I did honestly think he'd be #2 behind Brahmer (assuming we keep him).
DeShawn Hanika Transferring
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Thats the worst part is we don't know how all the NIL **** will shake out and who will be left standing in the TE room.
Say what you want about Tom Brands but his rant a week or two ago in his presser was dynamite. I loved that he defended both institutions. Eventually more info is going to come out on this but yeah politicians suck.
I understand that but how does that mean he got ******? Self inflicted shouldn't constitute getting ******.
JUCO guy that didn’t get a ton of snaps in his two years and we return a bunch at safety.
Not surprising.
I mean while I agree the state’s probe was trash, he also did himself no favors, by breaking rules.
Next year will be his COVID super senior season, one way or another. Glad to see him making use of it.
Easton Dean has the same year available. That will be an interesting “wait and see”.
Brahmer is our receiving TE, Hanika couldn't block to save his life, our backup TEs need to be able to block since they are more run support.
I hope he finds a really good place to land!
You guys and your NIL paranoia. There’s about a one in a thousand chance this kid makes a money grab.
In the first place, he already turned down a chance at big Nebby NIL money. In the second place, he’s in an absolutely PERFECT place for him. Not only are there very few schools that use the tight end the way ISU does, he’s already the established leader here. AND Rocco, Abu, Jaylin, Jayden and four fifths of the OL is coming back.
He’s in a really, really sweet spot right now. Two healthy years more, a little S&C work, and he’s off to the NFL, with a great college resume behind him. Probably All American. Making a money grab increases the risk of that happening in multiple dimensions.
Oh, and it’s not as if we don’t have a TON of talent without him. Aside from all of the other guys, if we manage get Stephen Cooper in the fold—he looks like another Brahmer level talent.
Hanika couldn’t have stayed if he wanted to, I don’t think. Notice he says “as a graduate transfer”. He lost a year of eligibility to the gambling thing, so his only option to continue playing was to go elsewhere.
I feel absolutely terrible for him, because he got ******. I will root for him wherever he ends up.
I feel absolutely terrible for him, because he got ******. I will root for him wherever he ends up.
Are you saying that CMC wouldn’t have taken him back?
I could see where he limits the number of COVID seniors he takes back this year (at the least, suggesting they’d get more PT elsewhere), but I hope Darien Porter is one of them.
I wanna see Porter start at CB in the bowl game. Let’s see how he does
Between covid and grad transfers there should be a a whole lot of free masters given out. Good for all the kids who take advantage of it.
I think you may have been right at some point in the past, but I think with the covid year being a thing, he could have stayed. Someone can tell me why I'm wrong though, and I'd listen.