James Daniels, second round draft pick out of Iowa,

[lets-talk]

mentions his HS as Alma mater in nfl intro instead of Iowa. Hawkeye fans are quite disturbed about this since they believe Ferentz's stature as OL guru and the opportunity to play on Iowa's lines were instrumental in Daniels' success. Also I believe his ol coach at the time was none other than Brian Ferentz.

Has any other coveted draft pick credited his HS instead of college?

 

[CloneinWDSM]

A ton

 

[MeowingCows]

Not uncommon, definitely not worth caring about.

 

[Statefan10]

This happens quite a bit actually. James Daniels is a known Iowa player and I'm sure he wanted to give his HS some recognition as well.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

A lot of guys do this. Weren't there rumors though that Daniels and Kirk didn't have a great relationship?

 

[CyTwins]

He was terrible last night that's for sure

 

[CyTwins]

Weren't there rumors though that Daniels and Kirk didn't have a great relationship?

Yep

 

[lets-talk]

A ton

Who? Not doubting you at all but I would imagine iowa staff would like the guy particularly coz he is a OL to give due credit.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Who? Not doubting you at all but I would imagine iowa staff would like the guy particularly coz he is a OL to give due credit.

Watch the Sunday night and Monday night games and take note.

 

[Clonefan32]

Who? Not doubting you at all but I would imagine iowa staff would like the guy particularly coz he is a OL to give due credit.

I would venture to guess nearly half of the starters yesterday said something other than their college alma mater.

 

[cyowan]

Ellis Hobbs III did this back in the day. Happens a lot.

 

[isu81]

Daniels has said he does that to show kids in the inner city that anyone can make it if they work hard.

 

[Clonefan32]

With the way he played last night I'd imagine U of I is glad he didn't refer to them.

 

[enisthemenace]

Yeah. This happens all the time.

 

[BLHawk]

Daniels has said he does that to show kids in the inner city that anyone can make it if they work hard.

Yup, he was inspired as a kid when Mario Manningham did this for the Super Bowl one year.

He hopes to inspire other kids the same way by saying his HS.

 

[enisthemenace]

Daniels has said he does that to show kids in the inner city that anyone can make it if they work hard.

And I think that is very cool.

 

[lets-talk]

Daniels has said he does that to show kids in the inner city that anyone can make it if they work hard.

I was not aware of this. Kudos to the young man.

 

[Lemmiwinks]

A lot of guys do this. Weren't there rumors though that Daniels and Kirk didn't have a great relationship?

Link? He's spoken very highly of Kirk and the Iowa staff in a recent interview.

 

[Bader]

Jared Allen said "Culinary Academy" once.

Pretty sure someone used their preschool. Players, and people who don't take sports this seriously, think its funny.

 

[flynnhicks03]

Ellis Hobbs III did this back in the day. Happens a lot.

If I recall correctly, I think Hobbs did it because he had a beef with Iowa State. Can't remember the details, but I thought this was discussed at the time.