Benjamin Brahmer insists that things looked a lot worse than they were when the big Iowa State tight end passed out on the field after getting up from a big hit in the previous game.

A week later, Brahmer was back in the end zone.

Brahmer caught a pass around the 11 with his back to the goal line, then then lunged through four defenders while extending his 6-foot-7 body into the end zone for a 23-yard touchdown in the first quarter of the Cyclones' 20-17 win at TCU on Saturday that snapped a four-game losing streak.

“It was awesome to see Ben get out there again. I know it was a little bit of a scary moment last week for all of us,” linebacker Kooper Ebel said. “He bounced right back. ... He’s a warrior and he’s continued to show up big ways for this team.”

It was the second game in a

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