George Kittle Heaps Praise On Fellow Hawkeye Caitlin Clark

The NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament and the WNBA Draft may be in the books, but the Caitlin Clark effect is still… uh… in full effect, and San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle is feeling it.

Kittle and his wife Claire — who used to be an Iowa basketball player — were in the house for Clark and Co.'s second-round game against West Virginia at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

While they were there, they got the chance to talk to the new Indiana Fever guard.

"She's incredibly personable. She's charismatic. She's just so authentic," Kittle said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "She doesn't fake anything. She's very interested in everything you're talking about. She's great to have a conversation with. You can tell how much she loves her teammates."

Alright, I know what you're thinking: she's just being nice to some VIPs like the Kittles. The true mark of a good person is how they treat everyone.

Well, Kittle got to see that too.

"We were hanging out in the training room after the game just to get away from the crowd a little bit," Kittle said. "She comes in, hugs all the athletic trainers, talks to everybody, talks to us a little bit, and you just see how much people care for her. She has this incredible reputation that she's built day in and day out. So, she's done that and just so excited for her."

It sounds like Clark is as advertised, and there's photographic proof in case you thought Kittle was just doing some PR legwork for a fellow Hawkeye.

Clark had done an incredible job building a name for herself in college, she'll just have to continue doing the same and putting up numbers at the professional level.

A lot of people will be watching, both at home and in WNBA arenas. Several teams have already set plans to move their games into bigger arenas when the Indiana Fever come to town.