Hill switches commit from ISU to Iowa
Cedar Falls running back Barkley Hill apparently enjoyed his visit to Iowa City over the weekend enough to want to come back for an extended stay.
Hill has changed his mind about playing football at Iowa State and now will attend Iowa on a football scholarship, according to Cedar Falls coach Pat Mitchell.
“It was a family decision,” Mitchell said Monday afternoon. “He had a visit to Iowa this past weekend and was very impressed and changed his mind.”
Hill first committed to Iowa State in April and then re-affirmed his commitment to the Cyclones after Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz offered him a scholarship in June.
Hill couldn’t be reached for comment Monday.
Hill is the second high school senior running back to commit to Iowa’s 2012 recruiting class. The other is four-star prospect Greg Garmon from Erie, Pa. Garmon picked Iowa over Arkansas and Miami (Fla.).
Hill rushed for 2,491 yards and 40 touchdowns as a senior last fall while leading Cedar Falls to an 11-2 record. He finished his high school career with 6,163 rushing yards and Class 4A record 89 touchdowns.
Iowa needs to reload at running back after losing five players with eligibility remaining at that position since 2010.
Mitchell thinks the 6-foot, 205-pound Hill can be an effective running back at the Big Ten level.
“I think so,” Mitchell said. “I’ve never coached a Big Ten running back, but he’s the finest one we’ve had.”
Mitchell said Hill will sign his letter of intent on the morning of Feb. 1, which is the start of the national signing period. Hill is believed to be at least the 19th player to join the 2012 recruiting class, including the 17th high school senior.
That class also includes two junior-college players – quarterback Cody Sokol and offensive lineman Eric Simmons. They both already have signed a letter of intent and are enrolled at Iowa for the spring semester.
Category: Iowa Hawkeyes Football
The article says we now only have 2 RB commitments, Greg Garmon, and now Barkley Hill. What happend to Michael Malloy? DId his offer get revoked or did he de-commit?
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I’m not seeing Malloy on their list anymore, but if he was, he had been recruited as an “Athlete” instead of a running back.
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The scholarship had be withdrawn because of a drinking (I think it was drinking) arrest last summer…but he will be there to walk and make the team that way…and once he’s a walk on, they can give him a scholarship. From what I know, he will be there.
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He couldn’t keep the scholarship because of an arrest for perhaps drinking last summer…but he will come and walk on, from what I heard, and probably earn a scholarship that way.
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I hope Hill, Garmon, and the other stable of running backs all enjoy productive yearS (plural!) running behind our usual NFL-caliber linemen.
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How does a recruit go from, “we didn’t want him, anyway,..” to a prized “get”?
When the whiff of desperation is sensed.
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He was always considered a “soft verbal” also means I am still looking…wether it is Iowa or some other program that would top ISU as his choice. He was offered a scholarship to Iowa in June and it was never implied that “we didn;t want him, anyway”. The kid rushed for 2400 yards and 40 TD’s, who wouldn’t want him.
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MuskieCy…all’s fair in love and war. No whining. We got him and you didn’t. The Cyclones exist in constant desperation, do they not?
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You know you wanted him!!! Tough being little sister, right?
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CORRECT !!!
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They can beat us 10 years in a row in every sport but it will always be “little brother”. When people think of football in Iowa, they think of the HAWKEYES!!!! Plain and simple. GO HAWKS!!!
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Really? Iowa is the third best football program in the state of pathetic Iowa.
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Pat—tell the Register that their “….Dumps ISU…” headline on their website is bush league.
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Dumps ISU, sounds good to me!!!!
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Very nice. We wont have a lot of experience but we’ve got some very talented players competing for that spot next fall.
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Wow…you really have a way with words in your front page headline…bring back Keeler.
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Was a very nice article. Dump ISU
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Hey Poindexters…look at the web address. You are reading a story on Hawkcentral. Spit out your sour grapes somewhere else.
By the way, Malloy is still attending UofI the last I’d heard, but he has to do so now as a walk-on.
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This is too bad. Kid seemed like he had a bright future. Now he’s destined to be yet another statisic of wasted youth. Hopefully he can avoid the pitfalls of the University of Iowa football program and not be arrested for drug abuse, sexual assult, DUI, assulting police officers, assulting bus windows, assulting fellow students, failing out of school. Good luck Barkley. I hope you last 4 years.
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This is no longer the dark years of 2007-2008 in Iowa City. Cyclones have taken over and not only beat the Hawkeyes in football but have outdone Iowa in arrests 12-2 in 2011.
Here is a list of actual charges filed for Iowa Hawkeye and Iowa State Cyclone players for the 2011 year.
* * * * * 2011 U of I & ISU POLICE BLOTTER * * * * *
11/16/2011 — Iowa State wide receiver charged with first-degree armed robbery… ……………………..(He played in the Oklahoma State win 2 days later 11-18) 10/3/2011 — Iowa reserve quarterback charged with public intoxication.
9/13/2011 — Iowa State running back charged with public intoxication.
9/13/2011 — Iowa State running back charged with assault of a female.
9/13/2011 — Iowa State wide receiver charged with public intoxication.
7/25/2011 — Iowa State defensive back charged with operating a vehicle under the influence.
- – - – - – - – - This same player was arrested again January 9, 2012 for assault.
7/23/2011 — Iowa offensive lineman charged with drunk driving.
6/23/2011 — Iowa State running back charged with harassment of a public official.
3/5/2011 — Iowa State defensive end was charged with assault on a peace officer
3/5/2011 — Iowa State tight end was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
2/1/2011 — Iowa State linebacker was charged with a drunk driving offense.
The one that really gets me is the first degree armed robbery arrest and the guy plays in the Oklahoma State game 2 days later.
Thanks npjud for giving me the opportunity to post this.
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Make sure you include the various coaches as well.
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I appreciate the leg work done here…and can recognize that ISU has had it’s share of arrests in the past 12 months and beyond. I, however think it isn’t a fair comparison to only go back 12 months simply because it benefits you and your argument. So with that said, Since you clearly know where to find this information, I request that you go back…a decade let’s say and pull all that information together. Include coaches..who cares. They are part of the team too.
I might be proven wrong, as I truly don’t know, but my hunch here is that the University of Iowa has the lion’s share of the arrests and misconduct. Remember that in my original post I also included those student athletes that left the team due to grades…so make sure you put those in there too.
If I am proven to be wrong, I will make sure to say so. If not, then I think you should.
As mentioned, I appreciate your leg work here and look forward to the results.
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I did go back. Iowa had a lot of problems and have made changes to their team rules to correct those problems and educate the kids involved. My point here is that now it is Iowa State that is currently having the problems. They need to do something as they now find themselves in the same situation that Iowa was in from the Pierre Pierce nightmare through the really bad 2007-2008 years. I even went back into the 2001-2002 to find what Dan McCarney’s responce was to the Cyclone rapes. He would not comment.
Bringing these comments on to these posts does neither school any good and I only post these in reply to comments already made. My reply was to npjud’s comment: “Hopefully he can avoid the pitfalls of the University of Iowa football program and not be arrested for drug abuse, sexual assult, DUI, assulting police officers, assulting bus windows, assulting fellow students, failing out of school”
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Go back to your own lonely message boards, npjud Clone.
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Actually you had already mentioned the past decade. Thomas just replied to your post with current events.
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I noticed you only went with 2011. Why not go further back in time, or does that not skew your feeble point.
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From The Cedar Rapids Gazette:
From April 2007 through late June 2009, 26 football players were arrested or issued citations. That includes five felonies – two for rape, two for stealing credit cards and one for dealing prescription drugs. Of the 26 arrests, 20 were alcohol or drug related.
After this stretch Ferentz changed some team policies. Ferentz declined to explain publicly what those changes were, but among them was hiring a life skills adviser to help players transition to college life. Department penalties now rank among the nation’s most stringent.
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npjud had already listed what had happened before 2011.
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Surely, more arrests coming at ISU, but likely not more wins vs. Iowa….not this coming fall at Kinnick. They eeked one out in triple overtime and act like they are the Crimson Tide.
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Waaahhhh waahhhhh wahhhh…stop whining, Clown. Sour grapes, all the way. He’s a Hawkeye, and it’s a Hawkeye state.
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Not really, it is a Husker state. Nebraska owns the state of Iowa (along with Minnesota).
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You are really a buffoon, Zeke. Living in a Corndog dreamworld. Go back to kindergarten and this time learn something.
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I think you better look up the arrest records this past year, ISU had way more arrest than any other college in Iowa.
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Okay, I think it was some writer from the Des Moines Register who ‘retitled’ this article, because if you look at the title of the actual article on Hawk Central, it uses completely different language. It simply says Hill “switches commit to Iowa” and there is no mention of ‘dump’. I realize that Hawk Central is a part of the company owned by the DMR, but I believe it is the writers at the Register who are the ones constantly trying to stir up trouble. I’ve noticed that they often will run articles on topics into the ground, for no informational purposes other than to stir up Hawk and Cyclone fans against each other. Hawk Central is usually fairly neutral and doesn’t seem to try to rile people up – it’s the Des Moines Register that likes to do that. They need to start being more professional. Their job is to report, not to try to incite.
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It would not surprise me to find out that this young man decided on the change in response to Marcus Coker’s departure, but whatever the reason, the taunting by frustrated ISU fans is simply unbecoming.
I have always rooted for ISU when they were not playing Iowa, and was hrilled when they toppled Okie State this last year. Try not to change my mind about that, and show a little class. MuskieCy, npjud… are you boys listening?
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Nope.
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The last minute “we really, really like you,…..really!” after a half-hearted offer the past summer is a classy, classy move.
In IC.
Poaching commit’s is part of the game, a very distasteful, vile, and petty part of the game. I have alwys read, and been told, how Capt. Kirk ran his ship above reproach. Must have been the kool-aid talking.
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Was Coach Rhoads drinking kool-aid when he made this decision before the OSU game?
WHO – Staff Writer -1:07 p.m. CST, November 15, 2011
ISU ARREST: An Iowa State University football player is facing a first degree robbery charge but Coach Paul Rhoads says he’ll be available to play in Saturday’s game
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MuskieCy….this was the game that made the Cyclones bowl elgible. Is this an example of running a ship above reproach?
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Has he been found guilty there Matlock?
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Didn’t stop you from yelling “thug” when Iowa players were arrested and not convicted. You can dish it out but you cannot take it. Your Clown message boards are lonely, troll….
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What’s vile about being competitive? Every school is trying to sign the best recruits it can up until the last moment of signing day. Get real. It’s also a business.
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First every kid would rather be a Hawkeye just a fact unless they are farmers which is an honorable profession
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If you’re going to make a statement as bold as that, please make sure your using correct punctuation and/or grammar. Clowns will try and rip you apart for it. And for the record, Iowa has had plenty of farm boys in the trenches.
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please make sure *you’re using correct punctuation. It appears i need to take some of my own advice.
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Wouldn’t hurt to capitalize that word “I,” either. But it’s okay. We know you got in a hurry. Go Hawks.
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Correction, every kid would rather be a Hawkeye when real programs like Nebraska don’t recruit them. It beats paying for an education, so why not.
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theone, do we really need to get into arrest records of the nebraska players over the years? how about the conduct of the head coach? why don’t you stay off the website of a team you clearly hate and recognize some shame for your own beloved team. no need to reply, you are not needed here. thanks!
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I will reply. Yes, there was a couple, not saying there was not. And Nebraska didn’t try to cover them up either. Can Iowa say that – no? And yes, our coach is animated, just like Fran. But at least chairs are safe.
And I don’t hate the U of I, I have an MBA from there. Now squawk fans are another story. You have no problem squawking smack on other team’s blogs, so I am returning the favor.
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If you have an MBA from Iowa, the school made a horrible mistake.
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Nebraska is lucky the Big Ten even let them in without getting their buck teeth fixed and ears pinned back. You’re really bitter about Iowa, aren’t you? “The One”….Ha! The One Trillionth Troll to come in here showing the chip on your shoulder. Why not take a flying you know what at a rolling donut and head on down the road, Zeke?
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Actually, Nebraska was begged to come to the Big 10. The other schools wanted a legitimate program west of the Mississippi.
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Haw. Of all the trolls who disgrace these message boards with their ignorance and immaturity, you may take the cake. How old are you? 12? That’s how you come across…like a little kid arguing at recess. “Nah, nah nah nahhhhhh nah.”
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npjud…do you really want to compare arrest records from the last 12 months? Oh yeah, and are the coaches included in this comparison?
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The arrests have comletely turned around in the past 2 years. Iowa State is having the same kind of years that Iowa had back in 2007-2008. There has been a string of arrests in Ames for assaults, burglaries, robberies, etc.
The 2011 Hawkeye team had 2 alcohol related arrests while the 2011 Cyclones had 12 arrests including the 1st degree armed robbery arrest 2 days before the Oklahoma State game and this guy actually got to play in the game. All these arrests are public record. Just do a search.
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Or Iowa officials have just gotten better at covering up the crimes.
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I found these on the Police Blotters. Iowa officials have nothing to do with these. I found some additional information so I will repost it.
This is current information and not last century’s news.
• * * * * * * 2011 U of I and ISU POLICE BLOTTER * * * * *
11/16/2011 — Iowa State wide receiver charged with first-degree armed robbery… ………..(He played in the Oklahoma State win 2 days later 11-18).
• 10/3/2011 — Iowa reserve quarterback charged with public intoxication.
9/13/2011 — Iowa State running back charged with public intoxication.
9/13/2011 — Iowa State running back charged with assault of a female.
9/13/2011 — Iowa State wide receiver charged with public intoxication.
7/25/2011 — Iowa State defensive back charged with operating a vehicle under the influence.
- – - – - – - – - This same player was arrested again January 9, 2012 for assault.
7/23/2011 — Iowa offensive lineman charged with drunk driving.
6/23/2011 — Iowa State running back charged with harassment of a public official.
3/5/2011 — Iowa State defensive end was charged with assault on a peace officer
3/5/2011 — Iowa State tight end was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
2/1/2011 — Iowa State linebacker was charged with a drunk driving offense. (This is his second arrest since joining the team in 2009; in September of that year, he was charged with misdemeanor theft after lifting a wireless computer adapter from a campus bookstore.)
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Bring Sam Mack back!!!
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And Pierre Pierce!!!
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Michael Malloy is listed as an athlete, not a runningback, haven’t heard if they dropped his scholarship
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Bottom line Iowa poached this recruit, would expect anything different from this program. They are desperate to maintain viability in a conference they don’t belong in. The funny thing is listening to squawkie fans that are trying to justify the behavior, which is why some like to bring up other schools arrest records. Iowa fans are pathetic.
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Iowa and Ferentz has put a lot of kids in the pros over the past years. Iowa has won the Big Ten title twice. Ferentz’s teams have finished in the top 8 in the FINAL national polls 4 times in the last 10 years. He has taken the team to bowl games 10 of the last 11 years going 6-4. The majority of Iowa’s opponents in the bowls have been top 25 BCS ranked teams. The 4 losses were to Southern Cal, Florida, Texas and this year’s loss to #14 Oklahoma. All of their bowl losses were to highly ranked BCS teams. Their worst season record in the past 11 years is 6-6 and never finished at the bottom of the Big 10 in this period. Iowa’s 6 2011 losses were by a combined total of 59 points and their worst loss in 3 years was the 17 points in the Oklahoma defeat.
Iowa is not and never will be a national football power. To be honest, if the Hawkeyes are competitive in the conference and finish in the middle to upper tier and then play in a good bowl game, it is probably the best that we can hope for. Iowa is not a hotbed of football but in recent years it has been nice to see them competitive with winning records.
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Yes it is pretty bad when these pathetic squawkie fans resort to bringing up the other school’s arrest records. They should at least show the same class that the squaclone fans did through the tough years that Iowa had.
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by the way…..how is a recruit poached? Think I prefer mine hard boiled.
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ISU fans are worse than pathetic.
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I disagree, ISU fans are not that bad, some, but not all. I have never had a problem with them when the Huskers played the clowns. But squawk fans are a different story. I have talked to fans from other Big 10 schools and they all agree that squawk fans are arogent, rude, and belligerent on game day.
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You have talked to fans from other schools? How many, three? You are a typical fool who opens his yap without any facts to back what he’s saying. Iowa fans (and most Big Ten fans) are considered among the most cordial hosts of any school.
If you would care to do actual research, go to the Sports Illustrated issue with the article about the Top 25 Rudest Football fans, and you won’t find Iowa (or Michigan, or Indiana, or Illinois, or Wisconsin) on the list, but Nebraska is in there. You represent that rude behavior quite accurately.
Do you see Iowa fans posting on Nebraska message boards? No. First, we dont’ care, and secondly, I doubt that the rag in Lincoln allows messasge boards. They know they will have to deal with Goobers like you.
Per “Animal House,” Your new name is “Flounder.”
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CORRECT !!! they are VERY upset ! It is great to have this rivalry though….CyclownZ SUCK !!!
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So Iowa’s offer of a scholarship in June was poaching? Can you explain the logic behind the hunting metaphor, or are you boiling an egg?
Did Iowa State steal one from the “Chicken coop” when they signed Iowa City West High Senior Charlie Rodgers?
http://247sports.com/Player/Charlie-Rogers-8725
That’s what the cable guy calls Goober Logic!
Shazam!
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Good going, young man. No matter what the bumps have been of late, it’s still great to be a Hawkeye! Looking forward to cheering for you in big games.
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G0D its great to actually have a true rivalry again
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E18 u r right just got a Samsung Galaxy and Im old I was actually complementing the clownZ
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http://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/football/article_9c6b78d3-ba07-5ecb-806d-1e3d3c99e7e5.html
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2004-08-03-berryman-notes_x.htm
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-76519783.html
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/07/15/arrest-leads-to-suspension-for-iowa-state-de-moore/
Do some of these go far enough? I can keep looking. I know Iowa isn’t perfect at all but to think we have so many more problems than ISU is pathetic and bitterness talking!! Hey CLOWNS, the only reason you hear about Iowa players in national news is because like I said, you’re little brother. No one cares! When people all over the country hear Iowa and football in the same sentence do you really believe they think of the Clowns!? IIIIIII’MMMMMMMM thinking not!!! GO HAWKS!!
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CyclownZ BLOW !!!
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Welcome to the U of I Barkley!! Home of the Hawkeyes in the Hawkeye State!! Here you will be playing in a major conference and play in multiple Bowl Games!!! Welcome indeed!! :)
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