If You Build It, They Will Come

2021 Panini Prizm is now out, although I haven't seen it in the wild yet.  Well, that's not true.  I hit Wal-Mart on a restock, but had the kids in tow.  So...make the kids wait for three large boxes to get shelved and possibly get a Prizm box, or take the kids home and to the pool like I promised.  Pool won out over Prizm. Prizm is probably considered THE base set for football, and it is now July 2022.  Just ridiculous that it takes this long to get that set.  Still, lets look at the  Iowa Connections in 2021 Panini Prizm: #37 David Johnson - Northern Iowa #54 George Kittle - Iowa Hawkeyes #82 Kurt Warner - Northern Iowa #136 Allen Lazard - Iowa State #147 T.J. Hockenson - Iowa Hawkeyes #160 David Montgomery - Iowa State #200 Noah Fant - Iowa Hawkeyes #273 Joe Burrow - Ames #364 Kene Nwangwu - Iowa State #372 - Ihmir Smith-Marsette - Iowa Hawkeyes Notable exceptions include Tristan Wirfs/AJ Epenesa/Ike Boettger/Bryan Bulaga/Jake Gervase/Anthony Hitche...

        Profile Noah Fant is a tight end for the Denver Broncos.  Fant played for the University of Iowa for three years before declaring for the 2019* and being drafted in the first round**.   * Iowa connections in the 2019 draft: T.J. Hockensen (1.9 UofI), Fant (1.20 UofI), David Montgomery (3.73 ISU), Hakeem Butler (4.103 ISU), Anthony Nelson (4.107 UofI), Armani Hooker (4.116 UofI), and Ross Pierschbacher (5.153 Cedar Falls) ** Just crazy that Fant is a 1st round TE (not common these days), but also he isn't even the first te taken, nor even the first TE on his own team! (Hockensen).   Personal Notes So currently there are 3 teams that start Iowa TEs.  49ers with Kittle, Lions with Hockensen and Broncos with Fant.  Iowa is Tight End U, but it made me wonder how many teams have had an Iowa TE start for them?   NE: Marv Cook Buf: Scott Chandler Ind: Dallas Clark Jax: Allen Reisner Hou: C.J. Fiedorowicz KC: Jon...