Tyler Linderbaum continues dominant stretch with stellar performance vs. Penn State
Hawkeyes center Tyler Linderbaum is continuing to show the country why he’s arguably the top player at his position this season.
In the Hawkeyes win over Penn State, he pass blocked on 37 snaps and didn’t allow a single sack or pressure allowed. Linderbaum kept everything in front of him which in turn allowed Petras to not be rushed from the interior.
Tyler Linderbaum kept a clean sheet vs #4 Penn State
◼ 37 pass-block snaps
◼ 0 QB pressures allowed
◼ 0 sacks@HawkeyeFootball pic.twitter.com/F69kdlKwZ1— PFF College (@PFF_College) October 10, 2021
Linderbaum also was named to PFF’s Team of the Week after this latest showing. He’s started each game this season and has quickly raised his draft stock in the process.
Iowa mounted a 14-point comeback against the Nittany Lions as they were down 17-3 in the first half and then 20-10 in the 2nd half.
Petras found Nico Ragaini for the game-winning touchdown to make it 23-20 before the Hawkeyes defense sealed it with an interception with a little over 2 minutes left.
The win got the Hawkeyes to 6-0, but don’t lose sight of the fact that Linderbaum’s play was a huge reason why.