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Group of Cyclones sign deals with NFL teams

Group of Cyclones sign deals with NFL teams

In addition to four players getting selected in the 2025 NFL Draft, five more have agreed to deals with NFL teams

 • Iowa State Athletics Communications
PFF 2024 Season Grades: Safeties

PFF 2024 Season Grades: Safeties

Cyclone Report and Rivals have teamed up with PFF to offer subscribers a look at grades. Today, a look at the safeties.

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 • Bill Seals
Iowa State veteran safety Verdon to enter NFL Draft

Iowa State veteran safety Verdon to enter NFL Draft

Iowa State will be down two starting safeties heading into the offseason, as redshirt junior Malik Verdon announced on

 • Bill Seals
PFF Bye Week Grade Report: Defensive Backs

PFF Bye Week Grade Report: Defensive Backs

In this article, we use the PFF grades to show you how Cyclone defensive backs have performed through seven games of the

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 • Bill Seals
2024-25 Iowa State Football Unofficial Scholarship Chart (Defense)

2024-25 Iowa State Football Unofficial Scholarship Chart (Defense)

The unofficial scholarship chart is a guide for Iowa State Football fans. It displays the roster by year and position,

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 • Bill Seals
DEFENSIVE SPOTLIGHT: Healthy group of safeties playing at elite level

DEFENSIVE SPOTLIGHT: Healthy group of safeties playing at elite level

Iowa State’s starting band of safeties is back together, and the trio of Malik Verdon, Jeremiah Cooper, and Beau Freyler

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Eight highlights from Iowa State's first depth chart of 2024

Eight highlights from Iowa State's first depth chart of 2024

For the first time since his team was preparing to face Memphis in the Liberty Bowl, Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell

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 • Bill Seals
Tracking the off-season gains, losses by the Iowa State defense

Tracking the off-season gains, losses by the Iowa State defense

The Iowa State football team is in the midst of preseason camp after concluding their offseason training regimen under

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 • Bill Seals
PFF 2023 Season Grades: Safeties

PFF 2023 Season Grades: Safeties

Cyclone Report and Rivals have teamed up with PFF to offer subscribers a look at grades. Today, a look at the safeties.

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 • Bill Seals
2023-24 Iowa State Football Unofficial Scholarship Chart (Defense & ST)

2023-24 Iowa State Football Unofficial Scholarship Chart (Defense & ST)

The unofficial scholarship chart is a guide for Iowa State Football fans. It displays the roster by year and position,

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 • Bill Seals
The Players' Lounge: BYU Week

The Players' Lounge: BYU Week

Four Iowa State players met with the media on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the team's matchup this Saturday against the

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 • Bill Seals
PFF Bye Week Grade Report: Defensive Backs

PFF Bye Week Grade Report: Defensive Backs

In this article, we use the PFF grades to show you how Cyclone defensive backs have performed through seven games of the

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 • Bill Seals
The Players' Lounge: UNI Week

The Players' Lounge: UNI Week

Five Iowa State players met with the media on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the team's season opener on Saturday

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 • Bill Seals
Veteran Iowa State DC looks ahead to season opener

Veteran Iowa State DC looks ahead to season opener

The Cyclones have remained one of the best defenses in the Big 12 throughout Jon Heacock's tenure as defensive

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 • Bill Seals
Eight highlights from Iowa State's first depth chart of 2023

Eight highlights from Iowa State's first depth chart of 2023

For the first time since the week leading up to last season's finale at TCU, head coach Matt Campbell has released a

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 • Bill Seals
Tracking the off-season gains, losses by the Iowa State defense

Tracking the off-season gains, losses by the Iowa State defense

The Iowa State football team has returned to campus for workouts to continue the traditional offseason training regimen

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 • Bill Seals
News & notes from Iowa State's spring finale

News & notes from Iowa State's spring finale

Every spring game has its fair share of surprises, and this year’s was no different, but perhaps the biggest one of all

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 • Bill Seals
2023 Spring Football Outlook: Safeties

2023 Spring Football Outlook: Safeties

Iowa State kicked off spring football practice last Thursday, the eighth session for head coach Matt Campbell in Ames.

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 • Bill Seals
PFF 2022 Season Grades: Safeties

PFF 2022 Season Grades: Safeties

Cyclone Report and Rivals have teamed up with PFF to offer subscribers a look at grades. Today, a look at the safeties.

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 • Bill Seals
2022 Iowa State Football Unofficial Scholarship Chart (Defense & ST)

2022 Iowa State Football Unofficial Scholarship Chart (Defense & ST)

The unofficial scholarship chart is a guide for Iowa State Football fans. It displays the roster by year and position

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 • Bill Seals
The Players' Lounge: Kansas Week

The Players' Lounge: Kansas Week

Four Iowa State players met with the media on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the team's defeat to Baylor and upcoming

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 • Bill Seals
A dozen nuggets from Matt Campbell's pre-Iowa presser

A dozen nuggets from Matt Campbell's pre-Iowa presser

The leader of the Cyclone football program met with the media on Tuesday afternoon for his weekly press conference, with

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 • Bill Seals
Observations of Iowa State's defensive & specialists depth chart for 2022

Observations of Iowa State's defensive & specialists depth chart for 2022

With the Cyclones losing a lot of production on both sides of the ball from one season ago, Tuesday morning's first

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 • Bill Seals
Seven items of note from Deon Broomfield's media availability

Seven items of note from Deon Broomfield's media availability

Iowa State safeties coach Deon Broomfield met with the media following practice on Tuesday afternoon. The losses of Greg

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Starting safety McDonald a surprise transfer portal entry

Starting safety McDonald a surprise transfer portal entry

Iowa State counted on having three starting safeties with experience anchoring the back end of the defense in 2022, but

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2022 Spring Football Outlook: Safeties

2022 Spring Football Outlook: Safeties

Iowa State kicked off spring football practice on March 4th, the seventh session for head coach Matt Campbell in Ames.

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Defensive Notebook: McDonald prepares for larger 2021 role

Defensive Notebook: McDonald prepares for larger 2021 role

With the exception of a few positions, Iowa State’s defense under coordinator Jon Heacock is largely intact heading

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Nine items of note from Head Coach Matt Campbell's media availability

Nine items of note from Head Coach Matt Campbell's media availability

Iowa State tight ends coach Taylor Mouser met with the media on Friday afternoon to continue a series of Zoom calls with

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Seven items of note from safety Coach Broomfield's media availability

Seven items of note from safety Coach Broomfield's media availability

Iowa State safeties coach Deon Broomfield met with the media on Wednesday afternoon to continue a series of Zoom calls

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Commit Fit: Which Big 12 signees found best situations?

Commit Fit: Which Big 12 signees found best situations?

Five-star QB Caleb Williams should fit the Oklahoma Sooners' offense like a glove.

 • Mike Farrell
Big 12 Spotlight: Early Signing Period report card

Big 12 Spotlight: Early Signing Period report card

Five-star Mario Williams is just one of the reasons Oklahoma receives an A for its haul during the Early Signing Period.

 • Sam Spiegelman
Meet the Iowa State Cyclones 2021 defensive football commitments

Meet the Iowa State Cyclones 2021 defensive football commitments

Get to know each of the Iowa State Cyclones' defensive football commitments in the 2021 recruiting class with this

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FB Recruiting Notes: Ratings bumps, staff closing out '21 class

FB Recruiting Notes: Ratings bumps, staff closing out '21 class

Two Iowa State 2021 commits, one a long-tenured pledge and the other the coaching staff's 

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Verdon reflects on recruiting process that led him to ISU

Verdon reflects on recruiting process that led him to ISU

A few days after announcing his commitment to Iowa State, an Ohio athlete delved deeper into a decision he said weighed

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Analysis: Iowa State lands Ohio ATH Malik Verdon

Analysis: Iowa State lands Ohio ATH Malik Verdon

After an uptick in college interest following his senior season, Ohio ATH Malik Verdon commits to Iowa State.

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 • Josh Helmholdt
Iowa State snags three-star safety from Ohio

Iowa State snags three-star safety from Ohio

Iowa State struck gold with a MAC Conference commit once before when it snagged linebacker Mike Rose for the 2018 crop

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 • Bill Seals
I-State making late push for 2021 ATH committed to MAC school

I-State making late push for 2021 ATH committed to MAC school

The last time Iowa State flipped a commit from Miami (Ohio), it worked out pretty well for the defense and the coaching

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 • Bill Seals
In the midst of a pandemic, Malik Verdon commits to a local school

In the midst of a pandemic, Malik Verdon commits to a local school

The coronavirus pandemic affected 3-star ATH Malik Verdon's priorities in selecting his college destination.

 • Josh Helmholdt
Cincinnati ATH Malik Verdon focusing on several schools

Cincinnati ATH Malik Verdon focusing on several schools

Three-star ATH Malik Verdon has some decisions to make before the start of his senior season.

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 • Josh Helmholdt
Ohio ATH impressed with Pitt visit

Ohio ATH impressed with Pitt visit

Malik Verdon talks about his Pitt visit.

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 • Jim Hammett