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2020 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: DE JaQuan Bailey, Iowa State,...A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Bailey will go down as one of the best defensive ends in school history. The senior had his 2019 season cut short after four games when he went down with a season-ending knee injury. Bailey chose to return for his fifth and final season and is on the verge of breaking multiple career defensive marks. The two-time All-Big 12 selection, including second-team accolades in 2018, Bailey is currently tied for the most career sacks in Iowa State history (18.5). His career sack total ranks third among active FBS players. Bailey has started 37 games in his career and his 31.5 career TFL ranks fifth in school history and is tied for fourth nationally among active FBS competitors. - Iowa State Football

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DE JaQuan Bailey, Iowa State
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07/25/20 - Greg Eisworth II, rSr/2022, Iowa State, 6-0, 199 (DS#34 SS) + More +

2020 PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Greg Eisworth, Iowa State, Sr.,...Eisworth is a two-time first-team All-Big 12 recipient, joining a list of just four Cyclones who have earned first-team honors by the Big 12 twice in their respective careers. The team captain and 2018 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year tallied 65 tackles and 3.5 TFL in 2019 despite seeing limited playing time due to a shoulder injury. - Iowa State Football

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SS Greg Eisworth II, Iowa State
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07/25/20 - Greg Eisworth II, rSr/2022, Iowa State, 6-0, 199 (DS#34 SS) + More +

2020 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: DB Greg Eisworth, Iowa State,...Eisworth led the team and ranked sixth in the Big 12 in passes defended (11) in 2019 and has three double-digit tackle games in his career, including a career-high 15 vs. Iowa in 2019. A native of Grand Prairie, Texas, Eisworth has 152 tackles, 15 pass breakups, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries in his outstanding career. - Iowa State Football

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SS Greg Eisworth II, Iowa State
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07/18/20 - Charlie Kolar, rSr/2022, Iowa State, 6-7, 248 (DS#4 TE) + More +

2020 JOHN MACKEY AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Charlie Kolar, Iowa State,...Iowa State junior tight end Charlie Kolar was named to the preseason John Mackey Award, announced today by the Friends of John Mackey. The John Mackey Award is given annually to the nation's best tight end. Kolar, who was also a first-team Academic All-American, has 10 career touchdown catches to tie for fourth among active FBS tight ends. It is the second watch list that Kolar has been named to this summer after earning a spot on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List on Thursday. - Iowa State Football

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TE Charlie Kolar, Iowa State
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07/18/20 - JaQuan Bailey, rSr/2021, Iowa State, 6-2, 246 (DS#33 DE) + More +

If any Iowa State football player has grown more than the Florida native, please provide examples. Between his freshman and sophomore seasons, Iowa State coach Matt Campbell even said "it looked like he had a tire under his tummy. Now, he looks like a statue of what a defensive end should look like - the tire's gone." Campbell relayed that at last year's Big 12 Media Days - and Bailey didn't disagree with that assessment. "I was probably 20 pounds overweight," he said, shaking his head in bewilderment that he'd even let his body go that way. "I didn't take my nutrition seriously until after my freshman year." Bailey starts the season with 18 1/2 sacks - the same way he started the last time he prepared for a season-opening game. He played all right against Northern Iowa, Iowa and Lousiana-Monroe.

He went down in the conference opener at Baylor - his 37th career start in a row. And now he's back, full throttle and ready to finally own that record outright. "He's come back in the best shape I've seen him in; he's in the best shape of his life," Campbell said last week. "He worked tremendously hard over the last three months while he was at home in Jacksonville." He's added muscle and structure to his 6-foot-2, 261-pound frame. He's got a fresh outlook after missing the last nine games of 2019 and the 2020 spring. He's way removed and far more mature than the JaQuan Bailey who made a boneheaded play against Texas when he was a sophomore. "I will never, ever forget that play," Bailey told me last season. "A lot has happened since then. I'm a totally a different person. I'm a totally a different player." - Des Moines Register

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DE JaQuan Bailey, Iowa State
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07/17/20 - Brock Purdy, Sr/2022, Iowa State, 6-1, 212 (DS#11 QB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON DAVEY O'BRIEN AWARD WATCH LIST: Brock Purdy, Iowa State,...Purdy, who was a Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist in 2019, returns as one of the nation's best quarterbacks in 2020, leading the Cyclones to back-to-back bowl games and success on the gridiron. A native of Gilbert, Ariz., Purdy is coming off a 2019 season where he shattered virtually every season passing mark in program history, including passing yardage (3,982), total offense (4,231), passing touchdowns (27), touchdowns responsible (35) and completions (312). Purdy led the Big 12 and ranked fourth nationally in passing yardage (306.3) in 2019. He also ranked fifth in the nation in total offense (325.5). The Cyclone signal-caller currently owns 21 school records (game, season, career). - Iowa State Football

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QB Brock Purdy, Iowa State
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07/17/20 - Charlie Kolar, rSr/2022, Iowa State, 6-7, 248 (DS#4 TE) + More +

2020 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: Charlie Kolar, Iowa State, TE,...Without a doubt, Kolar is one of the best tight end targets in the country in 2020, earning second-team All-America accolades by the FWAA and first-team All-Big 12 kudos after a breakout season in 2019. A native of Norman, Okla., Kolar was one of eight semifinalists for the award in 2019. He led all Big 12 tight ends in receptions (51), receiving yards (697) and receiving touchdowns (7). His 697 receiving yards broke ISU's season record for tight ends and ranked sixth nationally among FBS tight ends. Kolar had five 70-yard receiving games in 2019 and 36 of his 51 catches went for first downs or touchdowns. - Iowa State Football

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TE Charlie Kolar, Iowa State
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07/17/20 - Greg Eisworth II, rSr/2022, Iowa State, 6-0, 199 (DS#34 SS) + More +

2020 PRESEASON BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: S Greg Eisworth, Iowa State,...Eisworth is a two-time first-team All-Big 12 recipient, joining a list of just four Cyclones who have earned first-team honors by the Big 12 twice in their respective careers. The team captain and 2018 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year tallied 65 tackles and 3.5 TFL in 2019 despite seeing limited playing time due to a shoulder injury.

Eisworth led the team and ranked sixth in the Big 12 in passes defended (11) in 2019 and has three double-digit tackle games in his career, including a career-high 15 vs. Iowa in 2019. A native of Grand Prairie, Texas, Eisworth has 152 tackles, 15 pass breakups, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries in his outstanding career. - Iowa State Football

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SS Greg Eisworth II, Iowa State
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07/17/20 - *Breece Hall, Jr/2022, Iowa State, 5-11, 218 (DS#1 RB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Breece Hall (So.), Iowa State,...A native of Wichita, Kan., Hall led the team in rushing (897), averaging 74.8 yards per game to rank fourth nationally among true freshman backs. His 897 rushing yards is the second-best total by an ISU freshman in school history. Hall broke ISU's rookie record by leading the team with nine rushing touchdowns.

Hall saw limited carries in his first five games, but averaged 101.6 yards and had all nine rushing touchdowns in the last eight games of the season, including four 100-yard efforts. In Big 12 play, Hall was second in the league in rushing, averaging 95.0 yards per game. Hall also proved his versatility by catching 23 passes for 252 yards. His 1,149 all-purpose yards in 2019 is second-best among ISU freshmen and his 256 yards from scrimmage vs. Texas Tech was the ninth-best single-game total in school history. - Iowa State Football

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RB *Breece Hall, Iowa State
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07/15/20 - Dimitri Stanley, rSr/2024, Iowa State, 5-11, 188 (DS#125 WR) + More +

During the last two seasons, Dimitri Stanley has laid a foundation by gaining some experience in college football. Now, the Colorado receiver is hoping to build upon that and become a better player. Although the coronavirus pandemic has created some uncertainty about whether there will be a college football season this fall, Stanley has spent his offseason improving his craft. "I've just been preparing myself as much as possible," said Stanley, a redshirt sophomore from Cherry Creek High School. "I've just been in the weight room, been conditioning, been on the field doing footwork and getting catches in."

In 2018, the 5-foot-11, 190-pound Stanley took advantage of the NCAA's new redshirt rule to play in three games and maintain his redshirt. He started two of those games, catching six passes for 43 yards. Last year, he played in all 12 games, including eight as a starter in the slot, finishing fourth on the team in receptions (29) and receiving yards (312), while hauling in two touchdowns. With 15 games under his belt, Stanley said, "I've just learned how much faster the game is; what kind of pace that I have to play and the standard that I have to hold myself to. Being able to be accountable and have my teammates relying on me to make those big plays." - Daily Camera

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WR Dimitri Stanley, Iowa State
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07/13/20 - Andrew Mevis, rSr/2022, Iowa State, 5-11, 207 (DS#9 K) + More +

Recognizing the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to present significant challenges to our campuses and communities, the Patriot League Council of Presidents announces the following decisions regarding Patriot League competition. Patriot League teams will not engage in competition in the fall season (championship and non-championship)...Decisions surrounding winter and spring sport competition will be made at a later date; and...The opportunity for conditioning, strength training and other practice opportunities in all sports will be permitted provided health and safety conditions support such activities. Because the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy are unique in their environments and their missions within higher education, the Council of Presidents agree that the academies may continue to engage in competitive opportunities as considered appropriate by their respective Superintendents. - The Patriot League

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K Andrew Mevis, Iowa State
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07/12/20 - *Breece Hall, Jr/2022, Iowa State, 5-11, 218 (DS#1 RB) + More +

In essentially just eight games last season, Hall rushed for 897 yards on 186 carries. Breaking that down, the true freshman averaged 21.0 yards in the first four games, and 101.6 yards during the final eight. Now that he's figured out college life and big-time football, he'll get a full dose of whatever the schedule permits. The acclimation process of being a true freshman is over. "Breece is maybe one of the most gifted, true running backs that I've had the opportunity to be around," coach Matt Campbell said last week. "He's got very similar qualities, as far as skills, to David Montgomery and Kareem Hunt."

Montgomery, who dazzled ISU fans with 2,925 yards during three seasons between 2016-18, is the starter for the Chicago Bears. Hunt, who Campbell coached at Toledo, plays for the Cleveland Browns. "What allowed Breece to take a step forward was maturity," Campbell said. "It's hard as a true freshman to step on campus and know what the expectations and standards to live by day-in and day-out are. "As he matured through the season with those expectations, that God-given ability he had really started to show through. "He made a huge impact the second half of the season. He's got a bright future." - Ames Tribune

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RB *Breece Hall, Iowa State
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07/09/20 - Brock Purdy, Sr/2022, Iowa State, 6-1, 212 (DS#11 QB) + More +

Brock Purdy would wake up every morning, gather with his father and brother and open up the Bible. After two seasons of the intense competition, scrutiny and physical demands of being Iowa State's quarterback, Purdy realized that the pressures had built inside him to a level that was not helpful, and now, when a Florida spring break vacation became a COVID-19 pandemic exile from his home and campus, Purdy set about finding both a reset and a perspective to help bear that burden in the future. So he turned to his faith and his family, pondering questions bigger than how to read a disguised coverage or the best way to dissect a defense.

"I'm a man of faith, so my father, my brother and I every single morning would just read the Word, talk about our faith, understand what our purpose is here in life," Purdy said during a teleconference on Thursday. "Especially with everything going on, for me to be able to step back and understand life's not all about football and sports." Purdy came to Ames as a well-regarded recruit but was third on the depth chart in 2019 before injury and ineffectiveness at the quarterback position put him on the field against Oklahoma State that October. Since then, he's thrown for 5,695 yards and 43 touchdowns while completing 66.3 percent of his passes and throwing just 14 interceptions to become a Heisman Trophy contender and first-round NFL draft prospect. - Des Moines Register

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QB Brock Purdy, Iowa State
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07/06/20 - Andrew Mevis, rSr/2022, Iowa State, 5-11, 207 (DS#9 K) + More +

The Rainbow Warrior football team's match-up with Fordham University, originally set for Sept. 12 at Aloha Stadium, has been canceled, a school official said Monday. A spokesperson for Fordham confirmed that the Rams' first three games of 2020, including their trip to Hawaii, have been canceled after the Patriot League - which Fordham is a member of - announced guidelines that prohibit teams from flying for any competitions. It's the first game on Hawaii's schedule that has been called off. - Hawaii News Now

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K Andrew Mevis, Iowa State
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06/24/20 - Charlie Kolar, rSr/2022, Iowa State, 6-7, 248 (DS#4 TE) + More +

The plan is now officially for Jack Trice Stadium to be half as full as it usually is during home football games. That much talked-about possibility became the current reality Wednesday, when the university posted campus-wide mitigation principles for the 2020-21 school year on its website. "As guided by the Governor, the CDC, Iowa Department of Public Health and other state and federal health experts, the current plan is for a 50-percent capacity limit for events at Jack Trice Stadium, including football," the message states, regarding the 61,500-seat stadium. "Additional mitigation strategies will be used to reduce the risk of COVID-19's spread, such as physical distancing, face coverings, electronic ticketing and crowd management designed to reduce fan congestion and contact."

"More information about COVID-19 mitigation strategies at Jack Trice Stadium, Hilton Coliseum and other athletic venues will be distributed prior to the opening of any venue to the public for a sporting event," the posting stated. The 50% benchmark goes along with what athletics director Jamie Pollard wrote in a May 26 message to fans, in which he said: "Attendance at Jack Trice Stadium would be limited to approximately 50 percent capacity in order to meet the current guidelines established by state and local officials." - Des Moines Register

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TE Charlie Kolar, Iowa State
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