November 22, 2024

Why star recruit Kaleb Brown left Ohio State to take a chance on Iowa

Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer During his official visit to Iowa earlier this month, former four-star wideout Kaleb Brown dined with a player from the opposite side of what many describe as the fiercest rivalry in college football. To one side of the table sat Brown, a recent entrant into the transfer portal following his freshman season at Ohio State. To the other side sat Cade McNamara, a quarterback who, in 2021, led Michigan to its first Big Ten Championship in 17 years after guiding the Wolverines to an upset over the Buckeyes on a snow-swept field in Ann Arbor. At the moment the disbelieving crowd was spilling over the railings to flood the Michigan Stadium turf, Brown was three weeks shy of signing his national letter of intent to play for Ohio State, the blue blood that doubles as an assembly line for NFL-caliber receivers under…

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