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<\/p>\n2026 NFL draft: List of players selected from Iowa, Iowa State<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHEY CAN CLINCH THE SERIES IF THEY GET IT DONE. THEY\u2019RE BACK AT THE REC PLEX. ERIC GRAVES HAS SPENT THE PAST FOUR YEARS AT IOWA SLAM, AND DUE TO THE TURF AND BEING ONE OF THE TOP STUDENT ATHLETES IN AMERICA AS THE NFL DRAFT APPROACHES, HE\u2019S ALSO TACKLING A NEW CHALLENGE. KCCI COLIN HOLT HAS THE STORY COMING TO THE HAWKEYE FOOTBALL FACILITY HAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT FEEL TO IT. NOW FOR ERIN GRAVES. INSTEAD OF WORKING OUT FOR AN UPCOMING IOWA FOOTBALL SEASON, HE DOESN\u2019T KNOW WHERE HE\u2019LL BE PLAYING THIS FALL OR WHAT COLORS HE\u2019LL BE WEARING. THE THING THAT STAYS TRUE THROUGH EVERYTHING IS LIKE IF YOU JUST WORK HARD AND YOU KNOW, DO THE THINGS THAT YOU\u2019VE BEEN TAUGHT MY ENTIRE CAREER, AND ESPECIALLY REINFORCED HERE AT IOWA, LIKE I THINK THINGS WILL WORK OUT IN A WAY THAT GOD HAS PLANNED OUT FOR ME. SO ORIGINALLY FROM SMALL TOWN DAYTON, IOWA, AARON GRAVES LED HIS TEAM TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND BECAME A FAN FAVORITE FOR THE HAWKEYES AND A LEGIT NFL PROSPECT. 37 TACKLES AND FIVE SACKS AS A SENIOR. IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME, GET CALLED AT THE NFL DRAFT, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN TO YOU? YEAH, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A DREAM COME TRUE. ALL THE WHILE, AARON IS JUGGLING BEING A FULL TIME NFL PROSPECT WITH BEING A DAD. HIS SON GREYSON, IS NOW FOUR MONTHS OLD. THIS IS GREYSON WHEN HE WAS JUST ONE DAY OLD, KEEPING TABS ON HIS DAD\u2019S BIG GAME AGAINST NEBRASKA. HOW MUCH HAS BECOMING A DAD CHANGED YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON EVERYTHING FOOTBALL LIFE, THE NFL, I MEAN, IT\u2019S IT\u2019S EASIER SAID THAN DONE, BUT I ALWAYS TRIED TO SEPARATE FOOTBALL FROM MY SELF-WORTH AND SELF-IDENTITY. AND I THINK HAVING A SON KIND OF DOES THAT IN THE SAME WAY. BECOMING A DAD WHERE IT\u2019S LIKE, OH, THERE\u2019S SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME HERE. LIKE, LIKE I\u2019M, I\u2019M DOING THIS THING AND I\u2019M, I\u2019M CHASING MY DREAMS AND THAT\u2019S REALLY IMPORTANT AND ALL THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE MY RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST, LIKE THAT\u2019S, THAT\u2019S UP HERE. FOOTBALL IS DOWN HERE AND THE GRIND DOESN\u2019T STOP FOR AARON. HE\u2019LL START VISITING NFL TEAMS ON SUNDAY HOPING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS PROSPECTS OF GETTING PICKED IN TWO WEEKS. IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME LIKE IN FIFTH GRADE, THAT I WOULD BE HERE RIGHT NOW WITH MY FIRST BORN AND LIKE MARRIED AND TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR THE NFL DRAFT, LIKE I TOLD YOU, YOU\u2019RE CRAZY. KELLEN HOLT KCCI, IOWA\u2019S SPORTS LEADER. GRAVES IS PROJECTED TO BE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
2026 NFL draft: List of players selected from Iowa, Iowa State<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 6:25 PM CDT Apr 23, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n