By DARREN MILLER
hawkeyesports.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- It was a bountiful crop of high school offensive linemen in Northwest Iowa last season and the University of Iowa corralled four good ones, including Brett Waechter.
Waechter is from Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, Jake Newborg is from West Lyon, and Landan and Levi Paulsen are from Woodbury Central. They are all Hawkeyes.
Waechter said the coaching staff is the primary reason he wanted to attend the UI, but it didn’t hurt that he knew the other three linemen “neighbors.