Yet Another Haluska

How ‘bout that Haluska family? Adam played basketball for Iowa, leading the Big Ten in scoring as a senior. And Sean just finished his senior season at Iowa State, playing a large role off the bench.

Now there’s another athletic Haluska ready to enter the world of Division 1 athletics. 6-foot-4 Blake Haluska, the younger brother of Adam and Sean, earned third-team all-state in basketball at the Class 3A level this past season as a junior. The Carroll High School star is a good basketball player, but that’s not where his future lies.

Unlike Adam and Sean, Blake projects as a D-1 football player. Blake raised eyebrows with a huge junior season at the quarterback position. He threw for a school-record 2,385 yards, tossed 26 touchdowns compared to eight interceptions and completed 60.7 percent of his passes, working out of a spread offensive scheme.

“He is a fantastic athlete at quarterback,” Webster City head coach Bob Howard told the Daily Freeman-Journal. “He throws the ball very well and he runs very well. He's good, he's very good.”

According to rivals.com, Blake has received interest from Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin. While those teams have yet to offer a scholarship, a solid senior year would likely be enough to bring a few his way. Marc Morehouse of the Cedar Rapids Gazette wrote back in February that Blake would “earn his share of offers.”

Haluska is described as a dual-threat quarterback who, at 185 pounds, must add strength and weight. He rushed for 272 yards and four touchdowns to go along with his abilities as a passer, helping him earn first-team all-state for Class 3A.

His pedigree certainly won’t hurt his recruitment. His brother Adam was a great student, amazing athlete and is one heck of a nice person.

Last year I got a chance to interview Adam for a class. He seemed like he actually enjoyed talking to me. He didn’t seem at all annoyed to answer questions and he wished me good luck on my article. In addition, his dad Steve is the principal at Carroll High School.

I have yet to see Blake play, but from what I can gather, he’s a solid major college prospect, who Iowa certainly will take a long look at. If he’s half as talented as Adam, he’d be worth a scholarship offer. He would be a great character-guy with the measurables of a Big Ten quarterback. Perhaps he could be a solid developmental signal caller. I expect Iowa to eventually offer.


*Photo from the Daily Freeman-Journal. Blake Haluska is No. 11, in orange.