Players to Keep: Bradley Fletcher  This is a story about
perseverence. A tale of improvement and resilience.  Bradley
Fletcher has seen some adversity of late. He now has two torn
ACL's to complement his resume. While some see this as a
negative, Bradley will make it a positive. The reason to keep
him after the jump.  In 2004 Fletcher had a decision to make.
Football, or basketball. As a high school senior, he was an all
state basketball player in Ohio. He had many offers to play
basketball at big conference schools. Football, only mid major
schools. His passion was football.. He didn't have many offers
to play football., even though he had 74 tackles and several
sacks his senior year. Iowa offered. He went.  He arrived at the
University of Iowa determined to make his mark as a football
player, and his senior season of high school was his resume.
Like many freshman, he ran into guys that were every bit as good
as he. Better, in fact. This is the usual progression, and
nothing to be ashamed of. He redshirted.