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Iowa State kicker Cole Netten thanks fans for mean tweets

Kicker Cole Netten is leaving Iowa State as the school's best-ever kicker and all-time leading scorer with 300 career points.

He was the Big 12's best kicker this season, a first-team all-conference selection who made 16 of his 17 field-goal attempts. He was also the most accurate kicker in school history, nailing 79 percent of all field-goal tries in his career.

But it's not easy being a college kicker, no matter how consistent you might be. So on his way out the door, Netten made sure to thank his haters by sharing this collection of mean tweets with a message: "Y'all made me work harder.