Former Kid Captain Overcomes Hearing Loss to Join Iowa Hawkeye Football Team

When Kelby Telander first took to the field at Kinnick Stadium as a walk-on for the Iowa Hawkeyes, he was flooded with memories. Twelve years earlier, he had walked out on the field as a Kid Captain during the program’s first season in 2009. At the time, he thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime shot. Little did he know that one day he would beat the odds and have the opportunity to play football on the same field as a 19-year-old college freshman.