Ladell Betts          

Ladell Betts attended Blue Springs High School and lived in Blue Springs, Missouri. He gained 1,813 yards and had 34 touchdowns as a high school junior, and during his senior year, he rushed for 2,183 yards and 32 touchdowns. He was named USA Today's Missouri Player of the Year after earning first team all-state and all-metro honors. He was named a Parade and SuperPrep All-American.

After signing with Hayden Fry at Iowa, he redshirted in 1997. In 1998, he played in all 11 games as a freshman, and set school records for rushing yards in a game and a season by a freshman. He was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection.

In 1999, he led the team in rushing again, and was named Iowa's co-MVP, and was named second team All-Big Ten selection. As a junior in 2000, he had 1,090 yards rushing, and was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection.

As a senior in 2001, he was named second team All-Big Ten after leading the team to its first winning season of his career at Iowa. Overall, he started 43 games and finished as Iowa's #2 all-time leading rusher with 3,686 career yards. He scored 25 touchdowns and added 702 yards receiving. He is the only Hawkeye to ever lead the team in rushing in four different seasons.

He was drafted in the second round (56th overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. He played for the Redskins from 2002-2009, and finished his career with the New Orleans Saints in 2010.

He was named running backs coach at Iowa for the 2021 season after coaching a high school team in Fort Lauderdale.

Born 8/27/1979 and is 45 years old.