Jack Campbell Iowa’s 29th Consensus All-American

IOWA CITY, Iowa — College of Iowa senior linebacker Jack Campbell l has been named first-team All-America by The Related Press, whereas senior defensive again Kaevon Merriweather and junior punter Tory Taylor had been second-team AP All-America choices.

With the AP All-America crew announcement, Campbell earns Consensus All-America standing, as he was beforehand named a primary crew choice by Walter Camp and the Soccer Writers Affiliation of America (FWAA). The Sporting Information crew shall be introduced Tuesday, whereas the fifth and remaining crew used within the consensus voting, chosen by the American Soccer Coaches Affiliation (AFCA), shall be introduced Wednesday.

Campbell is the twenty ninth Hawkeye to earn consensus All-America standing, whereas two of these gamers (OL Calvin Jones and LB Larry Station) earned the excellence in two separate seasons. Iowa soccer has had a consensus All-American in 4 straight seasons for the primary time in program historical past.

Together with the consensus All-America standing, Campbell earned particular person honors with two nationwide awards final week. On Tuesday, Campbell was introduced the William V. Campbell Trophy by the Nationwide Soccer Basis earlier than being introduced the Butkus Award as the highest linebacker within the nation on Thursday.

Campbell was beforehand named the Nagurski-Wood Huge Ten Defensive Participant of the Yr and the Butkus-Fitzgerald Huge Ten Linebacker of the Yr and he earned first-team All-Huge Ten honors for the second consecutive season. He was named a semifinalist for the Bednarik and Rotary Lombardi awards.

Campbell (6-foot-5, 246-pounds) has led Iowa’s protection all season. He has totaled 118 tackles, that are second within the Huge Ten and tied for thirteenth nationally. The Cedar Falls, Iowa, native additionally recorded two interceptions, one recovered fumble and one compelled fumble, together with 3.5 tackles for loss. He has 295 profession tackles to rank nineteenth in program historical past.

Iowa has had a consensus first-team All-America choice every of the final 4 years (Okay Keith Duncan, 2019; DL Daviyon Nixon, 2020; OL Tyler Linderbaum, 2021), together with two choices (LB Josey Jewell, DB Joshua Jackson) in 2017.

Meriweather earned second-team All-America honors after beginning each sport and rating second on the crew with three interceptions. The Michigan native has 47 tackles and scored a defensive landing with a fumble return in Iowa’s win at Rutgers. He was named Huge Ten Defensive Participant of the Week for his play towards the Scarlet Knights.

Merriweather additionally earned honorable point out All-Huge Ten recognition and is a semifinalist for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Yr.

Taylor, a local of Melbourne, Australia, earned his second All-America nod after being named a first-team All-American by the FWAA. He was additionally a first-team All-Huge Ten choice by the convention media and third crew by Huge Ten coaches. Taylor dealt with all punting duties all through the season, averaging 45.1 yards on 74 punts, with a protracted of 70 yards. Taylor has positioned 32 punts contained in the 20 with simply 11 touchbacks. He has 22 punts of fifty yards or extra, whereas opponents are averaging simply 3.7 yards on 18 returns.

Taylor was named the Huge Ten Particular Group Participant of the Week following his efficiency in wins over South Dakota State and Rutgers). Taylor in three seasons has averaged 45.3 yards on 194 punts, with 89 punts contained in the 20 (45.8 p.c) and 58 punts of fifty yards or extra.

Iowa (7-5, 5-4) will face Kentucky within the TransPerfect Music Metropolis Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 31 in Nashville (11 a.m. CT, ESPN). The Hawkeyes earned their twentieth bowl invite over the previous 24 seasons below Moon Household head soccer coach Kirk Ferentz.