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4/12/2014: Iowa spring practice video

Posted on 12. Apr, 2014 by in Iowa Football

By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Hawkeyes conducted their first of two open spring practices Saturday afternoon and once again opted to showcase themselves for this first open practice at Valley Stadium in front of their fans in the central and western portions of the state. Below are six videos […]

2014 Spring Football position breakdowns: Tight Ends (premium)

Posted on 10. Apr, 2014 by in Iowa Football

By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com Iowa’s tight end group was an intriguing bunch in 2013. Five different tight ends managed to see the field at various points last season, which wasn’t a surprise given the expectations Kirk Ferentz had for this group. What made them unique though was how they were utilized and in some instances, […]

4/9/2014: Iowa spring football notebook

Posted on 09. Apr, 2014 by in Iowa Football

By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com IOWA CITY, Iowa — Last season, Iowa divided its carries among four different running backs — Mark Weisman, Damon Bullock, Jordan Canzeri and LeShun Daniels — and also managed to incorporate a pair of fullbacks in Adam Cox and Macon Plewa, whom the coaches believed all warranted playing time. Right now, […]

4/9/2014: Kirk Ferentz/Brandon Scherff teleconference transcript (premium)

Posted on 09. Apr, 2014 by in Iowa Football

By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com Below are written transcripts of Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz and senior offensive tackle Brandon Scherff from Wednesday’s Big Ten spring football teleconference: Ferentz’s opening statement: “We’re probably a little bit behind a lot of the teams in the conference. We’ve only got six workouts done so far, so it has […]

2014 Spring Football position breakdowns: Wide Receivers (premium)

Posted on 08. Apr, 2014 by in Iowa Football

By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com Going into 2013, it was expected that Iowa would have turbulence with its receiving corps. Outside of Kevonte Martin-Manley, it was a group full of players that were inexperienced and unproven. Looking at the Hawkeyes’ set of wide receivers right now, there’s more experience and at least a subset of players […]

2014 Spring Football position breakdowns: Running Backs (premium)

Posted on 07. Apr, 2014 by in Iowa Football

By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com In years past, the running back stable at Iowa always seemed to have issues arise. Whether it was injuries, suspensions or whatever, there was always something. Now the depth within this group showed in 2013, but for different reasons. Injuries and suspensions weren’t the reasons, but rather Iowa had four running […]

2014 Spring Football position breakdowns: Quarterbacks (premium)

Posted on 04. Apr, 2014 by in Iowa Football

By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com At this time last year, the quarterback position was an unknown for the Iowa Hawkeyes. In retrospect, it seemed obvious early on that Jake Rudock was going to end up being the starter, but the unknown had more to do with him not having had any sort of prior experience as […]

4/2/2014: Iowa spring football practice video

Posted on 02. Apr, 2014 by in Iowa Football

By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com IOWA CITY, Iowa — Below is a combo of brief videos shot during the 15 minutes of Iowa’s practice Wednesday afternoon that was open to the media. Highlighted in this video are team drills involving the offense, defense and special teams. This video is approximately 13 minutes in length. The Hawkeyes […]

4/2/2014: Iowa spring football notebook

Posted on 02. Apr, 2014 by in Iowa Football

By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com IOWA CITY, Iowa — When the Iowa Hawkeyes put the final pieces together in revamping their coaching staff, a different dynamic was re-introduced with the hiring of Jim Reid. After working the 2012 season as Iowa’s lone linebackers coach, LeVar Woods found himself splitting duties with Reid in 2013 when it […]

4/2/2014: Iowa player audio with photos (premium)

Posted on 02. Apr, 2014 by in Iowa Football

By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com IOWA CITY, Iowa — On Wednesday, four members of the Iowa football team spoke to the local media to discuss how things have gone one week into spring practices. Below is audio from the following players — senior running back Mark Weisman, senior offensive tackle Brandon Scherff, senior linebacker Quinton Alston […]