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Washed Up Walkons

Tyler Kluver

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🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this unique episode of the podcast, we sit down with Max White, a standout player Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School, and now has spent the last 4 years on the Iowa Hawkeyes football team. Max shares his journey from being a walk-on to earning a significant role on the team. We delve into his decision to enter the transfer portal, his experiences under Coach Brian Ferentz, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his recruitment process. Max also opens up about the importance of team commitment, his background as the great-grandson of a 1939 Ironman, and his cherished moments in the black and gold. Plus, get insights into his future plans and how he navigates the current landscape of college football with NIL deals and transfer opportunities. Don't miss this in-depth conversation with a true football enthusiast who embodies perseverance and dedication.

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0:00.0	Max White joins the show today.
0:02.1	A little bit of a different story on this one.
0:03.9	A lot of times we're highlighting the super successful career,
0:07.2	sometimes of guys who have gone on to the NFL.
0:09.2	Max is a walk-on.
0:10.0	He spent four years in the program was a part of a stacked running back room that he talks about.
0:15.4	And now he's off to get his time somewhere else.
0:18.2	What was it like being a hawk guy?
0:19.6	What did he learn and a whole lot more?
0:21.5	This is a football guy. Let's washup walk-on's podcast.
0:54.3	The first of its kind tonight with this one, G-bone.
0:57.6	The six years that we've done this, I don't know if we've had an active Iowa football athlete.
1:05.0	Obviously, Max has entered the transfer portal at this point, and we'll get to that here in a second.
1:09.4	We usually wait until guys are done with their career. But last week or so at the time of this recording, I saw Max
1:16.8	entered the transfer portal. Obviously been a big piece to the Iowa Hawkeye football team the last
1:21.4	four years. And I was like, damn, I there's some stuff going on here because there's some roster limits and there's some some rev share and a bunch of things happening in college sports.
1:33.0	I figured it would be a good opportunity to get Max on the show and we'll talk a little bit about that as well as his career at Iowa.
1:39.2	So with that intro, Max, welcome to the show.
1:41.5	Thanks, guys. Thanks for having me.
1:43.3	How are you doing?
1:44.5	Good, good. Yeah, we talked about show. Thanks, guys. Thanks for having me. How are you doing? Good, good.
1:45.8	You're, yeah, we talked about right before you jumped on here.
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