That work continues Saturday against the Bobcats. You will begin to receive our Daily Sports updates. Our communication is getting better, so it’s been awesome working with them.” They played their butts off the entire game, so I think we’re finding good chemistry, starting to get our feet under us. “They’re awesome and they had awesome games this past week, too. “They’ve accepted (me) and they’re some of my best friends on the team,” Reeder said of Vance and Vaughn. Sixth-year senior linebacker O’Rien Vance forced a fumble at the goal line that Kendall Jackson recovered late in the third quarter that preceded the Cyclones’ nearly 12-minute game-winning touchdown drive. It was the first turnover ISU had forced against the Hawkeyes since 2015. Senior Gerry Vaughn’s strip-sack turned into a fumble recovered by Will McDonald. That was as good a performance that we’ve seen in terms of what we asked him to do - not just play Sam linebacker he was playing Mike, he was playing Will, he was playing Sam (and) at times he played defensive end.”īut Reeder wasn’t the only Cyclone linebacker helping to produce takeaways. So to me, what we’re seeing now is what his own process has led him to be, but what he did Saturday was fantastic. And then you saw spring practice and how he handled (that) and fall camp. “He has an elite process to himself,” said ISU head coach Matt Campbell, whose team is 2-0 to start the season for the first time since 2012. The Delaware native and MBA holder is majoring in entrepreneurship and innovation at ISU and that’s also fitting, given how his versatility and curiosity has helped the Cyclones make the linebacker corps strong again despite the graduations of Mike Rose and Jake Hummel. Reeder - whose father, Dan, played two seasons in the NFL and brother, Troy, is currently a linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams - talks about the game in the same manner he plays it. Got to get there next time, though.” Twitter At that point, that’s a gift that he basically wrapped up and tossed to me, so you’ve just got to secure it and try to take it to the house. “You watch the replay, he did full extension, hit it up in the air, and it bounced to me. game against Ohio at Jack Trice Stadium and beyond. “Tampa made an amazing play on the ball,” said Reeder, who hopes to continue to collect turnovers during Saturday’s 1 p.m. The 25-year-old graduate transfer from Delaware made a perfect catch and started to run, hoping to reach the end zone, but happy to merely make a big play in the Cyclones’ 10-7 win last Saturday at Iowa that ended a six-game losing streak in the series. The football fluttered, slowly descending from the air as Cyclone linebacker Colby Reeder watched and reacted. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)ĪMES - Iowa State cornerback T.J. Tampa during Saturday’s win over Iowa at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. Iowa State linebacker Colby Reeder returns a “gift” from teammate T.J.
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