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2 - The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, October 6, 2017 OFFEnSE SE ..... 89 Matt VandeBerg 6-1 195 SR. REMEMbER whEn ... 12 Brandon Smith 6-3 205 FR. TE ..... 87 Noah Fant 6-5 232 SO. 39 Nate Wieting 6-4 250 SO. LT ..... 77 Alaric Jackson 6-7 320 #FR. 52 Boone Myers 6-5 310 SR. LG ..... 52 Boone Myers 6-5 310 SR. 59 Ross Reynolds 6-4 300 JR. C ..... 78 James Daniels 6-4 295 JR. 61 Cole Banwart 6-4 295 #FR. RG ..... 69 Keegan Render 6-4 310 JR. 66 Levi Paulsen 6-5 305 SO. RT ..... 79 Sean Welsh 6-3 295 SR. 74 Tristan Wirfs 6-5 315 FR. TE ..... 38 T.J. Hockenson 6-5 243 #FR. 86 Peter Pekar 6-4 252 SR. WR ..... 84 Nick Easley 5-11 203 JR. 6 Ihmir Smith-Marsette 6-2 175 FR. QB ..... 4 Nate Stanley 6-5 235 SO. 8 Tyler Wiegers 6-4 225 JR. RB ..... 25 Akrum Wadley 5-11 195 SR. 28 Toren Young OR 5-11 220 #FR. 21 Ivory Kelly-Martin 5-11 195 FR. FB ..... 45 Drake Kulick 6-1 240 SR. 36 Brady Ross 6-1 245 SO. PK ..... 91 Miguel Recinos 6-1 192 JR. 3 Keith Duncan 5-11 173 SO. DEFEnSE LE ..... 98 Anthony Nelson 6-7 260 SO. 90 Sam Brincks 6-5 275 JR. LT ..... 95 Cedrick Lattimore 6-5 295 SO. 91 Brady Reiff 6-3 260 SO. RT ..... 99 Nathan Bazata 6-3 287 SR. 96 Matt Nelson 6-8 285 JR. RE ..... 40 Parker Hesse 6-3 257 JR. 94 A.J. Epenesa 6-5 270 FR. OLB ..... 44 Ben Niemann 6-3 233 SR. 26 Kevin Ward 6-1 217 SR. MLB ..... 43 Josey Jewell 6-2 236 SR. 34 Kristian Welch 6-3 232 SO. WLB ..... 41 Bo Bower 6-1 235 SR. 31 Aaron Mends 6-0 227 JR. LC ..... 15 Josh Jackson 6-1 192 JR. 8 Matt Hankins 6-1 175 FR. SS ..... 19 Miles Taylor 5-10 203 SR. 27 Jake Gervase 6-1 210 JR. FS ..... 30 Amani Hooker 6-0 210 SO. 9 Geno Stone 6-0 195 FR. RC ..... 11 Michael Ojemudia 6-2 200 SO. 5 Manny Rugamba 6-0 185 SO. PT ..... 7 Colten Rastetter 6-2 210 SO. 2 Ryan Gersonde 6-4 185 FR. File Photo/The Daily Iowan PR 15 Josh Jackson KR 21 Ivory Kelly-Martin Wide receiver Riley McCarron carries the ball for the Iowa Hawkeyes during their game against the Fighting Illini in Champaign, Illinois, at Memorial 89 Matt VandeBerg 25 Akrum Wadley Stadium on Nov. 19, 2016. Iowa defeated Illinois, 28-0. 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Pete Ruden Debra Plath Poster Design by Heidi Owen GOT QUESTIONS FOR THE PREGAME STAFF OR A STORY IDEA FOR A FUTURE ISSUE? @DIPregame STAFF EMAIL US AT [email protected] WEB Extras @dailyiowansports The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, October 6, 2017 - 3 4 - The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, October 6, 2017 COVER STORY Still Young, still waiting Toren Young’s journey to this point has featured unexpected twists and turns. BY ADAM HENSLEY | [email protected] hen one door closes, another door opens. For Iowa running back Toren Young, this statement rings Wtrue. The Madison, Wisconsin, native grew up a Badger fan, but during his recruiting period, he realized his childhood dreams might not come to fruition. “Going into high school and knowing that I had the dreams to play college football, I knew I had to be open-minded,” Young said. “I knew that playing at home might not be a possibility.” Young’s high-school statistics rose exponentially as he moved up each year. As a sophomore, he ran for 1,134 yards and 11 touchdowns. By his senior year, the 5-11, 220-pound tailback racked up 2,779 yards and 28 touchdowns at Monona Grove High School. His accolades mirrored his on-field success — in his senior year alone, Young was named to the Blue-Grey All-American team and first- team All-State, earned conference and area Player of the Year, and was a finalist for the Elroy “Crazy Leg” Hirsch Award. Despite being swamped with accolades, recruiting did not follow suit. “I wasn’t a highly recruited kid,” Young said. “I got letters here and there and took a couple of game visits to places.” The Badgers never offered. Instead, Young looked elsewhere, but it wasn’t a forced decision. If anything, Wisconsin’s failure to offer Young a scholarship was a bless- ing in disguise. He visited Iowa numerous times and attended a few games during the recruiting process, falling in love with both the campus and the Hawkeye program. “I felt like it was the perfect fit for me,” Young said. “I felt the stuff I believe in — being hard-nosed, tough, physical — that’s what this pro- gram exemplifies. I knew I could be a fit here.” In his first season at Iowa, Young redshirted. The Hawkeyes churned out 2,000-yard rushers in 2016, LeShun Daniels Jr. and Akrum Wadley, and many viewed Young as a tailback groomed to move into that two-back rotation once Daniels graduated. “He’s more of a strong back like LeShun or Shonn Greene,” head coach Kirk Ferentz said during the spring season. “[I] hate to start throwing names out of guys who are accomplished players, [but] Marcus Coker is another name that comes to mind.” To put that in perspective, Daniels scored 18 touchdowns over the course of the previous two seasons, Greene — the 2008 Doak Walker Award winner — ran for 1,850 yards and 20 touchdowns in 2008, and Coker rushed for 1,384 yards and 15 touchdowns in his final season as a Hawkeye in 2011. At Iowa’s spring practice in West Des Moines in April, Ferentz high- lighted Young as one of the redshirt players that improved drastically since he first arrived on campus. “Early on, when I came in, I had high pad level,” Young said. “Being a physical back and priding yourself on being physical, you can’t run high. [My coaches] really coached me on getting my pad level down.” Power running stems from a low pad level — the running back gets Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan SEE Cover story, 14 Iowa’s Toren Young celebrates after a run during the game between Iowa and North Texas at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 16. Iowa won, 31-14. The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, October 6, 2017 - 5 6 - The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, October 6, 2017 onE on onE Daily Iowan football editor Courtney Baumann caught up with kicker Miguel Recinos, a junior from Mason City. Daily Iowan: What fictional place would DI: What would your alter ego’s you like to visit? name be? Miguel Recinos: That’s really tough… You Recinos: Some days I think know Ministereth? That looks really cool. Colten [Rastetter] is the I’ve always wondered what it would be like exact opposite of me. The to stand on top and look down. specialists, we tease each other, so there are times DI: What would your go-to karaoke that everything I have an song be? opinion on, one of the guys Recinos: I really like the song “Youth” by will be opposite. Glass Animals but that’s pretty high range. I don’t know if I have the ability to belt that DI: What would your dream out anymore. Maybe in my choir days, but house look like? now I’m getting a little rusty. Recinos: I’d say my dream house would be in a small Iowa town … DI: What could you give a 20-minute pre- It would be a decent size. I don’t sentation on with no preparation? like the mansion thing, I feel like Recinos: Goalkeeping, 100 percent. that would be too much to keep track of. People always talk about DI: If you could make one rule everyone that, but that’s a lot of space. If had to follow, what would it be? you’re cleaning the house, that’s a Recinos: Get a little physical activity in ev- huge time investment. I’d say a de- ery day. cent size, probably two floors, just the main and the basement. DI: “Jeopardy” or “Wheel of Fortune”? That sounds good to me. Recinos: Pr0bably Jeopardy. That’s a tough one. DI: What job would you be DI: What wild animal would you want as terrible at? a pet? Recinos: I Recinos: Depends. If it’s fictional, Game of don’t Thrones has made me think dragon, but if know, it’s real, assuming it doesn’t eat me alive, media.