IL TE Sam LaPorta Commits to Hawkeyes

[RobHowe]

 

[judzeehawk]

Great news! Hopefully more to follow!

 

[Hawk1960]

For the 2019 class, we now have 4 of the top 20 from the state of Illinois based on 247 rankings.

 

[Stanzi]

Nice! Welcome to the good guys Sam!

 

[RobHowe]

Here's our story with LaPorta talking about his Hawkeye commitment:

LINK

 

[99topdawg]

Is that Robert DeNiro reffing?

 

[NEIChawk]

You talkin to me?

 

[Hawk1960]

He's put up some amazing numbers in high school.

 

[Clark44]

Its great that we got 3 TE out of Illinois, too bad Billingsley didn't want to join the TE U as well.

 

[RobHowe]

Its great that we got 3 TE out of Illinois, too bad Billingsley did want to join the TE U as well.

My guess is he's comfortable with his decision.

 

[Clark44]

If there is any position t

My guess is he's comfortable with his decision.

If there is any position at all that we can are able to go toe to toe with Bama on, TE would have to be it though.

 

[RobHowe]

If there is any position t

If there is any position at all that we can are able to go toe to toe with Bama on, TE would have to be it though.

Position - yes.

Wins and national titles - No.

 

[Clark44]

Position - yes.

Wins and national titles - No.

I agree, we probably offer better utilization of our TE, although Fant may argue otherwise. I think we hold our own on exposure and NFL potential as well.

Want to get a ring or 3, not so much...