Articles Tagged: Kaevon Merriweather

Undrafted free agents are often long shots to make teams’ 53-man rosters, but some players from Iowa, Iowa State and UNI have relatively favorable paths to making their teams.

More defensive backs have been drafted since 2013 than any other position at Iowa.

Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy got an up-close view of Iowa defensive backs Riley Moss and Kaevon Merriweather as they prepared for the NFL Draft and evaluates the pro prospects on this episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast. The longtime NFL scout also offers his thoughts on tight end Sam LaPorta and linebacker Jack Campbell.

Kaevon Merriweather, a self-described “late bloomer” in football, has been “in touch with quite a few teams” ahead of NFL Draft.

Iowa safety Kaevon Merriweather has opted out of the Music City Bowl as he prepares for the NFL Draft, he announced Saturday on social media.

Three players earned first-team or second-team honors from the five preeminent All-America teams.

Jack Campbell again earned first-team All-America recognition, and Kaevon Merriweather was a second-team All-American.

Iowa’s four captains all received invitations to the Senior Bowl, one of the top college football all-star games.

While his traditional statistics do not jump off the page, advanced metrics show Iowa’s Kaevon Merriweather has been one of the most efficient defensive backs in the country.

Iowa senior safety Kaevon Merriweather is a Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week who savors the chance to play against Michigan this Saturday.

Kaevon Merriweather realized in 2020 “what kind of influence that you can have” as an athlete. Along with being a leader on Iowa’s defense on the field, he’s been using his voice off the field to advocate for racial equity.

After leading the FBS with 25 interceptions, Iowa’s secondary will be a younger group in 2022.

Iowa is savoring a rare Big Ten championship game berth, but the Hawkeyes are also working to “win the sucker.”

At all seven home football games this year, 15 to 20 Black Iowa players knelt during the playing of the national anthem. There was no apparent booing or heckling of them. If anything, they got more support from fans than they expected.

Iowa’s secondary is back to its early-season level of production despite the absence of Riley Moss and Terry Roberts.