Iowa Football

Several times an hour, day after day after day, it’s “After a great conversation with Coach X, I am blessed to receive an offer from Coach Y.”

Offensive lineman Bryce George received plenty of portal interest after winning three Division II national championships and being named a 2024 first-team All-American. He explains to The Gazette why the Hawkeyes were “high up there” from Day 1.

“Hopefully we’ve got an environment that’s healthy,” Kirk Ferentz said this month, as Iowa has faced less transfer portal attrition than its Big Ten peers. The roster retention has been a key factor in the Hawkeyes going 18-9 in Big Ten play since 2022.

South Dakota transfer Shahid Barros has “immediate familiarity with what we do defensively,” assistant head coach Seth Wallace told reporters after a Linn County I-Club event on Thursday.

Now with Josh Sash on the Iowa men’s basketball staff, Iowa football’s Kirk Ferentz recently recalled a few memories of former defensive back standout Tyler Sash.

As difficult as it is to make a 53-man roster as an undrafted free agent, Jay Higgins and Luke Elkin are among Iowa’s undrafted free agents with relatively favorable NFL situations.

Iowa football has landed a commitment from former Iowa State walk-on George Nahas, the offensive lineman announced Thursday afternoon on social media.

Running back Max White announced over the weekend on social media that he is transferring to play college football at the University of Wyoming. The Cedar Rapids Kennedy graduate played four years for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Iowa’s three transfer portal commitments in a seven-day span are at position groups that could benefit from more depth.

The (very) temporary Iowa Hawkeye offensive lineman from Des Moines is projected high in everybody’s premature 2026 NFL mock drafts.

Kirk Ferentz believes the anticipated late change to the NCAA’s 2025-26 roster limit rules could reward schools that “maybe weren’t thinking about what’s best for their players.”

Ty Hudkins joins the Hawkeyes with three seasons of eligibility remaining.

The Steelers envision Yahya Black — at 6-foot-6 and 336 pounds — playing as a 3-4 defensive end in their scheme as they look to be “more dominant up front” in 2025.

Iowa football fans got their first glimpse of the 2025 Hawkeyes during Saturday’s open practice. Here are 15-plus minutes of highlights from Kinnick Stadium.

Iowa’s remaining transfer portal activity is “not going to be headline news necessarily,” Kirk Ferentz said, “but it’s going to make our team better and our roster better.”

With all 257 picks of the 2025 NFL draft complete, this year’s batch of undrafted free agents include some Iowa and Iowa State players with impressive resumes.

Wide receiver KJ Parker was among the younger players who stood out during Saturday’s open practice.

It did not always seem like it, but Iowa football is well represented in the 2025 NFL draft class. Five former Hawkeyes heard their names called during the three-day event (with three of them being selected in the final 25 picks).

Luke Lachey is the 14th Iowa tight end drafted in the Kirk Ferentz era and the sixth Iowa tight end drafted since 2017. It is the first time that Iowa has had tight ends drafted in three consecutive drafts since 2003-05.