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The Impact of Freshmen on the 2017 Iowa State Football Roster

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Matt Campbell has said since day one that nobody’s position is safe. That he guarantees no starting spots on this roster.

That he loves competition.

These words resonate throughout the Jacobson building and Bergstrom indoor practice facility day in, and day out.

The foundation was laid with the current crop of returning players, and while ISU lost a few of those cornerstones from a year ago to graduation, this staff has made transcendent moves to get top notch talent into Ames – ala the highest rated class in school history in 2017.

Not only are we going to touch on some names from that class that could make some noise for playing time this year, but we will also look back to the 2016 class and that group of redshirt freshman who are chomping at the bit to make an impact in 2017.