(Council Bluffs, IA) – Iowa Western Community College will be getting a former quarterback from Iowa State University. Hunter Dekkers, who formally played with Iowa State in 2022, will be joining the Reivers football program.
Hunter Dekkers passed for 3,044 yards, the fourth-most in single-season history, with a 66.1% completion percentage in 2022. Both figures led the Big XII Conference and made the Iowa State history books. The reason you didn’t see him in 2023 was due to the redshirt junior being charged back in August due to a state gambling probe which many said was a “warrantless search.” The NCAA denied his final years of eligibility because he placed a bet on his own team, Iowa State, in 2021 in a game that he did not play in. He did appeal the NCAA’s decision but remained at Iowa State as he is still planning to graduate this spring.
The Hawarden, Iowa native has enrolled at Iowa Western Community College, a university with the defending junior college National Champions in football. A spokesperson for Iowa Western confirmed that the former Cyclone is eligible to play for the Reivers.
In an interview with ESPN, Dekkers said, “I’ve dedicated and worked my whole life for this sport and my dream. I can’t let one mistake define my whole entire career. That’s not who I am. I can’t quit because something gets hard.”
He will be joining a team that went 12-1 and 2-0 in conference play.
