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Iowa football: Stats do lie when analyzing AJ Epenesa’s performance

There’s been a lot of chatter through three games from Iowa football fans wondering where star player AJ Epenesa in games. They haven’t seen him destroy 1 on 1 matchup against tackles or ruin a quarterbacks life as much as they had hoped when the 2019 season started. And with one sack through three games, Epenesa is on pace to record just four sacks this season, far below his Big Ten-leading 10.5 sacks last year.

But sacks don’t always tell the full story, and with AJ Epenesa that couldn’t be truer.

Teams are game-planning specifically around Epenesa.