when ferentz says Cole was the last big DT we've had since Davis...

[franstheman]

Is he forgetting about ballard? He was a pretty big fella

 

[theboat]

I don't think he was ever north of 290 though.

 

[hawkfarmer]

Ballard was more of an end forced inside, where Cole and Davis are big old clog the middle kind of guys.

 

[franstheman]

Is jaleel like that too?

 

[uofihawkInation]

The 6-4, 315-pounder had a lot of offers (12), including a few from Iowa’s direct competition (Michigan, Wisconsin and Michigan State). That’s a good start. When he visited Iowa on his recruiting trip, Johnson weighed in at 320 pounds.

Yeah, Johnson is a big guy.

No. 43: DT Jaleel Johnson | TheGazette

 

[iahawks912]

By d-tackle standards Ballard isn't that big.

 

[Foval21]

ballard was a de that moved to dt because of the emergence of binns. then he moved between dt and de with the emergence of daniels. i believe he was around 285 which makes him a solid to big de but a small dt. he is one of the most athletic (freakishly) players we have had at iowa.