Erie, PA running back Greg Garmon gave Iowa TV shout out on Tuesday night, verbally committed to the Hawkeyes during the telecast of a high school all star game.
Garmon is rated four stars by each of the primary recruiting services,
including Scout.com. Garmon had offers from Iowa, Florida State, Miami, Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Tennessee and others. He is 6-1/195 and runs a sub 4.5 forty-yard dash. He has a solid mix of power and speed and would definitely be referred to as a ‘home run hitter’, something the Iowa offense desperately needs from this position.
Read this article from Rob Howe for some background on Garmon, who cites the love Iowa fans still show for former Erie, PA star Bob Sanders as one of the things that stood out on his visit to Iowa City.
Howe also alerted his twitter followers
to this article that deals with his off the field battle with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma when he was younger.
The news couldn’t have come at a better time for the program or the Iowa fans, as news of Mika’il McCall’s departure from Iowa had just begun to surface minutes before Garmon made his decision. Iowa expects Marcus Coker to return to the program following his one game suspension (Insight Bowl). Sophomore’s to be Jordan Canzeri, Damon Bull and junior to be De’Andre Johnson are also expected to return for Iowa, but none of those players has much playing time under their belts.
It stands to reason that Garmon will have every opportunity to impress the Iowa coaching staff this coming summer and in fall camp, just as McCall did this past year. Garmon is believed to be Iowa’s 18th verbal commitment in their Class of 2012. Given the early entry to the NFL by offensive tackle Riley Reiff and McCall’s departure from the program, Iowa may wind up with another three or four commitments in this class, at a minimum.
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