Campbell, Taylor Named Midseason All-America

IOWA CITY, Iowa — College of Iowa senior linebacker Jack Campbell and junior punter Tory Taylor have been named to a number of midseason All-America groups. Campbell is called on All-America groups chosen by The Athletic, ESPN.com, SportingNews.com and CBSSports.com. Each The Athletic and CBSSports.com named Taylor to their midseason groups.

Campbell, a local of Cedar Falls, Iowa, leads the Hawkeyes with 62 tackles and ranks second within the Large Ten Convention at 10.3 tackles per sport. He recorded a security in Iowa’s win over South Dakota State and recovered a fumble on particular groups at Illinois.

Campbell (6-foot-5, 246-pounds) was earlier named to the Rotary Lombardi Midseason Watch Record, and he’s a semifinal candidate for the William V. Campbell Award. He was named the Lott IMPACT Trophy Defensive Participant of the Week for his play towards South Dakota State and previous to the season, he was a preseason All-American by no fewer than 5 nationwide media retailers.

Taylor (6-4, 230) ranks second within the Large Ten and fifth nationally with a 46.1 common by way of six video games. He has 15 punts of fifty yards or extra this season, with 20 punts downed contained in the opponent 20-yardline. Iowa opponents are averaging simply 2.5 yards on 13 returns.

The Melbourne, Australia, native has twice earned Large Ten Participant of the Week accolades in 2022 (South Dakota State and Rutgers) and he was named to the Ray Man Award Preseason Watch Record. Taylor was named preseason second-team All-America by a number of retailers.

Iowa (3-3, 1-2) travels to satisfy No. 2 Ohio State (6-0, 3-0) on Saturday at 11:05 a.m. (CT) in a sport that shall be televised on FOX. The Hawkeyes host Northwestern on Oct. 29 (2:30 p.m., ESPN2) within the annual Homecoming sport.