Social media reacts to Iowa Hawkeyes landing Ohio State transfer WR Kaleb Brown
After plenty of groans of frustration throughout last season and this spring regarding the offense, the Iowa Hawkeyes‘ fan base was finally rewarded for its patience.
Iowa has a potential star wide receiver joining via the transfer portal.
Ohio State transfer wide receiver Kaleb Brown announced he is donning the black and gold. The 5-foot-10, 197-pound wide receiver comes to Iowa City after one season in Columbus with the Buckeyes.
A graduate of St. Rita High School out of Chicago, Brown was a consensus four-star signee to the Buckeyes. 247Sports ranked Brown as the nation’s No. 78 player overall, as the No. 13 wide receiver and as the No. 3 player from Illinois in the 2022 class.
Per the 247Sports composite ranking, Brown’s 0.9684 composite score would actually rank the highest for a wide receiver recruit in Iowa history. That mark tops Keenan Davis’ 0.9453 score in the 2009 class and Trey Stross’ 0.9190 score in the 2005 class.
Brown took to Instagram to reveal the good news to Hawkeye fans.
After back-to-back seasons where offense has typically been optional in Iowa City, a wide receiver of Brown’s caliber naturally had Hawkeye fans’ emotions in overdrive.
It also wowed some of the national college football voices. As you’d expect, it drew a wide range of reactions. Here were the best reactions as Iowa fans rejoiced following the addition of a potential superstar in Brown.
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HOME
🏠 🏠 🏠 pic.twitter.com/M8bNCOzNIS
— KB (@ikaleb35) May 5, 2023
BOOM
BOOM 🐤👀
— Cade McNamara (@Cademac_12) May 4, 2023
WELCOME TO IOWA CITY
WELCOME TO IOWA CITY KALEB BROWN
pic.twitter.com/buPEmuIc59— SuperHawkeyeFan (@superhawkeyefan) May 4, 2023
Ladies and gentlemen...
— Abdul Hodge (@Abdul_Hodge) May 4, 2023
Look at Portal Kirk go!
#PortalKirk (D1) scholarship additions:
QB: Cade McNamara
TE: Erick All
OL: Rusty Feth, Daijon Parker
WR: Seth Andersen, Kaleb Brown
LB: Nick JacksonPretty, pretty good.
— David Eickholt (@DavidEickholt) May 4, 2023
The panel was floored
— Heavens! (@HeavensFX) May 4, 2023
Let's!
Now let’s throw some balls and catch some balls please! 🏈🏈🏈 pic.twitter.com/H3BsP5pJDQ
— katie💫 (@katiejo_ia) May 4, 2023
What a time to be alive
So Iowa will have a former Michigan quarterback throwing to a former Ohio State wide receiver? College football is bizarre.
— Kelly (@hawkelly) May 4, 2023
First top 100 WR in Hawkeye history
If you went by Kaleb Brown's HS ranking (78th) he'd be the first top 100 WR recruit in Iowa history. https://t.co/wgd5lRfAZa
— Chris Hummer (@chris_hummer) May 4, 2023
Bravo, Hawkeyes
Iowa officially knocked it out of the park in the transfer portal. Anything else they get is just gravy. They filled every need with absolute studs and found guys that fit Iowa. I’m so impressed
— Rick Webster (@TheRickWebster) May 4, 2023
Respect, Buckeye Fett
We make fun of Iowa for bad offense, but pulling in Cade McNamara, Erick All, and Kaleb Brown in one offseason is a pretty impressive rebuild
— Buckeye Fett™ (@BuckeyeFett) May 4, 2023
SWARM had itself a day
SWARM had a really good day today. I hope everybody else did, too!! Go Hawks!!!
— Bradley Heinrichs (@HeinrichsBrad) May 4, 2023
If you like nice things...
A friendly reminder that if you like feeling good about Iowa Football getting good players, considering joining @IowaSwarm.
— Cody Hills (@ByCodyHills) May 4, 2023
And now it looks like this
Among the #Hawkeyes' 2023 receiving corps:
Kaleb Brown
Luke Lachey
Erick All
Seth Anderson
Nico Ragaini
Diante Vines— John Steppe (@JSteppe1) May 4, 2023
Make your jokes
Here’s Kaleb Brown’s lone catch at Ohio State – a third-down screen (make your jokes, Hawkeye fans).
As he makes the grab, Joel Klatt is talking about Iowa’s need to sustain offensive drives.
Now they hope Kaleb Brown is part of the solution. pic.twitter.com/Xcok3q4VQY
— Mitch Fick (@MCFick) May 4, 2023
Just let us enjoy this, alright?!?
Kaleb Brown going from Ohio State offensive attack especially the passing game to Iowa offense has to be a mind trip once he experiences it. I hope he goes there and balls out.
— jbook™ (@jbook37) May 5, 2023
Squidward is a fan
KALEB BROWN pic.twitter.com/VVwhYXnjmh
— austin (@AustinJRoberts) May 4, 2023
More love from Buckeye fans
Former Ohio State WR Kaleb Brown has committed to Iowa. Big get for the Hawkeyes. Good luck to him! pic.twitter.com/ijvK4Tq9vx
— The Buckeye Nut (@TheBuckeyeNut) May 4, 2023
Big Ten Venn
Big Ten Venn pic.twitter.com/PJOsyUEsj2
— Heavens! (@HeavensFX) May 4, 2023
You should get away more often?
In two trips I’ve taken throughout the course of this bachelor party and wedding:
* Caitlin Clark game-winner
* Iowa historic comeback over MSU
* Bodey McCaslin commits to Iowa
* Kaleb Brown commits to Iowa (highest rated WR to ever commit to Iowa).Cool.
— David Eickholt (@DavidEickholt) May 5, 2023
Sorry, David. It's strictly business.
David is never welcome back in this state after this 😂😂 https://t.co/aaD03L0RHd
— Hawkeye Recruiting (@Iowa_Recruiting) May 4, 2023
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