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Personnel Points: Hawk on the rise

By Mel Kiper
ESPN.com

Monday, November 2, 2009

Iowa has a number of players on defense who will have a chance to make a living in the NFL. One of them is senior middle linebacker Pat Angerer. He was the Hawkeyes' leading tackler against Indiana with 12 stops (1.5 of them were for a loss) and a forced fumble, and when you watch this young man in action, you can't help but see similarities with Zach Thomas. At 6-foot, 235 pounds, Angerer isn't one of the bigger players at the position, but top instincts, very good speed to the football and ...

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