Logan Bacon Joins 'Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon' Roster

October 7, 2024

Iowa State freshman walk-on Logan Bacon earned a spot in the ‘Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon’ promotion with his impressive tryout for the viral campaign with the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Bacon, the younger brother of Cyclone junior linebacker and original ‘Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon’ roster member Caleb Bacon, was the final student-athlete to try out for the promotion.

The Lake Mills, Iowa native showed up with a wheelbarrow full of bacon, and wisely declared, “Because, you can never have too much bacon!” The judges quickly agreed. 

Additionally, Tommy Hamann made a surprise return to give his stamp of approval. Due to the addition of Logan Bacon, the ‘Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon’ campaign will henceforth be known as ‘Purchase Moore Bacon Hamann Bacon'. The obvious goal is to encourage everyone to purchase bacon, ham and other delicious pork products.

You can watch Logan Bacon's tryout video, with Tommy Hamann's return, at this link.

Logan Bacon joins Myles Purchase, Tyler Moore, Tommy Hamann, Caleb Bacon, Alec Cook and Zach Lovett in the promotion that launched last September and quickly went viral across social media, earned national media attention, and was named the Best NIL Deal of 2023 by the Sports Business Journal.

Logan Bacon was one of 19 Iowa State student-athletes to appear in the tryout videos. Like his older brother Caleb, Bacon joined the Iowa State football roster as a preferred walk-on. Caleb emerged as one of the team’s best defensive players last year and earned a full scholarship from Iowa State University at the end of last season. Logan Bacon hopes to follow in his brother’s footsteps, in multiple ways.

“It’s definitely a blessing to be able to get this opportunity right away,” Logan Bacon said. “I haven’t really done much yet, I just have a cool last name, and it’s been a lot of fun so far. The people at Iowa State have been great. All the coaches, the staff, the players, everyone takes you in with open arms, so I’m really blessed to be part of it.”

The Iowa State football team started this season 5-0 and they are currently ranked 11th in the nation.

“It’s really cool having Logan join this effort, especially with him having essentially the same start that I had as a preferred walk-on coming into the Iowa State program,” Caleb Bacon said. “I look forward to seeing him progress and hopefully have a lot of success.”

The Iowa Pork Producers Association is donating $1,000 worth of pork to every video tryout participant’s food pantry of choice. The Bacon brothers both chose the Lake Mills Food Shelf in Lake Mills, Iowa. That $2,000 worth of pork equals approximately 2,700 servings of protein to fight food insecurity in their hometown.

“It’s huge, especially for a little town like we’re from,” Caleb Bacon said. “All that pork is important to them. That will help feed families in our town that need some help. It’s just really rewarding to be able to give back to the community that we started from and we’re really glad the Iowa Pork Producers can do that for them.”

The updated list of food banks and pantries that will each receive $1,000 worth of pork for the student-athletes’ participation in the ‘Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon’ videos includes:

  • Food Bank of the Rockies in Denver, Colo., in the name of Myles Purchase
  • Food Bank of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa, in the name of Tyler Moore
  • Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners in Plymouth, Minn., in the name of Tommy Hamann
  • Lake Mills Food Shelf in Lake Mills, Iowa, in the name of Caleb Bacon
  • Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha, Neb., in the name of Alec Cook
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in the name of Zach Lovett
  • Food Bank of Iowa, in Des Moines, Iowa, in the name of Abu Sama III
  • St. Theresa Catholic Church Food Bank, in Des Moines, Iowa, in the name of Isaiah Seymour
  • Mahomet Helping Hands Food Pantry in Mahomet, Ill., in the name of Wyatt Bohm
  • Loving Hearts Outreach Food Pantry in Washington, Mo., in the name of Trevor Buhr
  • Second Harvest Heartland Food Bank in Brooklyn Park, Minn., in the name of Stevo Klotz
  • River Bend Food Bank in Davenport, Iowa, in the name of Xavier Hamilton
  • Kossuth County Food Pantry in Algona, Iowa, in the name of Audi Crooks 
  • First Church United Food Pantry in West Liberty, Iowa, in the name of Kelsey Joens
  • Derby Community Food Pantry in Derby, Kan., in the name of Addy Brown
  • Denton Community Food Center in Denton, Texas, in the name of Alisa Williams
  • Cubbie’s Cupboard in Nevada, Iowa, in the name of Carson Rhodes
  • Food Equality Initiative in Lenexa, Kan., in the name of Dominique Orange
  • Lake Mills Food Shelf in Lake Mills, Iowa, in the name of Logan Bacon

October is National Pork Month, aka ‘Porktober’. The ‘Purchase Moore Bacon Hamann Bacon’ initiative is a key component of Porktober in Iowa. Hy-Vee grocery stores are promoting the campaign to encourage consumers to buy more pork products. In-store displays featuring the Cyclone players went up in 200 Hy-Vee stores across the Midwest. 

Hy-Vee will give away free bacon for a year to 20 recipients and Blackstone Griddles to 10 recipients in conjunction with the promotion. To qualify, consumers simply need to purchase pork at any of the 200 participating Hy-Vee stores between now and October 31 and scan their Hy-Vee PERKS card at checkout. Hy-Vee operates grocery stores in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

All the ‘Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon’ videos can be found on the Iowa Pork Producers Association’s Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube channels. The full video series is available for your use at this link. 

A high resolution image featuring Purchase Moore Bacon Hamann Bacon is available for your use at this link.