Former Lincoln-Way East football standout Adam Gettis was picked in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday by the Washington Redskins.
His old high school football coach said it best. “I think RG3 just got a new personal body guard,” Lincoln-Way East’s Rob Zvonar said after the Washington Redskins picked Adam Gettis in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday afternoon. Gettis, 6 feet 2 and 293 pounds, is an offensive guard who played three years at Lincoln-Way East (2004-2006) and then went on to win the Hayden Fry “Extra Heartbeat” Award as a senior at the Iowa. Gettis earned second-team All-Big Ten honors while helping the Hawkeyes post a 7-6 record. His college career ended with a thud: Iowa dropped a 31-14 decision to Oklahoma in the Insight Bowl. His pro career began with the phone ringing and his closest friends and family hooting and hollering in the …
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Senior offensive lineman Adam Gettis named a co-winner of Iowa's Hayden Fry Extra Heartbeat Award.
Adam Gettis is known for giving a little bit extra in the football trenches. Gettis, a 6-foot-4, 280-pound senior offensive lineman at the University of Iowa and former Lincoln-Way East standout, was recognized for his diligence during the Hawkeyes' annual awards banquet Saturday at the Marriott Coralville Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville, Iowa. He was named as a co-winner of the Hayden Fry Extra Heartbeat Award. For Gettis, the award followed on the heels of productive season. He was named to the coaches' second All-Big Ten team after starting every game at offensive left guard for the Hawkeyes. He shared the "Heartbeat" honor with teammate Tyler Nielsen. The Hayden Fry Award is given in honor of Iowa's Hall of Fame coach. Hayden…
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Jim Giglio
4:06 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
Incredible young man from an Incredible family ! He has the desire,ability and character to have a long productive NFL career , Congrats to the Gettis Family ! more ›