Depth Chart Monday

Defensive end Drew Ott was named Big Ten Conference defensive player of the week for his performance in Iowa's 17-13 win over Ball State last weekend.

It's the first Big Ten honor is the first for Ott (6-foot-4, 270-pounds), a junior from Trumbull, Nebraska. (Giltner HS). He is the first Hawkeye to earn the honor this season. Three Iowa players earned the conference defensive honor on four occasions in 2013.

Ott recorded a team and career-high 13 tackles against BSU. He also had 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack and forced fumble that sealed the victory with 25 seconds left.

The Iowa defense held Ball State's offense to six points, 90 rushing yards and 219 yards total offense.

In two games, Ott has recorded 17 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. He ranks third in the Big Ten in tackles for loss and 15th in total tackles. The Iowa defense hasn't allowed a rushing touchdown in two games and ranks second in the Big Ten with seven sacks.

On Iowa State . . .

I'm in Ames today and I think going to write about the mood here. Seems upbeat. The opening loss to North Dakota State could've been absorbed two ways: They could've quit, and right tackle Jacob Gannon did in fact quit. Or they could've responded the way they did last week against Kansas State, a gutty and nearly winning effort against a highly favored opponent.

The first line I saw for ISU-Iowa was 15.5 in favor of the Hawkeyes. So, once again, the shoulder chip for Iowa's opponent is heavily in play.

Iowa State wide receiver Jarvis West was selected the College Football Performance award punter returner of the week and to the Paul Hornung award honor roll on Monday.

West had 207 total yards while scoring a receiving, passing and punt return touchdown against No. 19 K-State.

More football nerdiness . . .

Iowa's personnel groups last week against Ball State:

11 (one RB, one TE) - 61 (73 percent)

12 (one RB, two TE) - 6 (7 percent)

21 (RB, FB and one TE) - 12 (14 percent)

Empty (five wideouts) - 4 (5 percent)

22 (RB, FB, two TEs) - 3 (4 percent)

Where Iowa's O did stuff . . .

Here's what they did and where they went:

Series 1

- Pass short right (+8 Martin-Manley), run middle (-2 Weisman), pass short right (incomplete, Hillyer target)

Series 2

- (QB was C.J. Beathard) Zone read middle (+3 Parker), run right (+2 Parker), pass right short (+7 Willies), play-action pass left seam (+13 Hamilton), rush middle (+2 Bullock), rush right (-1 Canzeri), pass deep left (incomplete, Powell target, 38-yard TD overturned after replay review)

Series 3

- pass right deep (incomplete, Kittle target, pass interference), rush left (+5 Daniels), rush middle (+8 Daniels), rush left (+2 Daniels), pass short right (incomplete, Duzey target), pass screen right (-1 Bullock)

Series 4

- rush middle (+1 Weisman), pass mid left (+13 Smith), rush left (-2 Parker, fumble ret for TD)

Series 5

- pass short left (+12 Hillyer), pass left mid (+50 Canzeri), pass left short (incomplete, Hillyer target), pass short left (+5 Smith), pass short left (incomplete, Krieger-Coble drop)

Series 6

- pass short middle (+3 Canzeri), pass left flat (+4 Plewa), pass right short (+5 Martin-Manley), rush middle (0 Weisman), pass short middle (incomplete, Bullock target, batted down), rush left (+4 Rudock scramble)

Series 7

- pass short right (+7 Smith), rush left (+5 Daniels), rush middle (-10 Rudock sacked blitz), pass short left (+6 Martin-Manley), pass mid right (+19 Martin-Manley), pass short right (+11 Powell), pass short right (+3 Bullock), pass mid right (+11 Powell), pass short left (incomplete, Hamilton target), pass short left (incomplete, Martin-Manley drop), rush middle (+7 Rudock scramble)

Series 8

- rush left (+7 Canzeri), rush right (+2 Canzeri), rush middle (+8 Weisman), pass short right (+6 Smith), rush left (+17 Canzeri), rush middle (+1 Canzeri), pass mid left (+13 Smith), rush right (+2 Weisman), rush left (+4 Weisman), pass mid short (incomplete, Martin-Manley batted down)

Series 9

- pass deep right (incomplete, VandeBerg target), pass short left (+6 Hillyer), pass short left (+10 VandeBerg), pass short middle (incomplete, Bullock target), pass short left (+5 Martin-Manley screen), pass mid right (incomplete, Smith target)

Series 10

- pass middle deep (incomplete, VandeBerg target), pass short left (+8 Duzey), pass short left (+6 Martin-Manley), rush right (+3 Rudock scramble), pass short middle (incomplete, Bullock target, batted down), pass short middle (+12 Bullock), pass left mid (incomplete, Smith target), pass middle right (+12 Martin-Manley), pass deep right (incomplete, Powell target), pass short left (incomplete, Smith target), pass left middle (incomplete, Hamilton target)

Series 11

- pass deep middle (incomplete, Powell target), pass short right (+6 Martin-Manley), rush left (+5 Bullock), pass short middle (incomplete, Bullock target), rush right (+16 Rudock scramble), pass short middle (+5 Bullock), pass short right (incomplete, Martin-Manley), pass short right (+8 VandeBerg), rush middle (+10 Rudock scramble), pass right mid (+12 Willies TD)

Series 12

- pass mid middle (+16 Smith), pass short middle (+9 Bullock), rush left (+10 Bullock), pass short middle (+6 Duzey), rush middle (+6 Rudock scramble), pass left short (+12 Duzey TD)

Series 13

- Kneel

Iowa at Pitt kick

. . . The Hawkeyes travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers on Sept. 20. The game will kick at 11 a.m. Iowa time and will be televised on ESPN or ESPNU.

TWO DEEPS

Offense

SE - 4 ** Tevaun Smith ^ 6-2 200 Jr. Toronto, Ontario (Kent School, Conn.) 18 Derrick Willies 6-4 210 #Fr. Rock Island, Ill. (Rock Island)

LT - 68 *** Brandon Scherff 6-5 320 Sr. Denison, Iowa (Denison) 75 Ike Boettger 6-6 267 #Fr. Cedar Falls, Iowa (Cedar Falls)

LG - 79 Sean Welsh 6-3 285 #Fr. Springboro, Ohio (Springboro) 52 Boone Myers 6-5 285 #Fr. Webster City, Iowa (Webster City)

C - 63 ** Austin Blythe 6-3 290 Jr. Williamsburg, Iowa (Williamsburg) 58 Eric Simmons 6-2 295 Jr. Madrid, Iowa (Iowa Western CC) OR 57 * Tommy Gaul 6-3 280 Sr. Des Moines, Iowa (Dowling Catholic)

RG - 65 ** Jordan Walsh 6-4 290 Jr. Glendale Heights, Ill. (Glenbard West) 74 Mitch Keppy 6-5 298 So. Port Byron, Ill. (Riverdale)

RT- 78 ** Andrew Donnal 6-7 305 Sr. Montclova, Ohio (Anthony Wayne) 64 Cole Croston 6-5 270 So. Sergeant Bluff, Iowa (Sergeant Bluff-Luton)

TE - 82 *** Ray Hamilton ^ 6-5 252 Sr. Strongsville, Ohio (Strongsville) 80 ** Henry Krieger Coble 6-4 250 Jr. Mount Pleasant, Iowa (Mount Pleasant)

WR - 11 *** Kevonte Martin-Manley 6-0 205 Sr. Pontiac, Mich. (Brother Rice) 89 * Matt VandeBerg ^ 6-1 175 So. Brandon, S.D. (Brandon Valley)

WR - 17 ** Jacob Hillyer 6-4 208 Jr. Somerset, Texas (Somerset) 22 * Damond Powell ^ 5-11 180 Sr. Toledo, Ohio (Rogers HS/Snow CC)

QB - 15 * Jake Rudock 6-3 208 Jr. Weston, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 16 * C.J. Beathard 6-2 203 So. Franklin, Tenn. (Battle Ground Academy)

RB - 45 ** Mark Weisman 6-0 240 Sr. Buffalo Grove, Ill. (Stevenson) OR 5 *** Damon Bullock 6-0 205 Sr. Mansfield, Texas (Mansfield) 33 ** Jordan Canzeri 5-9 192 Jr. Troy, N.Y. (Troy) OR 29 * LeShun Daniels, Jr. ^ 6-0 230 So. Warren, Ohio (Harding)

FB - 42 * Macon Plewa 6-2 236 Jr. Franklin, Wis. (Franklin)

PK - 1 Marshall Koehn 6-0 195 Jr. Solon, Iowa (Solon) 2 Mick Ellis ^ 5-10 OR 180 Fr. Allen, Texas (Lovejoy)

Defense

LE - 34 * Nate Meier ^ 6-2 244 Jr. Tabor, Iowa (Fremont-Mills) 98 ** Mike Hardy 6-5 280 Sr. Appleton, Wis. (Kimberly)

LT - 71 ** Carl Davis 6-5 315 Sr. Detroit, Mich. (Stevenson) 56 Faith Ekakitie 6-3 287 So. Brampton, Ontario (Lake Forest Academy)

RT- 90 ** Louis Trinca-Pasat 6-3 290 Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Lane Tech) 99 Nathan Bazata 6-2 284 #Fr. Howells, Neb. (Howells-Dodge) OR 67 Jaleel Johnson 6-4 310 So. Lombard, Ill. (Montini Catholic)

RE - 95 * Drew Ott^ 6-4 270 Jr. Trumbull, Neb. (Giltner) 49 Melvin Spears 6-2 268 Jr. Allen, Texas (Allen)

OLB - 41 Bo Bower 6-1 220 #Fr. West Branch, Iowa (West Branch) 39 ** Travis Perry 6-3 232 Jr. Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale)

MLB - 52 *** Quinton Alston ^ 6-1 232 Sr. Sicklerville, N.J. (Timber Creek Reg.) 39 ** Travis Perry 6-3 232 Jr. Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale) OR 50 Chad Gilson 6-1 235 Sr. Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale/Northern Iowa)

WLB - 6 * Reggie Spearman ^ 6-3 230 So. Chicago, Ill. (Simeon) 36 ** Cole Fisher 6-2 233 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard North)

LC - 13 Greg Mabin 6-2 195 So. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Calvery Christian Academy) 28 * Maurice Fleming 6-0 200 So. Chicago, Ill. (Curie Metropolitan)

SS - 37 *** John Lowdermilk ^ 6-2 210 Sr. Carrollton, Ohio (Carrollton) 19 Miles Taylor ^ 6-0 185 Fr. Silver Springs, Md. (Gonzaga College)

FS - 27 ** Jordan Lomax 5-10 200 Jr. Upper Marlboro, Md. (DeMatha Catholic) 12 * Anthony Gair 6-2 200 So. Plano, Texas (Prestonwood Christian)

RC - 14 * Desmond King ^ 5-11 190 So. Detroit, Mich. (East English Village) 7 ** Sean Draper ^ 6-0 190 Jr. Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)

PT - 16 Dillon Kidd 6-2 230 Jr. Deerfield Beach, Fla. (El Camino CC) 98 ** Connor Kornbrath ^ 6-6 240 Jr. Bridgeport, W. Va. (Bridgeport)

Specialists

Punt Returns: 89 Matt VandeBerg 11 Kevonte Martin-Manley

Kickoff Returns: 10 Jonathan Parker 33 Jordan Canzeri

Deep Snaps: 97 Tyler Kluver

Holder: 98 Connor Kornbrath 16 Dillon Kidd

* - - Letters won ^ - - Redshirt year still available # - - Indicates redshirt freshman

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