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        Profile If you are making a list of Iowa State football players to profile, Troy Davis is near the top. Troy played for ISU from 1994 to 1996 and broke nearly every rushing record at the school.  He ran for over 2000 yards in consecutive years*, and finished in the top 5 for Heisman** twice.   After a few years in the NFL, Troy played  up in the CFL winning the Grey Cup with the Edmonton Eskimos. * 2000 yards in consecutive years is crazy (especially considering 11 games), but looking at college history, the mind is blown when looking at Barry Sanders' Heisman season when he rushed for 2850! ** Troy finished second his junior year behind Danny Wuerffel.  He also lost the Doak Walker Award to Bryan Hanspard, still baffling today. Personal Notes The CFL is another spot where you can gather cards of Iowa greats.  Here's what I have found: Iowa Hawkeyes - Kenny Ploen, Randy Duncan, Bob Jeter, Larry Ferguson, ...

        Profile Trev Alberts was a linebacker for the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the early 90s, who was a consensus All-American in 1993*.  He was drafted #5 overall in the 1994 draft** by the Indianapolis Colts, but injures limited his career to three years.  Trev was born in Cedar Falls, and now works as the athletics director at UNO (University of Nebraska-Omaha).   * Alberts also won the Jack Lambert Award for best linebacker, also won by Iowa's Josey Jewell in 2017 ** 1994 NFL Draft Iowa Connections: Mike Wells (4th UofI) and Kurt Warner (Undrafted  UNI) Personal Notes I wonder if Trev thinks about his pro career much.  He was a dominant player in college, garnering many awards and played for a national championship with Nebraska.  But injuries derailed his pro career and he was done.  One could reasonably wallow a while wondering why his talent went to waste, but Trev didn't do that.  He pushed himself into other jobs....

Today we have a new collection of cards for the 2021 ICY set.  These 3 cards honor the selection of the Bob Stoops, Andre Tippett and Darren Sproles to the College Football Hall of Fame Iowa Hawkeyes Waterloo