Iowa cornerback Jermari Harris to miss 2022 season with injury

IOWA CITY — Iowa cornerback Jermari Harris will miss the entire 2022 season, head coach Kirk Ferentz announced Tuesday.

The 6-foot-1 junior from Chicago already missed Iowa’s first two games with an injury.

Harris was a key part of the 2021 secondary after Matt Hankins suffered a season-ending injury, starting in Iowa’s final six games of the season, including the Big Ten championship game and Citrus Bowl.

Defensive backs Terry Roberts and Cooper DeJean will likely continue to fill the void during Harris’ extended absence.

Iowa already has lost wide receiver Jackson Ritter and offensive lineman Justin Britt to season-ending injuries.

Ragaini, Johnson back practicing

Wide receivers Nico Ragaini and Keagan Johnson are back practicing, Ferentz said Tuesday.

“That’s a starting point,” Ferentz said. “That’s the first step to getting in a game and playing well. … Having them actually in a helmet and catching a ball with shoulder pads on, that’s encouraging.”

“There’s a chance” of them playing in Saturday night’s game against Nevada, Ferentz said.

“Nico is probably further along because he was practicing not that long ago,” Ferentz said.

The injury update came a day after Iowa released a depth chart that did not have Ragaini or Johnson listed.

Ferentz said true freshman wide receiver Jacob Bostick is out with an injury as well, and Brody Brecht is “playing catch-up” after missing valuable training time in the spring and summer.

Arland Bruce IV has needed to shoulder a heavy workload as the only fully available scholarship wide receiver. Ferentz is “worried about that or at least cognizant of it.”

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