Four Iowa State football players suspended

Tommy Birch | The Des Moines Register

Four true freshmen on the Iowa State football team have been suspended indefinitely for what Cyclones coach Matt Campbell called “multiple incidents of poor choices and behavior.”

The suspensions of Tayvonn Kyle, Jaeveyon Morton, Joseph Scates and Dallas Taylor-Cortez were announced in a Friday press release. According to the release, the four, while suspended, will not have any involvement with team activities or access to the team’s facilities while they.

"I would emphasize that these suspensions are not related to any one incident but rather a pattern of conduct that will not be tolerated within our Iowa State football program,” Campbell said in the statement.

None of the four are listed on Iowa State's depth chart. But with the NCAA's new rule allowing more playing time for freshmen to play without burning a redshirt, the four could have been in line for possibly playing time.

Iowa State opens the season on Sept. 1 against South Dakota State.

Kyle is a 5-foot-11, 160-pound wide receiver. Morton is a 5-9, 180, defensive back. Scates is a 6-2, 181 wide receiver. And Cortez is a 6-2, 160 defensive back.

"The reality from my end of it is, we have a standard here," Campbell said following Iowa State's Victory Day on Friday night. "There's expectations and consistency of that standard is (something) I evaluate every day in our program. And, if you're not living by it, one of the things that you have to know is that it's a privilege to be able to play this sport here."

So, what's next?

"We'll evaluate it," Campbell said. "We'll evaluate them just like we do all of our kids and make decision downs the road."