IUP Football 2021

[IUP412]

Several new faces but they are guys who have played a lot of college football.

DL: Their first four guys are monsters. They will wreck havoc. Big, strong and experienced. The next couple (ones many haven't heard of yet) are also pretty good. Remember the name Tyrone Fowler Jr. This position went from a major concern back in early Spring to perhaps the strongest.

LB: Malachi Newell (Youngstown State) and Connor Kelly (Edinboro) should provide immediate impacts. Drew DiNunzio-Biss (a 2019 redshirt) is a hammer. Darrius Lloyd is a player. We'll see how the depth is at LB -- that concerns me a little.

DB: Nazir Streater is an All-American. Bryce Gibson (Youngstown State) is a stud. They have several other DBs back who have played in the past but a couple will move in to much larger roles. Interested to get a look at Akshay Thaper (Upper Iowa). Harrison Dreher is a tremendous athlete in the secondary. Devin Carney (Thaddeus Stevens) is a guy who will probably play both ways at times this season (WR/DB).


I guess we won't know until the lights come on, but it should certainly be an above-average group. They aren't going to have to pitch shutouts to win games. The offense is going to score plenty.

On paper, Tort plugged some holes really nicely.

Better get into the Lab my man. Couple guys u named are like 6th string.. just sayin.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Interesting local high school game tonight.

Ligonier Valley (once kings of the Heritage Conference but now a WPIAL Class 2A member) visits (4A) Indiana High.

[iupgroundhog]

Several new faces but they are guys who have played a lot of college football.

DL: Their first four guys are monsters. They will wreck havoc. Big, strong and experienced. The next couple (ones many haven't heard of yet) are also pretty good. Remember the name Tyrone Fowler Jr. This position went from a major concern back in early Spring to perhaps the strongest.

LB: Malachi Newell (Youngstown State) and Connor Kelly (Edinboro) should provide immediate impacts. Drew DiNunzio-Biss (a 2019 redshirt) is a hammer. Darrius Lloyd is a player. We'll see how the depth is at LB -- that concerns me a little.

DB: Nazir Streater is an All-American. Bryce Gibson (Youngstown State) is a stud. They have several other DBs back who have played in the past but a couple will move in to much larger roles. Interested to get a look at Akshay Thaper (Upper Iowa). Harrison Dreher is a tremendous athlete in the secondary. Devin Carney (Thaddeus Stevens) is a guy who will probably play both ways at times this season (WR/DB).


I guess we won't know until the lights come on, but it should certainly be an above-average group. They aren't going to have to pitch shutouts to win games. The offense is going to score plenty.

On paper, Tort plugged some holes really nicely.

I am not sure that there is a depth problem at LB. They only have 2 on the field at any one time. They have 2 solid-looking transfers and 2 solid-looking guys from the program and there have to be some younger guys emerge as backups.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Big Indians, from looking at the roster do not forget about safety number 8 Jaheim Howard. Watched his film this morning from Erie Prep it was very impressive. Howard flies around the field and covers great from his HS film. Should be interesting to see what the defense of coaching staff does with Howard.

There's him and also that freshman DB they got from the Pittsbugh City League. Both very decorated.

That said ... never real big on playing true freshmen. Very few are ready.

[IUP FLA 12]

[IUP FLA 12]

Big Indians, from looking at the roster do not forget about safety number 8 Jaheim Howard. Watched his film this morning from Erie Prep it was very impressive. Howard flies around the field and covers great from his HS film. Should be interesting to see what the defense of coaching staff does with Howard.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

On the football hand, how do you guys like the defense? Want to hear your thoughts.

Several new faces but they are guys who have played a lot of college football.

DL: Their first four guys are monsters. They will wreck havoc. Big, strong and experienced. The next couple (ones many haven't heard of yet) are also pretty good. Remember the name Tyrone Fowler Jr. This position went from a major concern back in early Spring to perhaps the strongest.

LB: Malachi Newell (Youngstown State) and Connor Kelly (Edinboro) should provide immediate impacts. Drew DiNunzio-Biss (a 2019 redshirt) is a hammer. Darrius Lloyd is a player. We'll see how the depth is at LB -- that concerns me a little.

DB: Nazir Streater is an All-American. Bryce Gibson (Youngstown State) is a stud. They have several other DBs back who have played in the past but a couple will move in to much larger roles. Interested to get a look at Akshay Thaper (Upper Iowa). Harrison Dreher is a tremendous athlete in the secondary. Devin Carney (Thaddeus Stevens) is a guy who will probably play both ways at times this season (WR/DB).


I guess we won't know until the lights come on, but it should certainly be an above-average group. They aren't going to have to pitch shutouts to win games. The offense is going to score plenty.

On paper, Tort plugged some holes really nicely.

[IUPNation]

That's not a terrible idea since most of the IUP football influencers are still living in the 80s.

[IUPNation]

You went to IUP? How did you get in? This is embarrassing.

[IUP FLA 12]

On the football hand, how do you guys like the defense? Want to hear your thoughts.

[IUP FLA 12]

[iupgroundhog]

My prediction: You guys are not only going to go 14-0 and average 67 points a game, the school is going to bring in Hall & Oates to perform as the house band at games.

I remember seeing Hall and Oates in Memorial Fieldhouse around 79/80. Yeah, they were pretty good. I say bring 'em back.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

That's not a terrible idea since most of the IUP football influencers are still living in the 80s.

Goodness I'd go back to the 80s/90s in a heartbeat rather than live in today's world lol. Imagine no internet and no cell phones. How did we ever survive. We'd have to wait until the new magazines came out to see what a Kardashian wore to breakfast.

[Fightingscot82]

Remember, though, that Brown missed most of his senior season due to injury. As a senior he was playing just about every position on the field for Apollo-Ridge. He came to IUP as a RB. He played RB as a freshman, sat out the following season due to academics then made the switch to WR in 2019. While it sucked at the time, I think that year he sat out really changed the course of his life/career. Do I think he could play at Alabama next year? No. But, he could certainly play at Pitt next year. Let's hope he stays in Indiana.

I don't know if it was most. He played 7 games as a senior. I think he's a tremendous athlete - he won his region POY two years in a row each at a different position. You're right, he could be a good candidate to grad transfer.

[Fightingscot82]

My prediction: You guys are not only going to go 14-0 and average 67 points a game, the school is going to bring in Hall & Oates to perform as the house band at games.

That's not a terrible idea since most of the IUP football influencers are still living in the 80s.