One of Bryce Hawthorne’s teammates sees a “super high” ceiling for him, but the South Dakota State transfer is quick to note he has “a lot of work to do” ahead of his third season of college football.
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One of Bryce Hawthorne’s teammates sees a “super high” ceiling for him, but the South Dakota State transfer is quick to note he has “a lot of work to do” ahead of his third season of college football.
Xavier Nwankpa is Iowa’s most experienced defensive back in 2025 after Jermari Harris, Sebastian Castro and Quinn Schulte exhausted their eligibility in 2024.
Gronowski said he “could have kept playing through” his shoulder injury, but surgery “was best for my future.”
Iowa two-sport athlete Ben Kueter will undergo hip surgery and miss the 2025 football season, his mother Tina said Thursday evening in a Facebook post.
The former four-star recruit did not see any game action in his one season with the Hawkeyes.
Central Michigan transfer Jonah Pace doesn’t see himself as a “flashy” guy, but he could “bring an edge” to the Hawkeyes’ pass rush in 2025.
Iowa football offered a brief glimpse of the 2025 team on Thursday as the first 20 minutes of practice was open to media. Here are some of the highlights from that portion of practice along with player interviews afterward.
Iowa officials expressed a desire to be “fiscally responsible in every way” ahead of fully participating in direct revenue sharing with athletes when it becomes permissible in 2025-26.
Iowa football’s roster is “pretty much where we need it to be right now,” Kirk Ferentz said, as FBS teams need to cap their rosters at 105 players for the 2025 season.
The Hawkeyes are continuing to hold an open spring practice as several programs across the country either discontinue or modify theirs.
Iowa’s productive linebacker duo from the previous two seasons has not received much pre-draft hype, but Nick Jackson is quick to point out that “the tape is the tape.”
Kirk Ferentz appreciates former Wake Forest offensive coordinator (and current Iowa senior offensive analyst) Warren Ruggiero’s “wealth and depth of experience.”
Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski’s recovery from surgery is “probably a little bit ahead” of schedule, head coach Kirk Ferentz said Wednesday in his spring press conference, but the Hawkeyes will “play it conservatively.”
Brendan Sullivan is officially listed as Iowa’s QB1 going into spring practices, but that is not necessarily an indication of what the position will look like in the fall.
Linebacker and cornerback are among the positions to watch in spring practices — a time of year that Kirk Ferentz has previously described as a “deliberate teaching time.”
Iowa cornerback John Nestor will enter the transfer portal, he announced Tuesday afternoon on social media. He has two years of eligibility remaining.
Max White, a walk-on from Cedar Rapids Kennedy, has one year of eligibility remaining.
All 32 NFL teams were represented as 14 former Hawkeyes tried to impress scouts at Iowa’s annual pro day on Monday.
Omar Young has a “track record of building deep relationships with his players at every level,” Kirk Ferentz said in the press release.
Omar Young, 42, is expected to join Iowa’s staff after working as an offensive coaching assistant with the New England Patriots in 2024 on Jerod Mayo’s staff.
Scott Dochterman from The Athletic joins Gazette Hawkeye football reporter John Steppe
Prospects will have another opportunity to woo NFL scouts later this month at Iowa’s pro day.
Iowa State leads three state programs in the top 15 of the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Coaches Poll. The Cyclones are third, Iowa is No. 4 and University of Northern Iowa is 15th.
What to know about Wednesday’s Iowa women’s basketball game at Iowa State.
The Hawkeyes defeated both Colorado Mesa and Oklahoma State, but head coach Clarissa Chun expressed her desire to continue supporting young programs like Oklahoma State to grow the sport.
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