Iowa basketball has certainly been a competitive program under Fran McCaffery, but the Hawkeyes aren’t always in contention with elite recruits. The program is making an effort to change that. One major target comes from near McCaffery’s last coaching stop, Siena. Albany’s Andre Jackson is a composite four-star player and one of the top wings […]
Read MoreIowa Star Has Awesome Plan For After The NFL
Tristan Wirfs is probably less than a year away from the start of an NFL career. He is coming off of an All-Big Ten honorable mention year in 2018, and is an absolute physical specimen. A recent mock 2020 NFL Draft by CBS Sports had Wirfs going in the top 10. It is a bold […]
Read MoreIowa Lands Grad Transfer Target
Bakari Evelyn began his college basketball career in the Big Ten. It appears that he will finish it in that conference as well. Evelyn visited Iowa back in June. The Hawkeyes had help in this recruitment, thanks to a previous relationship with assistant Sherman Dillard. Iowa had been after Evelyn during his recruitment out of […]
Read MoreCBS Sports Unveils College Football ‘Hot Seat Rankings’ Ahead Of 2019 Season
The 2019 college football season is less than two months away. For a few coaches, that means some serious progress has to come soon. Every year, CBS Sports publishes its “hot seat rankings” for every single FBS coach. For some, there is no doubt where they stand. The coaches are judged on a zero-to-five scale, […]
Read MoreIowa Landed Major Recruiting News Wednesday Night
Iowa added a big commitment to its 2020 class on Wednesday evening. Columbus (OH) Grandview Heights three-star tight end Luke Lachey announced he was committing to the Hawkeyes. Lachey is the No. 12 senior in the state of Ohio and the No. 14 tight end in the 2020 class, according to 247Sports’ Composite Rankings. He […]
Read MoreESPN Predicts How Every Iowa Game Will Turn Out This Year
ESPN’s Football Power Index has released its projections for every game on Iowa’s regular season schedule. Once again, the Hawkeyes are expected to be a solid Big Ten team. Kirk Ferentz has had his program on a steady path over the last few years. After some down seasons, the recent Rose Bowl berth seems to […]
Read MoreSI Writer Makes Bold Iowa NFL Draft Prediction
The hype entering the 2019 season is incredibly real for Iowa’s A.J. Epenesa. The star defensive end didn’t even start during the 2018 season, and yet put up pretty huge numbers. Last year, he led the Big Ten with 10.5 sacks from off the bench. With a trio of experienced Iowa defensive linemen gone from […]
Read MoreRecruiting Rankings Update After This Week’s Wave Of Commitments
The spring is a very active time for recruits to camp and visit their top schools, leading to a number of summer commitments. This Fourth of July week has been no different. We’ve seen 44 different players announce commitments since the start of Wednesday, per 247Sports’ running list. Half of them have gone to the […]
Read More2020 WR Diante Vines Announces Iowa Commitment
2020 wide receiver Diante Vines had plenty of offers from Division I schools, but only a few from the Power Five. But this past week he decided to take an offer from one of the biggest schools on his list. On Wednesday, Vines announced on Twitter that he would be committing to the Iowa Hawkeyes. […]
Read MoreNo. 4 TE Recruit Gives Update On When He Plans To Commit
College football and basketball has seen a rising influx of top talents coming down from Canada. This year, one of the best tight end recruits in the 2020 class hails from the city of Windsor: Holy Names star Theo Johnson. The four-star player is listed at 6-foot-6, 245 pounds. He has ideal size to play […]
Read MoreIowa QB Commit Deuce Hogan Worked Out With NFL Star
As the Iowa Hawkeyes get ready for this upcoming season, four-star recruit Deuce Hogan is also working hard this offseason. He isn’t going to be on campus until 2020, but his latest workout should have his future coaching staff intrigued. The Faith Christian product is the No. 18 pro-style quarterback in the 2020 class, per […]
Read MoreIowa Star Received Police Citation Over The Weekend
Tristan Wirfs is a serious talent along the offensive line for Iowa. This past season, he was an honorable mention All-Big Ten player. That came after he started 12 of the Hawkeyes’ 13 games as a sophomore. The missed start was the season opener, for which he was suspended after being arrested for driving a […]
Read MoreIowa G Connor McCaffery Suffered Injury Playing Baseball
The 2019-20 college basketball season is more than a few months away from starting up, which is actually good news for the injury-plagued Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa is coming off a strong season that ended in the Round of 32 against Tennessee. The team is losing two key contributors in Tyler Cook and Isaiah Moss, as […]
Read MoreLatest Commits Result In Major Changes To Big Ten Recruiting Rankings
It’s one of the busiest times of the year for recruiting in college football as programs look to bolster their 2020 class. There have been so many commitments over the past few days that the recruiting rankings in the Big Ten saw a major shift. Ohio State has held the title of best recruiting class […]
Read MoreIowa Unveils Special Jersey For Home Game Vs. Penn State
Black and Gold has been Iowa’s color scheme for decades, but the team has largely used black jerseys with gold pants for home games and white jerseys with black and gold trim for away games. But the Hawkeyes plan to change things up this year, and are introducing a special jersey for a special game. […]
Read MoreSportsbook Releases Win Totals For Almost Every College Football Team
As sports betting starts to become legal throughout the country, expect to see more about sportsbooks like FanDuel. The online book is among those available to bettors in New Jersey right now. On Wednesday, it published win totals available for futures bets for just about every FBS program in the country. One of the 130 […]
Read MoreUpdate To Iowa Commit Who Broke Vertebrae In Spine In Pool Accident
Back in September, Iowa landed a commitment from Michael Lois. The three-star Wisconsin native remains a member of the Hawkeyes recruiting class. An off-field injury has unfortunately left his Hawkeyes playing career in serious jeopardy. Just weeks after his pledge, Lois broke three vertebrae in his back during a pool accident. Lois is expected to […]
Read MoreBill Belichick Praises Kirk Ferentz After Coaching Retreat
Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz decided to take his staff to visit one of his former employers for a retreat. That former employer just so happens to be six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick. Judging from the New England Patriots head coach’s reaction, he holds Ferentz in high regard. Per The Daily Iowan, Belichick praised […]
Read MoreIowa’s ‘Biggest Recruiting Weekend’ In Years Has Had Huge Results
Entering this weekend’s Iowa football recruiting event, one Hawkeyes’ recruiting analyst said it might be the biggest the program has had in at least 17 years. It may be hard to know for sure, but the results have been there. Iowa’s 2020 class currently sits at 20 players. Six have come since Friday, when the […]
Read MoreIowa Gets Another Commitment After Big Recruiting Weekend
Iowa football had a huge weekend recruiting, and it rolled right over into Monday. The Hawkeyes just added a commitment from a coveted out-of-state defensive end. Taking to Twitter, Winona (Minn.) High School three-star defensive end Aaron Witt announced that he would be committing to the Hawkeyes. Witt officially visited Iowa this month. A former […]
Read MoreIowa Adds Commitment After Major Recruiting Weekend
Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes have been very busy this weekend. They’ve been hosting a large swath of recruits this weekend, and it would appear their efforts have been paying off. Taking to Twitter on Sunday, defensive end Lukas Van Ness announced he would be joining Iowa in 2020. Van Ness is the fifth recruit […]
Read MoreIowa Hawkeyes Land Top Offensive Line Recruit
Teams across the country are hosting their biggest recruiting weekend of the summer, and it appears the Iowa Hawkeyes are already off to a hot start. Iowa is expecting its largest recruiting weekend in 17 years. This is a tremendous opportunity for the program to build heading into the future. Reports state that 22 recruits […]
Read MoreIowa Football Set For ‘Biggest Recruiting Weekend In 17 Years’
This weekend rings in the official start of summer. College football recruiting has started to heat up again, and many schools are putting a ton of focus on this weekend, including the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa’s already off to a hot recruiting start for the 2020 cycle. The Hawkeyes have 14 players pledged as of this […]
Read MoreIowa QB Nate Stanley Reacts To Huge WR Transfer News
The addition of former Michigan wide receiver and four-star recruit Oliver Martin is a big one for Iowa. Perhaps no one will benefit more than quarterback Nate Stanley. The Hawkeyes signal caller is entering his senior year as one of the more established quarterbacks in the Big Ten. The team could also use some help […]
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