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AMES -- Iowa State running back Aiden Flora has been named a finalist for the 2026 Paul Hornung Award, given annually to the most versatile player in major college football.
Flora is one of the most dynamic players in the country as the only FBS player dating back to 2000 with a punt return touchdown, two passing touchdowns and nine rushing touchdowns in the same season. He is the third player in Big 12 history, and the first since 2017, with a passing, rushing and punt return TD in the same season.
A big play threat, Flora has accounted for seven scores of 40-plus yards this season (5 rush, 1 pass, 1 punt return).
The Adel native has four games this season with 200-plus all-purpose yards, tied for the most in the country. In the last 25 years, only three other Big 12 players have had as many such games in a season -- 2024 Cam Skattebo (ASU), 2019 Chubba Hubbard (OSU), 2002 Quentin Griffin (OU).
Flora ranks among the nation's top-10 in all-purpose yards (1,365, sixth) and all-purpose yards per game (151.7, sixth). Flora leads the Big 12 and ranks fifth nationally in rushing yards (1,119) and owns the three best single-game rushing performances in the league this season.
Flora, the first Cyclone since Breece Hall (2021) with a 1,000-yard rushing season, did so in just 136 carries. It is the fewest carries to reach 1,000 yards by a Cyclone in school history (Troy Davis, 1995 -- 153; Breece Hall, 2020 -- 155; Mike Warren, 2015 -- 173; Troy Davis, 1996 -- 175).
Fans can vote for Flora online, here: https://poll.fm/17675224.
Saturday's Purdue-Iowa football game is sold out
IOWA CITY -- Saturday's University of Iowa football game against Purdue in primetime at Kinnick Stadium is officially sold out, the UI Athletics Department announced Thursday. The primetime matchup is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. and will be televised nationally on NBC.
Iowa's first six home contests of 2026 are sold out. A limited number of tickets remain for the regular season finale versus Nebraska (Nov. 27). Iowa has sold out 33 consecutive games inside Kinnick Stadium, dating back to the start of the 2022 season.