Hot damn! Erik Campbell is a Hawkeye coach. He’ll be coaching the wide receivers.
Erik Campbell managed an 8 year stretch as the Michigan wide receivers coach where each year the team had a 1,000 yard receiver and the year the streak ended there were 3 guys that all caught for more the 500 yards.
Not too shabby.
Of course, there were a lot of ridiculously talented receivers that were just begging to play for Michigan during that time. The real test will be to see how well he can make the receivers that play for Iowa and whether he has the ability to help recruit some of those types of athletes for Iowa.
The current crop at Iowa showed flashes where they seemed to really get what was going on and the lots of moments where it was clear they were not quite ready for a season in the Big 10.
I’m sure all of the receivers are pumped up about the opportunity to work with a man who has been responsible for so many great NFL careers. Hopefully, Campbell has a few new tricks to increase the players ability to catch the ball and complete their routes since I am certain that he will have their total attention right off the bat.
I expect with one full season as the full time quarterback under his belt Jake Christensen will have a little better luck getting them the ball as long as Campbell can help get the wide receivers to the spots they need to be and get them to actually catch the ball.