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Iowa football: Drew Tate recalls first time he met Robert Gallery

Drew Tate was one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the black and gold and specifically for Kirk Ferentz, but even one of the more confident quarterbacks in Hawkeyes history had some “oh crap” moments when he joined the Iowa football team.

As a four-star quarterback recruit out of Texas, Tate was known as a gunslinger despite his relatively small stature. Standing at 6’0” and 170 pounds soaking wet, he was a bit on the small side so it only makes sense that when he came to Iowa City and stood next to Robert Gallery who is an absolute massive human being at 6’7” and 325 pounds, he was a little worried.