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  Xavier Hutchinson was all-smiles when I asked about Hunter Dekkers' off-season. Your eyes would light up, too, if you're on the end of 70-yard bombs. Granted, that's not happening against a defense during these hot days of summer, but that isn't the point. The point is that Dekkers' hard work since assuming the record-setting job quarterback Brock Purdy had before being drafted by the San Francisco 49ers - well, that's been pretty impressive stuff. "You should see him," Hutchinson said. "He looks like a different guy out there." Dekkers is in the best shape of his life, shedding 40-some pounds from during his freshman season after starring at West Sioux High School in Hawarden. He's more agile. He's quicker. He's no longer a quarterback in the body of a tight end, or even a linebacker.

I asked offensive coordinator Tom Manning about Dekkers' makeover. "Yeah, that's Hunter," Manning told me at the Cyclones' annual football prospect camp last month. "Looks good, doesn't he?" Indeed. No more baby day. No more "freshman fifteen," or whatever it became after leaving home for the first time. "Down to about 210 pounds," Dekkers told me at the camp. "Feels great. Best I've ever felt." "He's been great this summer," coach Matt Campbell said of Dekkers. Purdy provided several memorable one-liners during his time. This one, long after the last bowl game, resonated as much as the others. "Don't sleep on Hunter Dekkers," he told me. "Just watch." - Des Moines Register


rSr/2025 QB Hunter DekkersIowa State
News Source: Des Moines Register



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