Cedar Rapids native Jarrod Uthoff had a fantastic, albeit short career with the Iowa basketball team. He led the Hawks to the NCAA Tournament in both his junior and senior season and was an absolute monster his senior year when he averaged 18.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks per game.
His unreal stat line and his contribution to the Hawks led to him being named First Team All-Big Ten, Big Ten All-Defensive Team, and a Consensus Second Team All-American.
Heading into the NBA Draft, experts projected Uthoff to be selected in the middle of the second round, but the story has it that he told teams to not draft him so he could better position himself with the right opportunity so he went undrafted.