4/23/2014: Iowa spring football notebook
Posted on 23. Apr, 2014 by admin in Iowa Football
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Wednesday afternoon during the Iowa Hawkeyes’ final week of spring practice has traditionally been used as one of the few opportunities where both coordinators speak to the media. While this Wednesday was no different with Greg Davis and Phil Parker conducting press conferences, the biggest topic […]
4/23/2014: Iowa player audio with photos (premium)
Posted on 23. Apr, 2014 by admin in Iowa Football
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com IOWA CITY, Iowa — On Wednesday, six members of the Iowa football team spoke to the local media to discuss how things have gone with only three spring practices remaining. Below is audio from four of the six players who spoke — senior defensive end Mike Hardy, junior quarterback Jake Rudock, sophomore cornerback Maurice […]
2014 Iowa spring football 2-deep (as of 4/23/2014)
Posted on 23. Apr, 2014 by admin in Iowa Football
OFFENSE: WR 4 Smith, 18 Willies LT 68 Scherff, 75 Boettger LG 79 Welsh, 52 Myers C 63 Blythe, 57 Gaul/58 Simmons RG 65 Walsh, 74 Keppy RT 78 Donnal, 64 Croston/73 Ward TE , 82 Hamilton, 87 Duzey WR 11 Martin-Manley, 89 VandeBerg WR 17 Hillyer, 22 Powell QB 15 Rudock, 16 Beathard RB Weisman/33 Canzeri, 5 […]
2014 Spring Football position breakdowns: Special Teams (premium)
Posted on 21. Apr, 2014 by admin in Iowa Football
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com With a new look to special teams in 2013 under running backs coach Chris White and co-linebackers coach LeVar Woods, there were some ups and downs for the Iowa Hawkeyes in football’s third phase. The pluses included having a reliable senior kicker in Mike Meyer and wideout Kevonte Martin-Manley had a […]
Johnson leaves football staff
Posted on 19. Apr, 2014 by admin in Iowa Football
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com Eric Johnson has left the Iowa football program to pursue opportunities outside of football, Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz announced in a release issued by the UI Saturday morning. Johnson first joined Ferentz’s staff as a graduate assistant in 1999 when Ferentz first replaced former Iowa coach Hayden Fry. From there, Johnson […]
2014 Spring Football position breakdowns: Secondary (premium)
Posted on 18. Apr, 2014 by admin in Iowa Football
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com With defensive coordinator Phil Parker opting to also take on his old title of defensive backs coach last season, there was improvement in the way Iowa’s secondary played in 2013. Some of that improvement came from players expected to lead the way. This group also saw a true freshman rise up […]
2014 Spring Football position breakdowns: Linebackers (premium)
Posted on 17. Apr, 2014 by admin in Iowa Football
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com In 2013, it was the linebacking corps that was counted on to not only lead the Iowa Hawkeye defense, but the entire football team. There was good reason for this as it consisted of a senior trio that all had their best individual seasons last year. This group is different now […]
4/16/2014: Iowa spring football notebook
Posted on 16. Apr, 2014 by admin in Iowa Football
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com IOWA CITY, Iowa — There’s nothing secretive about the importance senior left tackle Brandon Scherff has on the 2014 version of the Iowa Hawkeyes. Following a similar path to former Iowa left tackles such as Robert Gallery, Bryan Bulaga and Riley Reiff (all of whom were NFL first round draft picks), […]
2014 Spring Football position breakdowns: Defensive Line (premium)
Posted on 15. Apr, 2014 by admin in Iowa Football
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com Much like Iowa’s linebacking corps was considered the leaders of the Hawkeye defense last season, the same can be said about its front four entering 2014. Coaches always talk about how everything starts up front on both sides of the football and while the defensive line does have some questions that […]
2014 Spring Football position breakdowns: Offensive Line (premium)
Posted on 14. Apr, 2014 by admin in Iowa Football
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com Assessing Iowa’s offensive line right now is actually more difficult than it would appear. On one hand, it’s a group that does return plenty of experience from previous years. But on the other hand, the importance of player development here is probably being understated. Let’s start with the one thing going […]
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