Joel Lanning to Go from Ankeny to Iowa State Football

Ankeny quarterback Joel Lanning has given a verbal commitment to join the Iowa State football team over Nebraska.

The 6-foot-2, 215-pound Lanning gave a verbal commitment Sunday night, according to the Des Moines Register.

“I told myself I wanted to make my decision before my senior year, before my sports started,” Lanning told the Register. “So I could just play the games.”

Lanning was 102-of-186 passing last season for 1,723 yards, 18 touchdowns and just three interceptions. He also rushed for 636 yards and five touchdowns.

“He’s excited about it, and it’s a great relief off of his shoulders, too,” Dana Lanning, Joel’s father, told the paper. “He’s had a lot of pressure on him the last few weeks, trying to decide what he wanted to do.”

Lanning is Iowa State’s 14^th verbal commitment for the 2013 recruiting class, but the first from in state.