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Iowa football: Five most marketable Hawkeyes in Kirk Ferentz era

By Andrew Wade

TEMPE, AZ - DECEMBER 28: (L-R) De'Andre Johnson #30, Ricky Stanzi #12, Marvin McNutt #7, Adrian Clayborn #94 and Jeremiha Hunter #42 of the Iowa Hawkeyes prepare to take the field for the Insight Bowl against the Missouri Tigers at Sun Devil Stadium on December 28, 2010 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
TEMPE, AZ - DECEMBER 28: (L-R) De'Andre Johnson #30, Ricky Stanzi #12, Marvin McNutt #7, Adrian Clayborn #94 and Jeremiha Hunter #42 of the Iowa Hawkeyes prepare to take the field for the Insight Bowl against the Missouri Tigers at Sun Devil Stadium on December 28, 2010 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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TUCSON, AZ – SEPTEMBER 18: Cornerbacks Brett Greenwood #30 and Tyler Sash #9 of the Iowa Hawkeyes during the college football game against the Arizona Wildcats at Arizona Stadium on September 18, 2010 in Tucson, Arizona. The Wildcats defeated the Hawkeyes 34-27. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
TUCSON, AZ – SEPTEMBER 18: Cornerbacks Brett Greenwood #30 and Tyler Sash #9 of the Iowa Hawkeyes during the college football game against the Arizona Wildcats at Arizona Stadium on September 18, 2010 in Tucson, Arizona. The Wildcats defeated the Hawkeyes 34-27. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

Tyler Sash

The late Tyler Sash was electric with the Iowa football team. After joining the program as a three-star recruit from Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sash redshirted his first year in Iowa City.

Once he got in the game though, he never looked back. He made 37 starts over three seasons and earned All-American honors in all three seasons (the first being Freshman All-American). While with the Iowa football team, he was a highlight reel from the safety position with not just his game-changing interceptions but the subsequent returns that followed.

He was vocal, passionate, and one of the unsung leaders of the team.

Just look at the highlight film below.

Iowa football fans love nothing more to root for a guy like this, a hometown hero who went just an hour away to Iowa City to play his college ball. Moreover, a guy who anytime he was on the field, you had to be glued to the screen because you never knew what he was about to do.

Believe me, if he would have sponsored it, Iowa football fans would have likely bought it back in his time in Iowa City.

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