A man heads out fishing. He doesn’t bring bait or a pole. When he gets to a known catfish hole he steps in the water and shoves his hands in trying to grab one.
Josh Coleman sat mesmerized as the Iowa State coaching staff relayed the story. The art of noodling hit home with the avid fisherman as a thought popped into his head.
I have to meet the Cyclones that do this. That’s pretty amazing.
It’s in that moment that ISU reeled in Coleman, a 250-pound defensive tackle from Jacksonville. Sixty-one percent of ISU signees under coach Paul Rhoads are from California, Florida or Texas.