Iowa State linebacker Willie Harvey, a redshirt freshman, has started the first four games of his career. File photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune
Linebacker Levi Peters saw his new position mate striding through the Bergstrom Football Complex. The 6-foot, 222-pound frame stood out.
Peters watched him run on the football field. The fluid motion, the smoothness of his strides, were obvious.
It didn’t take Peters long to come to a conclusion last season. Willie Harvey was more than a player. He was the prototype.
“He looks like an elite linebacker,” Peters said.
He’s playing like one, too.