Commit Mitchell Meyers to play DT, pumped for Big 12

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher The experts will tell you that defensive tackle is the hardest position to recruit in college football. Paul Rhoads just snagged one for his class of 2012 in an unconventional way. Mitchell Meyers plays defensive end for his high school in The Woodlands, Tex. When Meyers arrives on Iowa State’s campus in the summer of 2012, he’ll be a defensive tackle. Meyers’ goal from now until then is simple. Put on weight. “I am relieved that this process is over,” Meyers told CycloneFanatic.com. “Now that I know where I’m going, I can just focus on my season and try to put weight on. I’m going to hit the weights hard.” Meyers welcomes the challenge in becoming a Big 12 defensive tackle. It won’t be completely foreign to him upon arrival in Ames though. Meyers has experience up the middle. Meyers was second-team All-District at nose guard as a sophomore. “I feel like I can p...