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As he announced on Thursday, 2025 four-star pass rusher and the No. 114 player in the country, Iose Epenesa has committed to Iowa. A legacy recruit, Iose is the son of Eppy Epenesa and the younger brother of former Hawkeye AJ Epenesa as well as walk-on linebacker Eric Epenesa.
A product of Edwardsville, Illinois, Epenesa received offers from just about every program in the country before narrowing down his list to five official visits, which included Miami (FL), Missouri, Utah, Penn State and Iowa.
During the official visit process, Eppy worked to ensure that Iose was getting everything he needed out of each visit and didn’t feel pressured to ultimately pick the Hawkeyes.
“I’m an Iowa guy. I will be Iowa for life,” Eppy told PowerMizzou. “My children are not. I don’t want my children to think that I forced them to go there and not see outside of Iowa. I want him to pick where he’s going to fit, I want him to pick the coach that he’s going to be with, I want him to pick the position coach he fits with. It’s about my children. It’s not about me or my wife.”
At the same time, Eppy wasn’t shy about how he felt about the Hawkeyes throughout the recruiting process, sharing sentiments like “I am a super proud Hawkeye is because of how Kirk (Ferentz)’s staff welcomed our son Iose and our family to Hawkeye Nation. Emotional and proud Thank you, Kirk and Hawkeye Football for an amazing weekend.”
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Although, at different points in his recruitment, it appeared as though Miami and Utah had solid chances to land the youngest Epenesa.
Following his visit to Miami, he had this to say about the Hurricanes:
“Just they have a family here. Some schools you are by yourself, basically is what…
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/commit-iowa-adds-four-star-231028745.html
Author : Rivals
Publish date : 2024-08-15 23:10:28
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