Iowa Football Recruiting

By this logic, all recruits that sign FBS schollies are the best in the country.

Average of 25 kids per class for about 125 FBS programs is about 3100 kids each year.

Try and look at it in that vacuum. Downing is 841 out of the approximately 3100 kids that will sign to play FBS football this class.

There are on average 3-4 kids per basketball class for approximately 350 D1 programs so about 1225 kids sign to play D1 ball each year. Nunge, Garza and Connor are all in the Top 150 of those 1225.

Let's do this: 22 positions x top 50 at each position = 1,100 players. Using the number given earlier of 1.086M (total HS football players) divide that by 4 (freshmen though seniors assuming equal numbers) = 271,500. So, if there are 271,500 HS senior football players graduating every year, that says only 0.4% (1,100 / 271,500) make the top 50 at each position. In other words, the kids not ranked in the top 50 at each position make-up 99.6% of all players.
 
He wouldn't make it through half a season if that was the case

I would bet he averages 25 touches per game. He averaged almost 16 per game last year and will get a big chunk of Daniels 213 carries from last season.

Add to the fact he is also lobbying to return punts and/or kicks and he will approach 25.
 
I would bet he averages 25 touches per game. He averaged almost 16 per game last year and will get a big chunk of Daniels 213 carries from last season.

Add to the fact he is also lobbying to return punts and/or kicks and he will approach 25.

I'd bet anything he has under 300 touches for next year
 
That's 23 carries a game if Iowa plays 13 games. He's too tiny not to get hurt with more carries IMO

If he gets injured, I doubt it will be because of his size. Guys get injured all the time at this level of football both big and small. Just the nature of the beast that is football.
 
If he gets injured, I doubt it will be because of his size. Guys get injured all the time at this level of football both big and small. Just the nature of the beast that is football.

Agree to disagree. Him being so little plays a big part of his durability IMO
 

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