Jared DeVries

The bulk of what Holcomb has done today has been outside the, the outside linebackers.

And Randy, when you run up the middle on Iowa, you're looking at Jared Devries, one of the outstanding sophomores, Aaron Klein, uh, at the nose guard spot.

I mean, Vernon Rollins and Matt Hughes, the two inside linebackers, and, and you're running at the strength of the Iowa defense.

And those inside linebackers are very good.

Second and five.

Douthit for short yardage, a couple of yards to the 17, third down, and three yards to go coming up.

And again, the midportion of the Iowa defense, Hughes in the middle of the pile, along with, uh, Jared Devries.

This offense, they don't use Ty Douthit a lot, but when they do, generally it's pretty effective.

I think genetics was a big part of it.

you know i give i give that to a lot of it and then the work ethic of what my parents taught us you know was we weren't you know we were all talented you know we had talent um but not you know we're just athletes and they kind of instilled in us like you know how they worked in their jobs on the farm my mom was a nurse you know instilled that in us and like hey you're gonna do it you're gonna do it right right there's no excuses and they're very strict at times and hey you're not out i don't care if your friends are out drinking or partying or doing that if you want to be successful this is how what you got to do and so i think that was a big part of it and then just the my i think the mindset they instilled in us i didn't realize that till i was older but it was like oh that's that why they were so hard on us that's why there was strict rules that's why i couldn't just go do everything i wanted to or i had a curfew or you know my dad would ask me after a game you know what happened here and i'm what do you mean what happened you know so um yeah i think it was just that was a big part of it and then the competition right i saw my brothers have success i was down here you know at iowa football games as a seventh grader watching nick play in the dorms with jared devries and tim dwight and tavian banks and cedric shaw these guys that were iowa you know

right

it's people loved and adored and i did as a young kid and i was like i want to do that um so i think that whole experience just gave me the drive to like hey i want to go do what he did because look look at what they get look at the gear they get look at hanging around hayden fry and you know all those coaches it was a pretty unique deal for a young kid from a small town in northeast iowa

And I'll tell you, this is... textbook as far as Iowa is concerned because you talk about breaking down and not allowing him to get outside they are doing a picture perfect job well the

play starts with Jared DeVries number 94 getting a push up the field and getting in the face of Zebby Lethbridge now you see him right up inside there now he forces the scramble but now he's still being blocked and he still waits he's squared up and now he makes the tackle on Zebby Lethbridge a nice play by Jared DeVries show with

DeFries his tackle it's now third down the line of scrimmage to 41 and they've got to go all the way to the Hawkeye 35 Iowa leads it 6-0 under 10 to play first half Lethbridge going to go long looking incomplete at the 25 Damian Robinson was all over Donnie

Hart Ron I don't know what they were looking at but what I saw was pass interference by Damian Robinson where Spike Dykes is not going to argue he says get the punt team out there Donnie Hart was running down the football field, number 82.

I just wish there were more farm kids that played football because the ones we've gotten have been pretty good.

When you look at that list, I'm going from memory here, but I think Jared DeVries was maybe the first back near it.

Dallas Clark, obviously.

Robert Gallery, Casey Wigman.

You know, I look at that list of the 13 previous winners.

I'm going to ask you what you see, but when I see names like the first winner, Jared DeVries, Casey Wigman, and Jared DeVries the first couple years, from the Galleries to the Dallas Clarks, the Greenways, the Yondas, Matt Kroll, Campman, Micah Hyde, Tony Moyeke, just an incredible Hall of Fame in many areas, but certainly with the American Needs Farmers plot.

What features, what qualities do you see, do you compare in all of those previous winters with yourself, Brandon?

I mean, what you just named off, those those guys are that's an incredible group of guys.

In the meantime, there are some other things going on.

Hawkeye Jared DeVries and ASU's Jeremy Scott rate with the best interior defenders in the country.

And Iowa's Tim Dwight fills the role of several breakaway players, but ASU can count on guys like J.R. Redmond and Lindsey Jackson.

Then there's the Hawkeyes' Tavian Banks, a 1,600-yard fan.