Iowa Football

Higgins had 15 tackles for Baltimore over three preseason games, as well as an interception and a forced fumble.

The Hawkeyes play an Albany team with a new head coach and multiple transfers. Here’s how Iowa football is prepping for season-opener against brand-new Albany squad

Gronowski, 49-6 as a college starter, is likely to inflict pain on the UAlbany Great Danes Saturday similar to the hurt he and South Dakota State delivered to the Danes in the 2023 FCS playoffs

The Hawkeyes host Albany in a first-ever matchup to open the 2025 season

The Hawkeyes open the season against Albany, with positions like left tackle and cornerback starting to take shape

Brown transferred to the Hawkeye state after two seasons at Auburn, where he had just two collegiate starts and five appearances.

Senior cornerback TJ Hall has spent four years at Iowa. He’s learning how to make his last year his most consistent.

Head coach Kirk Ferentz says most of the team was in good shape to begin fall camp

Bryant Worrell began his college football at Old Dominion, where he didn’t play over two seasons. He then went to NCAA Division II Emory and Henry College in Virginia for two years, then Boston College last season. BC let him go, and he has ended up with the Hawkeyes. A circuitous journal, for sure.

The Hawkeyes lost a lot of their defensive prowess this offseason. Higgins is playing NFL preseason football with the Baltimore Ravens, Nick Jackson is doing the same with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Hawkeyes lost Kyler Fisher, too.

Defensive end Iose Epenesa was a five-star recruit coming out of high school on the Illinois side of St. Louis. But because this 2025 Iowa football team has a lot of experience up front going into the season, there is no pressure for Epenesa to see the field right away, as there was on older brother A.J., the Buffalo Bills D-end.

Iowa City West graduate Mason Woods was recruited to the Iowa football team as an athlete, someone capable of playing multiple positions. The son of former Hawkeye player and current special teams coach LeVar Woods is starting out his career as a tight end, part of an exciting group of freshmen and redshirt freshmen below experienced guys Addison Ostrenga and Zach Ortwerth on the depth chart.

Logan Jones decided to return to the University of Iowa football team for a sixth season. The Council Bluffs native anchors what should be a good offensive line at center. “The center is the most important,” offensive coordinator Tim Lester said.

Iowa fans want more from their receivers. Whether it be more usage of the receivers, a more explosive offense or simply more receiving touchdowns

Iowa football offensive coordinator Tim Lester said he’d prefer a running-back-by-committee approach this season. Part of that committee surely will be Kamari Moulton.

Parker is 40 years removed from playing in one of the more-memorable games in Kinnick Stadium history ... for the visiting team

Scenes from Iowa Hawkeyes Kids Day open practice and scrimmage game

A lot of encouraging things. Here are 5 observations we noticed about the Hawkeyes football team during Kids Day practice.

First-team All-Big Ten kick-returner from Williamsburg is trying to add wide receiver accomplishments to his portfolio in 2025.