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Iowa State Linebacker Joins Teammates in One-of-a-Kind NIL Deal with Iowa Pork Producers

Iowa State's Alec Cook joins teammates in Iowa Pork Producers NIL Deal

Matt Wadleigh

Iowa State Linebacker Joins Teammates in One-of-a-Kind NIL Deal with Iowa Pork Producers
Iowa State Linebacker Joins Teammates in One-of-a-Kind NIL Deal with Iowa Pork Producers /
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A few Iowa State football players went viral at the end of September for a never-before-seen NIL deal. Four Cyclones players, Myles Purchase, Tyler Moore, Tommy Hamann and Caleb Bacon, inked an NIL deal with Iowa Pork Producers and filmed a commercial with their jerseys in order, stating "Purchase more ham and bacon." 

Now, fellow Cyclones teammate and linebacker Alec Cook is joining in on the fun. The five released a new video, and at the end of it, Cook comes in and says "Men don't worry, I got this." 

Here is the video, courtesy of the Iowa Pork Producers' social media page: 

Iowa State's We Will Collective is responsible for working this NIL deal, and the Iowa Pork Producers' first video with the other four players immediately went viral when it was released. 

Trish Cook, the president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association, stated how important it is to partner with these student-athletes, per Jeremy Crabtree of On3. 

“These young men are not only great football players, they also have strong academic records and great last names,” Cook said. “We couldn’t be more excited to work with them in this fun initiative to publicize Iowa pork.”

As part of the deal, Iowa Pork Producers will donate $1,000 worth of pork to a food pantry of choice for each of the players. 

Cook took to social media after the video was released with a hilarious statement that read, "Our acting is on point" while tagging the other players. 

Cook is a freshman linebacker from Omaha, Nebraska. 

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MATT WADLEIGH

Matt Wadleigh covers the NIL on FanNation, writing about all of the topsy-turvy deals in the whacky world of college sports. Matt also works as a staff writer for Trojans Wire and Buffaloes Wire at USA Today and covers sports as a whole at ClutchPoints. In the past, Matt has written for various sites, including FanSided, Sportscasting, and many others. Matt attended Fresno State and is a Bulldogs fan through and through, but grew up in Southern California and still holds loyalties to the Padres, Chargers, Lakers, and Aztecs basketball. It's not always easy being a San Diego sports fan, but the future looks bright. Hopefully. 

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