Tim Dwight

Dane Johnson holding on, but it's good for 13 yards.

When you see an eight-man front, sometimes when you go to a double slot right here like this, Tim Dwight is not covered to the inside.

Both linebackers taking the fake.

Tim Dwight does a little quick look in pass.

Dane Johnson on the tackle.

Damon Gibson, number 18, checks into the lineup as you look at the junior.

Last year did not run track.

He wanted to get to spring football, but Tim Dwight says this year he will run track at Iowa, and he is outstanding at that.

Dante Hall.

Tim Dwight.

Tim Dwight.

Devin Hester for the longest time.

He was so good at just doing that there.

Because when Michael Vick was coming out of Virginia Tech, he had all the makings of a generational talent, so the Falcons were willing to give up a haul to move up four spots and get him.

They ended up trading their first and third-round picks, as well as a second rounder in the '02 draft, and Tim Dwight, their kick returner, to the Chargers for the number one pick.

Using the first rounder they got from the Falcons, the Chargers drafted LaDainian Tomlinson fifth overall, launching one of the most legendary running back careers ever.

LT was an instant impact for the Chargers.

It would've been the second in- investigation I ever actually had there, and it was for an event.

Um, we held a fundraiser for Tim Dwight's, uh, foundation.

And so Tim Dwight was there, which was pretty cool.

I was a big-

He's a hockey, he's a hockey player, correct?

He was there as well.

We were in this janitor's closet, and, uh, I was...

We were standing there, Tim Dwight's standing next to me.

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

... 191 pounds, right? When, when you watch him play, you know, he, he looks like a track athlete.

You know, I grew up in the area of Tim Dwight over in Iowa City.

Oh, yeah.

You see some similarities there.

This'll be a fun week.

The new Tim, the new Tim Dwight.

[laughs] Tim Dwight.

Yeah.

[laughs]

when a guy just does that.

You get an Achilles, you get an Achilles.

Time, time to go for the grass, fellas.