IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa seniors Jack Campbell (lineback) and Riley Moss (defensive back) were named first-team selections on Athlon Sports’ preseason All-America teams announced Monday. Junior Tory Taylor (punt) was a second-team selection and senior Sam LaPorta (tight end) was a fourth-team selection.
Campbell (6-foot-5, 243 pounds) was a Football Writers Association of America and Phil Steele second-team All-American in 2021. He also earned first-team All-Big Ten honors and was second in the Big Ten with 143 tackles, fifth-most in a single season in Iowa. Earned Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors after a career-best 18 tackles in Iowa’s 24-14 victory over Colorado State. A native of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Campbell received Iowa’s Roy Carver Most Valuable Player Award (Defense) last season and served as the team’s permanent captain. He has also been named to the Athlon Sports 2022 Pre-Season All-Big Ten First Team and Phil Steele’s Pre-Season All-America First Team.
Moss (6-1, 194) was a first-team All-America selection by Sporting News a season ago and was voted the Tatum-Woodson Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year. Additionally, Moss was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by both league coaches and the media and was a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. The Ankeny, Iowa native received the Iowa Team Hustle Award and is second all-time at Iowa in career interception return yards (239). Moss is one of only three players in program history with three interception return touchdowns. He has been named to the Athlon Sports 2022 Pre-Season All-Big Ten First Team and Phil Steele’s Pre-Season All-America First Team.
Taylor (6-4, 231) handled all of Iowa’s punting duties in 2021, averaging 46.1 yards on 80 punts, 39 of which were knocked down inside the opponent’s 20-yard line. He was a semi-finalist for the Ray Guy Award and appeared on the weekly Ray’s 8 list three times during the season. The Melbourne, Australia native was named Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against Iowa State and was named an All-Big Ten honorable mention by league coaches and the media last week. a season.
LaPorta (6-4, 249) was named a second-team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele and a third-team by league coaches in 2021. The Highland, Ill., native was named to the Mackey Award preseason watch list Last season. As a junior, LaPorta led the Hawkeyes in receiving and receiving yards, amassing 53 receptions for 670 yards and three touchdowns. The Hawkeye tight end has been named to the Athlon Sports 2022 Pre-Season All-Big Ten First Team and Phil Steele’s Pre-Season All-Big Ten Third Team.
The Hawkeyes open the season with three straight non-conference home games, each with a different start time. The start of the season on September 3 against the state of South Dakota is scheduled for 11 a.m. m. (CT) in FS1. The annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk series game against Iowa State will follow on September 10 at 3 p.m. start time in BTN. Iowa’s final non-conference contest is an afternoon contest against Nevada that begins at 6:30 p.m. and being televised on BTN.
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