Darby re-opens his recruiting

Iowa wide receiver recruit Frank Darby did not sign with the Hawkeyes in February because he still had some more work to do academically. After improving his SAT score, the 6-foot-1, 180-pound Darby visited Iowa City this weekend to discuss the next step in his recruitment. Instead of finalizing things however, the two-star prospect will now be opening it back up again, according to Jersey City Lincoln head coach Robert Hampton.

“First of all, classy people at Iowa,” said Hampton, who traveled to Iowa City with Darby this weekend. “We loved them, but they thought he needed more academic seasoning and suggested he should go to prep school this fall.”

“He doesn’t want to do that,” Hampton continued. “He feels like he’s qualified academically and wants to compete now, so he’s going to open it up and be recruited again and they understood that.”

Hampton expects Rutgers and Temple to be two possible options for Darby, but others could emerge this spring. As a senior, Darby earned first team all-state honors last fall after finishing the season with 34 catches for 1,015 yards and 11 touchdowns for Lincoln.

See highlights from Darby’s senior year in the video below.