Washed Up Walkons

Jordan Canzeri is a former Running Back for the Hawkeyes that joined the team in 2011. All the way from Troy, New York. Hear the crazy store about how the Hawkeye coaching staff found Jordan from a highlight finding its way to Coach O'Keefe's desk, the tape was made by an opposing teams coach from Jordan's time in High school. Jordan saw playing time right away in 2011 before a setback knee injury in 2012 forced him to medical red-shirt. He talks about how that injury helped shape his mindset and allowed him the chance to be apart of the 2015 season. Jordan has the all time school record at Iowa for carries in a game(43) against Illinois in 2015 when he literally carried the Hawks to victory. Post Iowa career he has taken several paths to try and continue playing the game he loves while battling injury after injury which he talks about as well. Enjoy
 

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Amani Hooker joined the Hawkeye football team in 2016 from the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. One in the line of many hawkeye defensive backs who went under recruited out of high school only to come to Iowa City and make a huge impact in the Big Ten. As a sophomore in 2017 Amani jump started Kinnick Stadium with a pick-6 on the first play of the now infamous Ohio St. thrashing. The next year Amani would go on to win the Tatum Woodson Defensive back of the year in the Big Ten and enter the NFL draft foregoing his senior season. He was drafted in the 4th round to the Tennessee Titans and just finished his rookie season where they made it all the way to the Division Championship before falling short to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Chiefs. We talk about all of this and more!
 

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Sean joined the Hawkeye football team alongside the Walk Ons in the 2013 recruiting class. All the way from Dayton, Ohio, Sean saw early action in his career as he broke into the starting lineup in our 2014 redshirt freshman season. Sean played a crucial part to the offensive continuity in the undefeated 2015 season and was also apart of the Joe Moore award winning 2016 offensive line. Through his time at Iowa Sean started to battle some anxiety and depression and many will remember him releasing a statement about mental health in the fall of 2017 before we began our senior season, something that was widely respected throughout the team and Hawkeye Nation. After finishing his time at Iowa, Sean was signed as a free agent to the Washington Redskins before deciding to retire from football and enter the professional world. We talk about all of this and more on this episode!
 

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The boys sit down to discuss how this years Hawkeye Combine invites fared in Indianapolis. Nate Stanley, Tristan Wirfs, AJ Epenesa, Michael Ojemudia, and Geno Stone took to the field in Indy to show out against the nations best. We talk all of the results of there testing and on field workouts as well as what those tests actually mean. How much weight does a 40 time carry in a NFL coach's eyes? The bench press? The vertical? What are coaches really looking for and what do this years list of Hawks need to do moving forward to put themselves in their best draft day position.
 

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The boys jump on and improvise after the planned guest couldn't make the show. Topics of conversation range from both Iowa men's and women's basketball teams to Iowa wrestling. Kevin had multiple friends in town who contribute to the podcast with some betting talk, Drake threatens to fight one of them, and Gervase finally speaks on his shitty internet. At around 25 mins the episode takes a turn when Kluver reveals that he was let go from his job and is now in search of work, which created some entertaining conversation.
 

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The boys sit down on an impromptu episode to do Q&A with the WUW twitter fan base. Question topics covered plenty of topics such as Coach Ferentz coming on the podcast, Our most embarrassing moments, our favorite movies and cheat meals, how hard the girls were jersey chasing in college, the drunkest Drake has ever been, and more. It made for a very funny, exciting, and relaxed episode. Enjoy
 

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Ben Niemann played at Iowa from 2014 to 2017 as a Linebacker for the Hawkeyes. He saw immediate action his freshman year on special teams where he paved his way into the starting lineup along side Josey Jewell and Bo Bower. Undrafted in the 2018 NFL Draft, Ben got a shot with the Kansas City Chiefs and hasn't looked back since. Taking a similar path in the NFL, Ben just completed his 2nd season with Kansas City ranking as one of the best special teams players in the league in both seasons. Oh ya, they also just won the Super Bowl. Ben joins the show to talk about what it's like to play with Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Tyreek Hill, and others. He discusses what it was like to grow up with a busy college football coach for a dad, have his High School chanting his name at a pep rally, and much more.
 

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Travis Perry holds the title of OG Savage Back and OG washed up walkon. Travis came to the Hawkeyes from Urbandale High School in Central Iowa where he was a star high school athlete. With multiple options coming out of high school Travis, like many of our other guests, decided that walking on at the U of I was the best option for him and it paid off tenfold. Travis went on to start on and off at Linebacker for the Hawks while remaining the staple of all 4 special teams units throughout his career. Travis reflects on some of his better stories and talks about how being a Hawkeye prepared him for the real world.
 

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Nick Easley played high school football in Newton, Ia and found his way to Iowa Western CC. There he became the leading WR in the nation his sophomore year in catches but still wasn't catching the eye of Division 1 schools. Nick tells the story of committing, decommitting, and recommitting in his journey to Iowa City and the black and gold. Nick would go on to be a pivotal part of the Hawkeye Offense in 2017 and 2018 helping the Hawks bring home bowl victories in both years. Nick is now fighting to rise up the ranks of the NFL and create for himself a role inside an organization. He is currently and has been with the Buffalo Bills.
 

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Nate Stanley needs no introduction. He just finished up his time as QB1 for the Iowa Hawkeyes this past season. As a starter he never lost in the Cy-Hawk, Floyd of Rosedale, and Heroes trophy games. On top of that he went 3-0 as a starter in Bowl games and is now preparing for the 2020 NFL Draft. Nate joins the show to talk life of a college QB and all things Hawkeyes.

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