The countdown to the start of Iowa football continues with only slightly more than a month to go before kickoff! Next up on the list is a player who could very well emerge as the leader of Iowa’s linebacking corps in 2019.
Iola, Wisconsin (Iola-Scandinavia)
6’3”, 239 lbs
2019 Projection: Starting Middle Linebacker
While Welch has spent his entire career in the black and gold on defense, he was star on both sides of the ball as a high schooler in Wisconsin, earning first team all-conference honors as both a running back and a linebacker during his junior and senior years.