![]() 'Even when you talk from the start of the season to where we're at today, I think (his consistency) has certainly grown,” Campbell said. Hakeem has always had a high ‘want to.'”Ĭampbell's challenge to Butler isn't just to make the spectacular play that'll land him on SportsCenter or on 'You got Mossed” but to be a consistently good football player who can make the ordinary play all the time. ![]() Where his growth has been phenomenal - even over the last nine months - is just in terms of what it takes to be an elite level football player. 'Even last year, as talented as our receiving corps was, and I think he was bar none, one of the most talented guys that I've ever had the opportunity to coach at the wide receiver position. 'Hakeem has always been an extremely athletic and gifted athlete,” ISU Coach Matt Campbell said. 9.īutler was a 1-star recruit out of high school, and he admitted he was very raw, so it might be fair to say he's more than two times better. He also wears 18 because he likes to say he's two times better than he was in high school, when he wore No. ![]() 18 now, which was Moss' number when he played for the Oakland Raiders. He was a Ravens fan, but he always followed Moss. You will begin to receive our Daily Sports updates. Even back then, he said he'd 'Moss” the other kids. He also has eight touchdowns, just for good measure.Īll of that gets more amazing when you remember the 6-foot-6 Butler has only played organized football for five years.īutler grew up in Baltimore, where he played football with the other neighborhood kids, so he wasn't completely new to the sport. Saturday (FS1), which will be Butler's next opportunity to make jaws drop.īutler leads the nation with 24 yards per reception and he has nine of the 11 longest plays from an Iowa State player this season, including the longest - an 83-yard touchdown against Kansas. It's unfair to expect Butler to make a ridiculous play every week, but at the same time it's almost surprising when he doesn't. 'I had an 84 jersey when he was with the Vikings and he was always my favorite player. 'He sent me the video and it was Randy Moss and that was so surprising to me because I grew up loving Randy Moss,” Butler said. He led it off with Butler's catch over Kansas' Hassan Defense. The video was Randy Moss doing his popular weekly 'You got Mossed” segment on ESPN.
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