Iowa Football

The Gazette’s John Steppe is leaving after four years on the Hawkeye football beat (and more time before that as an intern, freelancer and news reporter).

Iowa has won all four games against Rutgers in program history, and three of the wins were by at least 17 points. The Scarlet Knights could be more formidable in 2025 if they can replace Kyle Monangai’s production, though.

Softball, basketball, bicycling, even bartending. DeJean has made the rounds in Philadelphia and Iowa, and with adoring fans everywhere.

Iowa’s longtime director of football operations is retiring after 21 years with the Hawkeyes, where he made an “incredibly challenging” role look “effortless” while mentoring the next generation.

Iowa’s final nonconference opponent of the 2025 schedule has a (somewhat) new conference affiliation, new head coach and many new roster pieces.

Iowa running backs coach Omar Young believes clear and defined roles allow his players “to settle down.”

Iowa’s 27th-year coach says other college coaches are using his age against him in recruiting, insisting it isn’t anything that should concern would-be Hawkeyes

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.

Sports Time Machine: Former Wilson High School star Tom Farmer was first Metro prep to be drafted and play in the NFL

Hawk Off the Press Podcast: Iowa Hawkeyes football running backs coach Omar Young

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.