The Cyclones rushed for two touchdowns Saturday after having none in the first four games. Heavens' touchdown run was set up by Darren Davis' 34-yard scamper down the left sideline. I ran right behind Joe Parmentier, and I was just real happy to score. Heavens, a redshirt freshman from Inglewood, Calif., drew the praise from ISU Head Coach Dan McCarney. He said it was not bad for a converted fullback who was starting his first collegiate game.
Competition is really good at running back right now.
Heavens' father, Jerome Heavens, Sr., played collegiate football at Notre Dame before playing for three teams in the National Football League with the San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears. However, the younger Heavens said he had no desire to follow in his father's footsteps at Notre Dame. I didn't really want to try to live in my father's shadow. I went up there for football camp a few times, and I felt a little pressure, and I didn't want to deal with that. Davis, too, had a role in Saturday's improvements.