Iowa Football

After a 2024 season that had some ups and downs, Iowa cornerbacks T.J. Hall and Deshaun Lee have grown in their confidence ahead of the 2025 season and here’s why.

The Cyclones could be an interesting early-season test for Iowa in 2025 after winning a program-record 11 games in 2024 and here’s why.

Aaron Graves has a big Saturday ahead of him as he gets married this weekend. As for Saturdays in the fall, Graves hopes to improve his leadership on the defensive line.

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Recruiting rankings for Iowa’s 2026 class currently vary from 31st to 51st after the Hawkeyes picked up a commitment from top instate talent Julian Manson.

Iowa’s season opener against Albany will not be Mark Gronowski’s first time facing the Great Danes. The Hawkeyes will seek a similar outcome as in Gronowski’s other game against them.

As college football programs from across the country covet the Chicago area, a variety of factors have helped the Hawkeyes maintain it as a recruiting pipeline.

Iowa assistant head coach/linebackers coach Seth Wallace said on The Gazette’s Hawk Off the Press podcast that the Hawkeyes have “a handful of names that I think have to be thrown in there as candidates and guys that will take the field for us in the ‘25 season at the linebacker position.”

Iowa Hawkeye Assistant Head Coach Seth Wallace talks recruiting, head coaching and the upcoming 2025 football season

Three-star quarterback prospect Cash Herrera is reopening his recruitment, he announced Monday on social media. The prospect from the San Diego area initially committed to Iowa in October over scholarship offers from UCLA, Minnesota, San Diego State and others.

Many of Iowa’s offensive metrics rose dramatically in 2024, but Tim Lester believes the Hawkeyes were never “even close to being able to truly take the gloves off offensively” in the first season with his Shanahan-style system.

Tim Lester gives a veteran quarterback like Mark Gronowski “freedom” that he has not “always given everybody,” he said this week on The Gazette’s Hawk Off the Press podcast.

Iowa also announced “Flight Funds” to help pay for the cost of revenue sharing with athletes.

Four years after going to Mexico for a psychedelic, plant-based treatment to alleviate symptoms of brain injury from years of head trauma, the former Iowa All-American football player remains healthy, in good cheer, and ready to help others with mental health issues.

The House vs. NCAA settlement received its long-awaited final approval on Friday night, clearing the way for schools to directly share revenue with its athletes. Here is what we know so far about how that impacts Iowa Athletics in 2025-26 and beyond.

As the Hawkeyes approach a pivotal stretch in the recruiting calendar, they appear to be in a relatively favorable position.

Former Iowa athletics director Bob Bowlsby and offensive line standout Brandon Scherff are among the 2025 inductees into the Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame, the athletics department announced Thursday.

Leshon Williams and Brendan Sullivan are among the ex-Hawkeyes who found favorable landing spots in the portal. Several others had to drop down to either less competitive FBS programs or FCS programs after leaving Iowa.