Essexville-Garber 2018 TE/WR Ben VanSumeren has committed to Iowa

Essexville-Garber 2018 TE/WR Ben VanSumeren committed in front of a crowd in Bay City on Friday afternoon to the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa coaches saw VanSumeren in-person at his game in late September and 2 weeks later the Hawkeyes offered the athletic freak TE.

VanSumeren finished his senior season with an incredible 85 receptions which are good enough to finish tied 9th overall along with Dominique Douglas of Murray-Wright. Where VanSumeren separates himself from the pack is that all the players above him in the record book have played 10-14 games which all 85 catches from VanSumeren have been from the regular season.

For the season VanSumeren had 1,259 receiving yards and 13 receiving touchdowns. On the groundVanSumeren has 371 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns.

VanSumeren emerged on our radar 2 year ago as a phenomenal athlete before he turned into a 6'3" 235 lbs total package as a TE/WR. Essexville-Garber Head Coach Jake Coquillard commented on VanSumeren's growth, "Ben’s is an absolute relentless workout warrior! He lifts twice a day if he can and he understands that if he wants to be the best, you have to put in the hard work. He also, catches 100 passes every day, eats 6,000 calories a day and goes to bed usually around 9pm. He sleeps with a football, he buckles a football and buckles it in tothe passenger seat of his car. He wants to be the best!"