by Paul Clark
Iowa State is one of three Power 5 offers and ten overall for a junior defensive tackle that will have a high school teammate working on him to becoming a Cyclone.
Curtis Harper of McKeesport (Pa.) claims offer from Iowa State, Boston College and Maryland in addition to several MAC schools plus others. The 6-foot-3, 285-pounder is a year behind 2016 ISU recruit Tymar Sutton and the two have talked about the possibility of Harper following Sutton to Ames in 2017.
“He said it’s a great program and I can see that myself, the relationship with Iowa State is great right now,” Harper said. “They show the academics are important to them, too, because football is not forever. I am going to major in management. I plan to make it to the NFL but after that, I want to work to sports (management).”
Iowa State assistant coach Tyson Veidt made a school visit to McKeesport last week and it did not go unnoticed by Harper.
“They can’t really talk to us, but I saw him and said hello,” said Harper.
According to Harper, I-State offered him in January or early February of this year and the contact did not carryover from when Matt Campbell and his staff were coaching at Toledo. Even though the Rockets have now offered, Harper said he was not recruited by Campbell and Co. So the relationship has been built just since the coaching change in Ames.
Harper has already made numerous unofficial visits to schools such as Boston College, Maryland, Kent State, Toledo, Wake Forest and Bowling Green. He attended Maryland’s spring game in mid-April, he said. Harper indicated he’d like to add Iowa State to his travel log in the coming months.
“I am going to try my best to visit Iowa State this summer,” Harper said.
Iowa State is one of three Power 5 offers and ten overall for a junior defensive tackle that will have a high school teammate working on him to becoming a Cyclone.
Curtis Harper of McKeesport (Pa.) claims offer from Iowa State, Boston College and Maryland in addition to several MAC schools plus others. The 6-foot-3, 285-pounder is a year behind 2016 ISU recruit Tymar Sutton and the two have talked about the possibility of Harper following Sutton to Ames in 2017.
“He said it’s a great program and I can see that myself, the relationship with Iowa State is great right now,” Harper said. “They show the academics are important to them, too, because football is not forever. I am going to major in management. I plan to make it to the NFL but after that, I want to work to sports (management).”
Iowa State assistant coach Tyson Veidt made a school visit to McKeesport last week and it did not go unnoticed by Harper.
“They can’t really talk to us, but I saw him and said hello,” said Harper.
According to Harper, I-State offered him in January or early February of this year and the contact did not carryover from when Matt Campbell and his staff were coaching at Toledo. Even though the Rockets have now offered, Harper said he was not recruited by Campbell and Co. So the relationship has been built just since the coaching change in Ames.
Harper has already made numerous unofficial visits to schools such as Boston College, Maryland, Kent State, Toledo, Wake Forest and Bowling Green. He attended Maryland’s spring game in mid-April, he said. Harper indicated he’d like to add Iowa State to his travel log in the coming months.
“I am going to try my best to visit Iowa State this summer,” Harper said.
