Former Northeast star Jeff Brinson primed for bigger role at Iowa

Former Northeast star Jeff Brinson primed for bigger role at Iowa:

After sitting out last season, former Northeast standout Jeff Brinson has rocketed up the depth chart at Iowa, so much that he could be the Hawkeyes' starting running back for their season opener against Northern Iowa on Sept. 5. Brinson headed into this season as the No. 2 back behind Jules Hampton. But Hampton sustained a knee injury in non-contact drills two weeks ago. Hampton will not surgery, but will most likely miss time recovering before the season opener. “I know I’m definitely going to get a chance to see some playing time,” Brinson said."

Tampbay.com it is Jewel Hampton not Jules! LOL! Anyhow I am really excited to see Jeff in action. I have heard a lot of similarities with him and Shonn from practice. He is a powerful, downhill runner with good burst of speed. A Northeast High player posted the following about Jeff, "man thats good for him i saw him workin out while northeast was workin out he is fast and big he will run over people like nothing." If Jeff's 4.5 in the 40 is legit then he is faster than Shonn. Shonn weighed around the 230lb mark toward the end of last year. By all accounts, Jeff should be close to 225lbs by season start. They are exactly the same height. It will be very interesting to see Jeff on the field and how he compares to Shonn's sophmore year when I knew he would be a special RB.