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Caitlin Clark precocious was nan first prime of nan WNBA Draft aft a record-setting assemblage hoops career, but she isn't nan only Hawkeye to spell pro this month.
Cornerback Cooper DeJean will much than apt perceive his sanction called Thursday nighttime and find a location successful nan NFL.
Despite going pro successful football, DeJean made a bold prediction astir his athleticism.
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Cooper DeJean says he thinks he tin hit chap Iowa Hawkeye Caitlin Clark successful a crippled of one-on-one. (Getty Images)
DeJean told Yahoo Sports "a batch of teams" asked him if he could hit Clark successful a crippled of one-on-one basketball.
"I said I deliberation I can," he admitted. "She'd astir apt people a fewer buckets connected me, but I deliberation I could propulsion it off."
In DeJean's defense, he did person a beautiful bully hoops profession — successful precocious school.
He was a three-year varsity hoops subordinate while attending OABCIG High School successful Ida Grove, Iowa, scoring 1,832 points. That's 45 much points than NBA subordinate Harrison Barnes scored successful Iowa during his profession (but 55 down Detroit Lions tight extremity T.J. Hockenson).
Cooper DeJean of nan Iowa Hawkeyes plays against nan Minnesota Golden Gophers astatine Huntington Bank Stadium Nov. 19, 2022, successful Minneapolis. (David Berding/Getty Images)
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But Clark is arguably nan top women's assemblage hoops subordinate of each time.
Earlier this year, she became nan NCAA's all-time starring scorer, putting up 3,951 points during her 4 years, among galore different assemblage records. She played successful back-to-back nationalist championships pinch Iowa but mislaid both.
Recently, she signed a reported $28 cardinal endorsement woody pinch Nike that will see her ain signature shoe. After nan Indiana Fever drafted her, her jersey sold retired wrong an hour.
Caitlin Clark speaks astatine a property convention aft she was selected pinch nan No. 1 wide prime BY nan Indiana Fever successful nan 2024 WNBA Draft astatine Brooklyn Academy of Music successful Brooklyn April 15, 2024. (Vincent Carchietta/USA Today Sports)
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She besides was nan prima of nan 4 most-viewed women's assemblage hoops games of each time, 3 of them Iowa's last 3 games of this astir caller March Madness tournament.
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