and didn't start a game. I wonder if they did it as motivation ... much like they've used the starting spot as a motivating point for DJK. Of course, Brown's production was veritably nonexistent as a RS FR and SO. It could be like a lot of Hawkeye players that he simply had to develop into the spot.
 
PJHawk said:
You are proving yourself wrong by including Mo Brown in that group. Brown led the 2002 team in TD catches (10) and yards per catch and never started a game that season.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I was just in 7th grade at the time, and the only games I saw in 2002 were Minnesota and USC. So I just kinda figured that Brown started.
 
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