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The Iowa Hawkeyes might have something special in true freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee.
The 6-foot-4, 207 pound wide receiver out of Central Lyon High School in Rock Rapids, Iowa, put on a show in his Hawkeye debut. Vander Zee reeled in five grabs for 66 yards, including a pair of touchdown catches of 7 and 19 yards.
Vander Zee’s 7-yard touchdown reception saw the frosh slide down to secure the low throw from graduate quarterback Cade McNamara in the end zone. Then, Vander Zee went up and high-pointed the football among a crowd of players and over Illinois State defensive back Mark Cannon Jr.
Afterwards, acting head coach and assistant head football coach Seth Wallace said he and the Hawkeyes aren’t shocked by Vander Zee’s impressive debut.
“No, not surprised. Reece, probably for the first two weeks of camp was a freshman and he was in a freshman role. Then, I think our offensive guys started to see some things that he was doing that gave them the confidence that let’s put him in there and see how he swims with some of these other guys. So, they put him in there and there were plays that were made, plays very similar to the ones you saw today.
“Not surprised, however, it is college football at its highest level and when you introduce somebody of that type of youth, you just really aren’t sure what’s going to unfold. I think the story is even much better considering what happened in the first half, because we were still trying to get our feet on the ground from an offensive standpoint. He goes out there and makes some of those plays. The one where we were headed to the North side that he caught over the middle. Those were impactful plays. Not surprised at all. However, just to do it in a college football environment, I think that says a lot about Reece,” Wallace said.
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Author : Hawkeyes Wire
Publish date : 2024-09-01 15:05:28
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