Coming into the 2008 football season, the Iowa Hawkeyes had many question marks including who would carry the load at running back. The time the season had ended, Iowa fans had just witnessed the greatest single season by a running back in Iowa football history.
Shonn Greene arrived on campus in 2006 and recieved minimal playing time as a freshman and sophmore. As everyone has heard by now, Greene was forced to take 2007 off to get his grades up. Often times when a player leaves the program for a year they never come back. It is a true credit to Greene's decication that not only did he make it back, he made it back with a chip on his shoulder.
Greene's 2008 season was history. He rushed for over 100 yards in all 13 games, won the Doak Walker award given to the best running back, was a first team all american and set Iowa rushing marks with 1850 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Green's storybook year concluded when he was the first pick of the third round by the New York Jets. Greene's 2008 season at Iowa helped set the program back on the right track while he carved his way into Iowa Hawkeye history.
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