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Hawkeye Report Podcast on Iose Epenesa to Iowa

by:Tom Kakert•08/15/24•

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Iose Epenesa — Iose Epenesa (Photo by Dennis Scheidt, HawkeyeReport.com)

Breaking news that was big enough that we had to fire up the podcast machine. Iose Epenesa has verbally committed to the Iowa football program. He is a five star prospect and the son of Epenesa Epenesa and brother of A.J. and Eric, who have both played at Iowa.

What’s the impact of the commitment from Iose Epenesa? For a while it looked like he might be headed either Miami, Utah, or Penn State. Who were the final two schools for Epenesa what was his older brother’s pitch to him when it came to his decision>

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We look at the very promising future of Iowa’s defensive line, which now has back to back very intriguing prospects in them.

Then it’s some Iowa football chatter. Has the quarterback controversy calmed down? We discuss what practice has revealed since Saturday and highlight a couple of freshmen to watch in fall camp that could play this season.

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