Iowa State's defensive back Brian Peavy led the team with 82 tackles last season. File Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune
One night, Matt Campbell couldn’t sleep. He turned on the TV. A replay of the Iowa State-Texas football game from last season popped up.
Campbell is drawn in and what stands out most in the ISU win is one of the smallest Cyclones. Campbell can’t look away from 5-foot-9 cornerback Brian Peavy.
“There is (Peavy) making some huge plays in one-on-one coverage in that game when he had to make plays,” Campbell said.
It’s exactly what Campbell wants to see, and his in-person assessment of Peavy is the same as what he saw when insomnia struck.