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Saturday, October 9 Iowa vs. Penn State Kinnick Stadium

TOO TALL? TOO BAD.

Any worries over Jack Campbell’s ability to play linebacker at 6-foot-5 are gone.

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Iowa Starters

MARQUEE MATCHUP

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Penn State Starters

Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan Iowa quarterback Spencer Petras gets ready for a play during a football game between Iowa and Maryland at Maryland Stadium on Oct. 1. Saturday’s Iowa-Penn State game is a matchup between two top-tier defenses. Petras’ ability to lead the offense against the Nittany Lions could decide the game.

STAFF

No. 3 Iowa football’s matchup with No. 4 Penn State at Kinnick Stadium Saturday will feature two of the Big Ten Conference’s best defenses. The Hawkeyes are ranked first in the league in defensive efficiency, with Penn State nipping their heels in second. Iowa has racked up a conference-leading 12 interceptions in 2021. Penn State’s seven interceptions are tied for second-best in the league with Ohio State. Iowa and Penn State also boast the Big Ten’s best scoring defenses. Iowa leads the league in scoring defense, surrendering just seven touchdowns and three field goals in five games. The Nittany Lions sit just one spot back of the Hawkeyes, having given up six touchdowns and six field goals. Iowa has the Big Ten’s third-best rush defense, while Penn State

has the fourth-best. With defense likely to rule the day Saturday, Iowa’s offense will have to find a way to outscore Penn State’s potent passing attack. Through five weeks of action, the Nittany Lions have the Big Ten’s fourth-best aerial assault, statistically. Iowa’s passing offense is rated ninth in the league, ahead of just Northwestern, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota.

Hawkeye quarterback Spencer Petras has only thrown one interception this season. Though, the Nittany Lions’ formidable secondary could give him some fits. The Nittany Lions have not surrendered more than 20 points in a game this season. The Hawkeyes have not scored fewer than 24 points in any of their contests this year.

Something may have to give. - Austin Hanson, Sports Editor.

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A ‘special instinct’ to the ball

Jack Campbell was told he was too tall to play linebacker.

Now, he’s one of the best at that position in the nation.

Robert Read Pregame Editor Jack Campbell leaned on a podium down the hall from the Hawkeye football team’s locker room after Iowa’s September win over Colorado State at Kinnick Stadium. He resembled a boxer after a 12-round match: Cuts and bruises were scattered across his face; a bandage already covered a wound above his right eye.

It was minutes after the Iowa linebacker played potentially the best game of his life.

The junior from Cedar Falls clobbered running backs and receivers alike all game long in Iowa’s fourth win of the season, recording a career-high 18 tackles, the most for a Hawkeye since Anthony Hitchens in 2012.

“I just try to get to the ball first and foremost,” Campbell said in a raspy voice postgame. “And usually good things happen.”

Before Campbell was a potential All-American linebacker for the No. 3 team in the country, there were concerns he wouldn’t be quick enough to get to the ball at all. At 6-foot-5, Campbell is unconventionally tall for a linebacker, which is usually a position suited for athletes two or three inches shorter than he is.

Campbell recalled during his postgame interview that there were worries from certain coaches during his recruiting process that he wouldn’t be mobile enough to play linebacker. They doubted

his ability to move from sideline-to-sideline at the Division I level because of the weight he’d need to put on to fill out his frame. Most NFL linebackers aren’t even 6-foot-5.

Even after Campbell got to Iowa, some coaches didn’t want him to play linebacker.

That included head coach Kirk Ferentz — who prefered him to play defensive end or center.

Iowa may not have always been set on playing Campbell at the position where he’s now excelling, but Iowa’s coaches knew they wanted the physical, humble, team-focused three-star recruit out of northeastern Iowa three years ago, and figured he’d make an impact somewhere.

And somewhere turned out to be at middle linebacker for one of the best defenses in the nation.

‘A special instinct’ A sharp wind made the bitter cold all the more uncomfortable during a 2017 first-round playoff matchup between Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.

Most players and coaches for both teams wore longsleeves and tried to stay close to the heaters on the sidelines. But not Campbell, who stood sleeveless and as close to the field as he could when he wasn’t in the game. When Campbell was on the field, he was too busy making plays to worry about the weather, or

the college coach watching him from the sideline.

That coach was Reese Morgan, who spent 19 years recruiting players out of the state of Iowa for the Hawkeye football program, and before that was a championship-winning head coach at Iowa City West High School.

In his decades around high school and college-aged football players, had Morgan seen many 6-foot-5 linebackers?

“Not a whole lot, no,” Morgan said.

Morgan first recalls watching Campbell play near the end of his sophomore year.

This playoff game from Campbell’s junior year, however, still comes to mind now when Morgan sees him dominate on the gridiron for the Hawkeyes.

It was an early indicator of Campbell’s talent.

“I was just impressed how a guy of that size could move so well and get to the ball so quickly,” Morgan said. “It was like he had a special instinct.

He could diagnose [the play] and he had the speed to get there. And when he got there, he showed up from a physical standpoint.”

Campbell has always been tall for his age, Cedar Falls head football coach Brad Remmert said.

Cedar Falls already had Campbell listed at 6-foot-3 as a sophomore. That year was when Campbell said he started playing linebacker full-time.

“Cedar Falls is where I learned the position, and

Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell lines up against Colorado State running back A’Jon Vivens during a football game between Iowa and Colorado State at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 25. where I learned that I really love it,” Campbell said. “You kind of get to manipulate the defense and also just get to be in the middle of the action.

That’s where I built that passion for this position.”

Campbell’s 10th-grade year was also his first of three years as a starter for the Tigers.

Campbell played weak-side linebacker as a sophomore, before moving to the middle for his junior and senior years.

“I can’t say enough about the kid and the impact he had on our program and our school.

He’s a special one,” Remmert said. “There was never a thought of moving him out to the edge and playing defensive end. He was just too impactful up the middle for us. The way he worked sideline-to-sideline, that was never even in

consideration for us.”

Campbell was a team captain and his district’s defensive player of the year as a senior for a team that lost in the 4A state championship game. His 168 tackles that year remain a school record, as do his 338 career stops.

But this production wasn’t enough to convince some college programs that Campbell could play linebacker at the next level. Worries about his ability to tackle ball-carriers in the open field and chase down receivers on the perimeter persisted.

Campbell said some programs thought he’d have to weigh as much as 260 pounds to play the position at his height. Campbell is listed at 243 pounds on Iowa’s depth chart.

“Throughout my life, a lot of people have said, ‘A 6-foot-5 linebacker? Oh, you must not be able to move,’” Campbell said. “A lot of people, because I’m tall, thought maybe I’m a defensive end and shouldn’t be a linebacker … I’m not going to say what coaching staff said this to me, but they said I didn’t have the right ankle bend or something.”

Four programs offered Campbell a scholarship — Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, and Northern Iowa.

The son of Dave Campbell, a former offensive guard for Northern Iowa, always knew he wanted to play college football himself. Following his dad and playing at UNI was, for most of his childhood, Campbell’s dream.

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But between Iowa’s history of great linebacker play — Morgan referenced All-American Josey Jewell in his recruiting pitch — and the genuine feeling he got from Morgan and Iowa’s coaching staff, Campbell committed to the Hawkeyes after his senior season of high school.

Above all else, Campbell wanted the challenge of proving he could play linebacker for a Big Ten program.

“I don’t even know how to say this, but I kind of wanted to be a little more difficult on myself,” Campbell said.

“You’ve got to earn everything, and this is a place that will make you earn everything.”

Practicing to be the best Campbell had just finished a two-handed dunk over one of his Cedar Falls basketball teammates during a practice his senior year, when the two guests observing off to the side of the gym erupted in applause.

“Jack was putting on a show,” Cedar Falls boys’ basketball coach Ryan Schultz said. “I remember looking over at coach Ferentz and coach Morgan and they were even standing up clapping, too.”

Morgan and Ferentz, coaches who liked to watch their recruits compete in areas off the football field, were witnessing what both of them have since described as one of the best high school basketball practices they’ve ever seen. It was organized, Ferentz said, and flowed nicely with no wasted time.

Ferentz quickly learned that those great practice habits helped make Campbell a great practice player.

“He does things just at one

tempo basically all the time,” Ferentz said.

“Every snap in practice, he goes as hard as he can,” Morgan added. “There’s that respect for guys who you know are going to give great efforts.

They’re tough, they’re invested, and they care. They care about everyone else on the team, and the team becomes much more important than any individual.”

Campbell’s practice habits stem from the fact that he just wants to compete.

That competitiveness is why he volunteered to play special teams for Cedar Falls — sometimes uncommon for a star player. It explains why, on a different occasion after losing the state football championship as a senior, he was at a morning basketball practice the next day when he wasn’t expected to be.

Maybe it’s also why Campbell didn’t mind doing the dirty work on the hardwood.

Ferentz called Campbell a “foul waiting to happen” on the basketball court. Similar to his physicality on the football field, Campbell was drawn to contact. The former forward described his role on the Tigers basketball team as someone who fouled, rebounded, and played defense.

“I think he was short-changing himself just a little bit there. He was great in every way,” Schultz said. “By the end he was scoring for us. He was doing a little bit of everything. He did a lot of those types of things too — the dirty work.

He was definitely more than just a bruiser out there.”

Campbell won back-toback 4A state boys’ basketball championships his junior and senior years, and could have played college basketball, even if he never looked into it.

Schultz said multiple college coaches, including some at the Division I level, reached out to him saying they thought Campbell had what it took to have a career as a basketball player.

But Campbell was set on playing football. And he was set on doing it as a Hawkeye.

And, hopefully, as a Hawkeye linebacker.

Campbell attended one of Iowa’s recruiting camps after his sophomore year, before he committed to the Hawkeyes.

Iowa’s coaching staff had Campbell practice at defensive end, just to see how he would handle the position.

Campbell was undersized to play on the line at the time, and had no experience at the position, but Morgan said he looked just as comfortable and aggressive there as he did at linebacker.

If Ferentz had it his way, Campbell would be playing defensive end or center for the Hawkeyes.

“I got nixed on both those, vetoed badly,” Ferentz said.

Those vetoes were courtesy of defensive coordinator Phil Parker and linebackers coach Seth Wallace, who saw Campbell as the future of the Hawkeye defense at the second level.

The first taste of that future came in 2019, when Campbell became a rare Hawkeye who saw consistent on-field snaps during his freshman year. It took Campbell longer than he would have liked to build on that season, though.

Campbell was listed as Iowa’s starting middle linebacker heading into his sophomore season, but mononucleosis kept him out for the first three games of the season.

But in the final five games, Campbell showed flashes of his potential playing weak-

side linebacker for the Hawkeye defense. Whether it was swarming into the backfield to force an errant pass against Wisconsin, or intercepting a pass in the back of the end zone in the very same game — Campbell always seemed to be around the ball.

“He really sets the tone both in practice and in games,” safety Jack Koerner said. “He’s made everyone on our defense, and really the whole team, better just by the way he goes about his business. He sets the tone in practice, and he really gets us flying around out there. He couldn’t be a better guy.”

Campbell was moved inside to middle linebacker ahead of his junior season in 2021.

His performance on the field as a sophomore led him to be selected as a preseason third-team All-Big Ten player by Athlon Sports. So far, Campbell is exceeding even that lofty honor.

Ferentz may have wanted Campbell on the offensive or defensive lines — and he could have excelled there, too — but the Hawkeyes found their fit with Campbell in the middle of the defensive unit.

“I think he’s a guy who could play anywhere, and if you asked him to, he probably would play anywhere,” said Morgan, who never coached Campbell at Iowa but remains close to the program.

“If you’re in the middle of the field and you can run like him, and you’re a physical guy who can have an impact on the game, linebacker is the spot.”

The leader of Iowa’s defense Campbell sunk his head down after practice the week after he punished Colorado State’s offense for four quarters. Ferentz just announced

to the team that Campbell had been named the Bronko Nagurski National Player of the Week for his performance against the Rams.

The day before, Campbell had also been named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career. And Campbell wasn’t quite comfortable in the spotlight.

“He’s got great humility,” Morgan said. “And he’s so highly respected because of that.”

Campbell is a man of many tackles, but few words — unless it’s about a teammate.

The enterprise leadership major’s voice is often hoarse, but not because he’s chatty.

Campbell spends practice and game days yelling out calls and making sure his teammates are set up correctly.

Campbell has provided plenty of highlights through the first five weeks of the 2021 season, but often finds ways to pass on the praise to somebody else.

A fumble recovery for a touchdown against Iowa State? Campbell credited fellow linebacker Jestin Jacobs for jarring the ball loose.

Recording 18 tackles? The defensive line cleared lanes in front of him.

Even as a high schooler, Campbell didn’t want to be recognized for the volunteer work he completed as part of the school’s mentoring program.

“He’s always been that way,” Schultz said. “It’s a special quality that he has. When I think of Jack, I think of the selflessness. He’s genuinely happy for his teammates. He leads by example, but he also leads with his words and the way he treats others. It’s something I’ve always respected about him and appre-

ciated that he brought that to our program.”

Campbell’s Hawkeye teammates will hype him up if he won’t do it himself, though.

“How many did Jack have?” linebacker Seth Benson asked, before being told Campbell tallied 18 tackles. “Man, that’s awesome.

“Jack is a monster,” linebacker Jestin Jacobs said. “He really embodies the standard.

Like when you look at Jack, he’s always going 100 percent. He always knows what he’s doing, and he’s always trying to bring others along.

I think when you have a guy like that on our defense, we don’t really have a limit because he’s just continuously pushing us.”

Campbell ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 46 tackles through five games this season. The first-year starter is also stuffing the stat sheet with 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack, four passes defended, a forced fumble, two fumbles recovered, and a touchdown.

And he’s doing this for a defense that leads the nation in takeaways and ranks second nationally in scoring defense.

“Jack’s a hell of a football player,” Ferentz said.

Not that there’s any doubting that at this point.

“Iowa gets a lot of guys who might not run the best 40, jump the highest … It’s kind of something we talked about in the linebacker room,” Campbell said. “We’re kind of mutts and we just carry that mentality with us every single day.

“It’s about having the belief in yourself and that you can do it. I feel like it all starts there. And then having your teammates believe in you too, that makes it all worth it.” robert-read@uiowa.edu

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IOWA HAWKEYES vs. PEN

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Nebraska isn’t last? This conference is chaotic.

CHLOE PETERSON

1

The Hawkeyes are back on top.

2

Penn state

3

ohio state

4 5 6

12

IOWA

Could be No. 1, but we’ll see on Saturday in Kinnick.

The loss to Oregon is looking even worse now.

Michigan

The Wolverines beat Wisconsin last week (although that’s not saying much).

MICHIGAN STATE Despite the Spartans being ranked, I’m indifferent about them.

Maryland

A quick six interceptions means No. 6 in the Big Ten rankings.

7

MINNESOTA

The boat is righting itself, but the Gophers still aren’t good.

8 PURDUE 9

Purdue isn’t a football or basketball school. It’s an engineering school.

rutgers

Rutgers is good at women’s basketball, and not much else.

10 Nebraska Wow, not last!

11

INDIANA

illinois

The Illini have wins over Nebraska and the Charlotte 49ers. Not a great resume.

13

wisconsin It’s time for Danny Vanden Boom.

14

Northwestern Remember when the Wildcats were good? Me neither.

Before playing Penn State last week, Indiana wasn’t shut out since Oct. 14, 2000. I wasn’t born yet.

chloe-peterson@uiowa.edu

MARYLAND @ No. 7 OHIO STATE Saturday | 11 a.m.

Line: OSU -19.5 | O/U: 69 Is another six-pick night in store for the Terrapins? Probably not, but we’ll have to find out.

No. 11 MICHIGAN STATE @ RUTGERS Saturday | 11 a.m.

Line: MSU -5.0 | O/U: 50 Who let Rutgers into the conference in the first place?

WISCONSIN @ ILLINOIS Saturday | 2:30 p.m.

Line: WIS -8.0 | O/U: 42.5 I picked Wisconsin to win the B1G West. Now, I don’t even know if the Badgers can beat Illinois.

No. 4 PENN STATE @ No. 3 IOWA Saturday | 3:05 p.m.

Line: IOWA -1.5 | O/U: 41 This should’ve been a night game, but it’s fine. We’re fine.

No. 9 MICHIGAN @ NEBRASKA Saturday | 6:30 p.m.

Line: MICH -3.5 | O/U: 53 Nebraska got a Saturday night game before Iowa did. That’s messed up right there.

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WITH IOWA RUNNING BACK TYLER GOODSON Daily Iowan Sports Reporter Chris Werner caught up with Goodson at an Iowa football media availability session last week.

Chris Werner Sports Reporter

Goodson: My freshman year we went over to Michigan. That was my “Welcome to Big Ten play, welcome to Iowa.” I realized that, from there, I was at a Power Five school because, like, you get to see the talent, how big guys are, the intensity of the game, the energy of the crowd. That was my welcome.

Daily Iowan: First, do you just leave Twitter up to your mom? Is that her expertise?

Tyler Goodson: Yeah, so, you know, I always tell my mom she’s more famous than me on this campus. Everybody seems to be talking about my mom and her tweets. Everybody loves her.

DI: Did you have a specific moment in-game or was it just the whole experience kind of overall?

DI: You know, I might have seen the Goodson fan club at the drive-thru at McDonald’s on Friday because there was a Georgia license plate with Gwinnett County on it in front of me.

Goodson: It was just the whole experience from walking in the stadium for pregame warm-ups to the end of the game. It was just the whole experience for me that really gave me that welcome.

Goodson: It most likely was them.

DI: Cool. So, I’ll start with what’s the best feeling in football?

Goodson: Best feeling in football? Hmm, I will say, scoring touchdowns and seeing the energy of the crowd.

Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan Iowa running back Tyler Goodson stays on his feet after breaking a tackle during a football game between Iowa and Maryland at Maryland Stadium on Oct. 1.

The Hawkeyes defeated the Terrapins 51-14. mates, that’s probably one of the best feelings.

DI: OK, and would you rather punch it in from the one, or have like a long 70yard touchdown?

(Goodson took a Spencer Petras pass 67 yards for a score three days later against Maryland.)

Goodson: A long 70-yard touchdown. That’s probably one of the greatest feelings for any running back. Knowing you made the play, seeing everybody happy and the energy celebrating with team-

DI: And I know you’ve scored the majority of the rushing touchdowns. I know Monte [Pottebaum] has had a couple opportunities, is he gonna score, is he going to get one?

Goodson: Hopefully.

Hopefully, he does, and hopefully a couple of running backs as well get some touchdowns, you know. I would like to see them score as well. I would be happy for them.

your football career?

contacts right now?

Goodson: I don’t know about best player but best defense I played against, probably Michigan.

Goodson: I will say probably Chris Johnson, that played running back for the Tennesee Titans.

DI: OK, no individual guy sticks out?

DI: Did you have like a “welcome to Iowa” moment?

I know you were highly touted coming out of high school, but did you have like, “This is Power Five, this is Big Ten” play maybe in practice or in any game freshman year?

(Monte Pottebaum scored the first touchdown of his college career against Maryland.)

Goodson: It’s so many of them. It’s too many.

DI: Who is the best player you’ve played against in

DI: OK. Who is the most famous person in your phone

DI: Do you have one play that you think is your best football play? And what is the worst football play you’ve ever made in your career?

Goodson: Worst football play? Probably, I’ll say my fumble against Penn State my freshman year. My best play?

Ahhh, I‘ll probably say, Wisconsin touchdown from last year. The 80-yard-long run.

This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Read the full interview at dailyiowan.com.

christopher-werner@uiowa.edu

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ROBERT READ

PREGAME EDITOR (16-9)

IOWA

VS.

Just don’t wear gold again.

VS.

The SEC’s newest rivalry.

VS.

Do Razorbacks like popcorn?

VS.

I’m not watching this game, and you aren’t either.

VS.

Urban Meyer on line one. Wait, nevermind.

TEXAS

OLE MISS

LOUISVILLE USC

AUSTIN HANSON SPORTS EDITOR (21-4)

IOWA

We AREN’T Penn State.

TEXAS

I don’t think Oklahoma is good this year.

OLE MISS

Pick Arkansas? That’s Hogwash.

LOUISVILLE

Does Lamar Jackson still go here?

USC

Zero Pac-12 teams in the CFP again? Darn...

CHLOE PETERSON

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR (13-12)

IOWA

CHRIS WERNER

FOOTBALL REPORTER (13-12)

IOWA

Should be a night game.

Put Clifford in the doghouse.

OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA

Somehow, ESPN College GameDay decided to go here.

ARKANSAS

Arkansas? More like Ar-Kansas.

VIRGINIA

Country roads, take me home.

USC

I have no confidence in any of my picks.

OK, Boomer.

OLE MISS

DESTINEE COOK

DITV SPORTS DIRECTOR (15-10)

IOWA

Not a big fan of College GameDay right now.

OKLAHOMA

Boomer Sooner.

OLE MISS

I picked Arkansas last week and that didn’t go well.

Gotta go with the Rebels on this one.

VIRGINIA

LOUISVILLE

The Cavaliers are good at basketball. Maybe they’re good at football.

UTAH

Very creative nickname.

Uhm??

USC

I’m picking USC even though I’ve always been a UCLA girl.

JOHN BOHNENKAMP

SPORTS WRITING COACH (17-8)

IOWA

No College GameDay, no problem.

OKLAHOMA

Well, College GameDay is going to be there.

ARKANSAS

The Hog market is high.

LOUISVILLE

It’s basketball season there.

USC

The Pac-12 South is a bit mediocre.

JASON BRUMMOND PUBLISHER (20-5)

IOWA

Biggest game at Kinnick in a generation. Why not?

OKLAHOMA

This is the fourth best SEC game Saturday.

OLE MISS

Get your popcorn ready.

LOUISVILLE

Basketball season is still a month away.

USC

Utah will still have a better week than its former coach.

The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, October 8, 2021 - 15

Kiddo cancer survivor taking on Kinnick with Hawkeyes Eleven-year-old Kale Schmidt is celebrating five years cancer free and fulfilling his dream of being a Kid Captain.

Rylee Wilson Managing Editor When Kale Schmidt was going through chemotherapy five years ago at the Stead Family Children’s Hospital, he and his family would look out over the field at Kinnick Stadium during home games. Kale wanted to join the Kid Captains out on the field.

“We would go out there during home games, when he was feeling up to it, and watch and he could see the Kid Captains on the Jumbotron, and he would always say, ‘They look like they’re having fun,’” his mother, Erica Schmidt, said.

Kale, now 11, is celebrating five years cancer-free and getting ready to cheer on the Hawkeyes as Kid Captain when they take on Penn State Saturday.

The sixth-grader was diagnosed with a bilateral Wilms tumor, a form of kidney cancer, the summer before he entered kindergarten in 2015.

“When he was first diagnosed, it was really like a kick to the face or the gut, because he was a healthy little boy that didn’t miss one day of 4-year-old preschool,” Erica said. “He had perfect attendance, then that summer he got sick.

Having two other little

Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz signs a ball for kid captain Kale Schmidt during “Kid’s Day at Kinnick” inside Kinnick Stadium on Aug. 14. ones at home made it hard — we missed a lot of milestones.”

He was later diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma, and stayed in Stead Family Children’s Hospital through April 2016 — and finished chemo treatment in June of that year.

Erica said the staff and the hospital were supportive during the family’s long

inpatient stay.

“They became family,” Erica said. “They were there for me — I have friends and

family outside of the hospital, but at two in the morning, when I couldn’t sleep, I was able to go talk to the

It’s not something they’re required to do, but it’s something they do. The smiles and the laughter that happen when the players would come in and visit all the kids on the floor was really neat to see.

— Erica Schmidt, Kale’s mother

nurses as if they were my husbands, my friends, whoever.”

Erica began nominating Kale to be a Kid Captain in 2016, and he was finally selected in 2020 — but COVID-19 forced the postponement of the season.

Because COVID-19 made the season uncertain, Kale’s parents decided to keep the fact that he had been

nominated for Kid Captain a surprise until they were headed to Iowa City to do a photoshoot for the Kid Captains.

“We did not tell him what we were doing until we were in the car driving out for it,” Erica said. “We told him it was just an appointment to get us ready for his five-year scan, and when he saw what it was, his face kind of lit up and was like, ‘Is this for real?’”

Kale spends his time outside of school helping on his family’s farm in Goose Lake, Iowa. He also raises pigs.

“When they’re babies, I get to know them, and I work with them and show them,” he said.

He said he’s excited to be a Kid Captain and is looking forward to talking with offensive lineman Luke Empen, who is also from Goose Lake.

Erica said she appreciates the time Hawkeye athletes spend interacting with the children at Stead.

“It’s not something they’re required to do, but it’s something they do,” she said. “The smiles and the laughter that happen when the players would come in and visit all the kids on the floor was really neat to see.”

rylee-wilson@uiowa.edu

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