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Hawkeye 2-sport star Brody Brecht drops football to focus on baseball

IOWA CITY - Iowa Hawkeye 2-sport star Brody Brecht has decided to drop football to focus on baseball, the University announced.

IOWA CITY – Iowa Hawkeye 2-sport star Brody Brecht has decided to drop football to focus on baseball, the University announced.

Ankeny, Iowa, native Brody Brecht, just a sophomore, has competed as a wide receiver for the Iowa Hawkeye football team. He is also a top-performing pitcher for the Iowa baseball team. He was recently named the D1 Baseball Pitcher of the Week for his strong outings early this season on the diamond as Iowa raced out to a 17-3 record thus far.

Brecht and the University announced his decision to focus on baseball moving forward:

“I want to say thank you,” Brecht said Friday. “Thank you to the great Hawkeye fans for your unwavering support. Thank you to the coaches and staff of the Hawkeye football program for giving me a chance to fulfill my childhood dream as part of this incredible program. Thank you to my football teammates for a lifetime’s worth of great memories. Thank you to my friends and my family for their unwavering support and love. Thank you to God for the blessings of my life, and for the clarity to make the choice I’ve made. Football is my first love. But in the past few years, baseball has become my true passion. With that said, I have decided to step away from football to focus full-time on my college baseball career. I want to be great at baseball and hope to play Major League Baseball in the future. I believe putting my focus fully on baseball is the best way for me to achieve that goal.”

Moon Family Head Football Coach Kirk Ferentz weighed in, saying, “We wish Brody the very best as he focuses solely on his baseball career. He is a talented and dedicated athlete and we are appreciative of his contributions while a member of the football team.”

(PHOTO: BRODY BRECHT Iowa athletics)

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