The Hawkeyes entered the contest just 4-9 in games played away from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Does Kirk roll with a true freshman? Ploen led Iowa to its first Big Ten regular-season title in 35 years in 1956, and was named Big Ten Player of the Year and a first-team All-American. Do you have a sports website? We present them here for purely educational purposes. Im happy about that. Iowa State (rivalry) Minnesota (rivalry) Nebraska (rivalry) Wisconsin (rivalry). Iowa finished 17-4, including 7-0 in 1921, with Devine as the starter for head coach Howard Jones. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Iowa State Cyclones: Full Highlights. Labas is a bit more agile and a live-arm type of quarterback opposed to what other previous Iowa quarterbacks have shown. Petras completed about 56. Instead of recruiting athletes who may be sophomores or juniors in high school, he would wait until the end of an athletes high school career, and then you would assess what it was they did and go out and talk to all the people involved.. There are a few names in-house currently with experience in the offense and the program that make sense if there is a desire for someone who knows the scheme to take over. 13 player from Ohio in the 2021 class. It used to be a student-athlete had to ask permission to transfer. Iowa also added ex-Wisconsin quarterback Deacon Hill from the portal. In its last two road games before the Assembly Hall trip, Iowa had connected on just 6-of-52 3-point tries . Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. A fan who watched Petras in the first six games might not totally recognize the Petras who showed up in the second half of the season. Joey Labas is going to be entering his third season with the program but his first action may be in just a few weeks when the Hawkeyes take the field in their bowl game. Banks also led Iowa to the 2002 Big Ten title as the team finished undefeated (8-0) in conference play for the first time in 80 years and 11-2 overall. . The Vikings drafted quarterback Nate Stanley in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL Draft with the 244th overall pick. 2022 - - Listed as first team quarterback following spring practice . After that, he had one touchdown and seven interceptions while completing 52.5 percent of his throws. "Hes definitely done some surprising things that you would be like, Wow, safety Kaevon Merriweather said in December. McNamara completed 63 percent of his passes and threw 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions in his Michigan career. The turnover, along with Spencer Petras shoulder injury, means Iowas quarterback room will look significantly different in 2023. Way-too-early two-deep. Tuesdays board meeting, held in the Iowa football facility, was not the first time Ferentz has expressed his concerns about the future of college football amid NIL and the transfer portal. His day will be Saturday, March 4, when the quarterbacks, wide receivers, and tight ends work out for NFL teams and scouts in Indianapolis. prep team reached state playoffs as a junior and senior with two-year record of 14-6 . December 1, 2022 4:55 pm CT. As we approach both the bowl game and the 2023 offseason, one of the most anticipated and important questions for the Iowa Hawkeyes is who their quarterback is going to be next season. The team with the best quarterback doesnt always win, but no position impacts a football game on a regular basis more than quarterback, especially in the modern era. Iowa had an interesting situation last year when Spencer Petras struggled as many Hawk fans were clamoring for the. Long started his great journey as a freshman where everyone knew right away he was going to put a dent in the record books, and he sure did. The biggest question facing McNamara will be how much support will he have around him. Iowa (18-11, 10-8 Big Ten) enters the regular season's final week fresh off . 1Y; 1:52. Those are just a few, but when I review the landscape of all quarterbacks to ever play for the Iowa football program, but there are five, in particular, that stand above the rest. The Gazette is Iowas independent, employee-owned source for local, state, and national news coverage. What made Banks unique and special is that he was a dual-threat quarterback and there havent been many of those at Iowa. Also considered: Wilburn Hollis, Nate Stanley, Matt Sherman, Gordy Bohannon. Cade McNamara was not only the highest-profile addition at Iowa this winter, but one of the highest-profile additions via the transfer portal across the country. If they didnt get permission, their scholarship could be withheld. You will begin to receive our Weekly Hawkeye updates. 247Sports listed the 6-foot-4, 207 pound signal-caller as the No. 8. Pro Football Focus released that Sam LaPorta was graded out as the best receiving tight end in the Big Ten last season. It just didnt seem like that was a good deal for him from my vantage point because he was doing just fine with us.. Surgery will keep Iowa QB Petras from bowl game, Iowa sticking with Petras at QB despite slow start, QB Pressure Index: Where Quinn Ewers, D.J. Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press Spencer Petras. Iowa quarterback Spencer Petras, who has started 19 games as a Hawkeye, said he was "really happy" when Brian Ferentz took over as quarterbacks coach. Iowa has seen some fantastic quarterbacks under Kirk Ferentz's watch, but one player stood above the rest as the clear choice for the top spot. 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Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. 7. Petras was at 67 percent despite a nearly identical average depth of throws. can Stanley get Iowa into the College Football Playoff, Long threw for 1,374 yards and eight touchdowns his freshman year, third-most passing yardage in a single season at Iowa, 64.9% completion percentage Iowa school record, Defeated Tennessee in the Peach Bowl Long was MVP, Sophomore year Long led Iowa to a 9-2 record and a berth in the Gator Bowl and was named First Team All-Big Ten, All-Big Ten selection as a Junior, first in the Big Ten in passing efficiency, Finished seventh in Heisman Voting his Junior year, Long became the only player in College Football History to ever play in five bowl games after playing the 1986 Rose Bowl game, Runner-Up Heisman Trophy behind Bo Jackson (1985), Lost to Jackson by just 45 points in voting. The Ploen-led Hawkeyes defeated Oregon State 35-19 in the 1957 Rose Bowl to cap a 9-1 season, and they served notice that Iowa was becoming a national power under head coach Forest Evashevski. Labas cant be ruled out either after impressing teammates and coaches with his work on the scout team. Bowl Selection Sunday: Iowa State to Fiesta Bowl , Iowa to play in Music City Bowl . Carson May, a four-star recruit according to Rivals from Jones, Okla., will be Iowas scholarship quarterback from the 2022 recruiting class. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette), Iowa Hawkeyes football reporter for The Gazette. He also sees the benefits for Iowa in the transfer portal era, though. Better yet, can Stanley get Iowa into the College Football Playoff? They arent locks or predictions, but just a few names that could end up calling Iowa home. He is younger, inexperienced, but appears that he will get a shot to stake his claim at the quarterback throne. I say that because if there was, wed have come up with it by now, Barta told The Gazette after the PCA meeting. It is not as far-fetched as some want to believe. The Iowa Hawkeyes won the game 12 10. Iowa has the most pigs of any state and is the nations top pork producer. If both are around, Iowa could have a 2018 vibe with a lot of "12" personnel (two tight-end sets) in 2022. 9 Iowa. IOWA CITY What Kirk Ferentz is seeing now in college football has reminded him of a previous era in his coaching career. Arm talent, absolutely. He does believe the current transfer process is better than the pre-portal circumstances, though. Both quarterbacks saw some highs and lows in 2021. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Ferentz joked later in the season about not making the trip to Nebraska if Hogan had to be the starting quarterback, a comment he later said he regretted making. Dont worry about your teammates. Modern free agency was in its infancy in the league, which Ferentz said could create a cannibalistic attitude., The lesson you learned real fast if youre a coach or a player in the NFL is take care of your backyard, Ferentz said at Iowas Presidential Committee on Athletics meeting Tuesday. It worked out for him, Ferentz said. Per 247Sports composite rankings, May was the nations No. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Just look at the stats. While Ferentz sees the parallels between the early stages of the NCAA transfer portal and early stages of modern free agency in the NFL, the NFLs system has guardrails college football NIL payments do not have. Since current Iowa football Head Coach Kirk Ferentz came to Iowa City, weve witnessed multiple young men grow into the spotlight and become quarterbacks to remember. Aubrey Devine, 1919-21 The Des Moines native was a consensus All-American in 1921, and he made first-team All-Big Ten three times. Hartlieb completed 512 passes as a Hawkeye, and by far his most famous completion was the 28-yard game-winning touchdown pass to tight end Marv Cook on 4th-and-23 at Ohio State in 1987. Player Stats Played at Iowa from 1981 - 1985 Long threw for 1,374 yards and eight touchdowns his freshman year, third-most passing yardage in a single season at Iowa 64.9% completion percentage - Iowa school record Defeated Tennessee in the Peach Bowl - Long was MVP He won the Big Ten Conference Medal for Excellence in athletics and academics and is a member of the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame. Iowa was 9-0 and Stanzi was having a strong season in 2009 when he injured his ankle against Northwestern and then missed the final two regular-season games. In his two years on campus, he attempted one pass a 2-yard completion to Max Cooper in garbage time against Maryland. The Ohio native returned for the 2010 Orange Bowl where he led Iowa to a 24-14 victory over Georgia Tech to cap an 11-2 season. The Steelers were at the height of their Steel Curtain days, and the Hawkeyes wanted to look like them, so they did . The state bird of Iowa is in fact the American Goldfinch also known as the Eastern Goldfinch. . The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Or write about sports? . All eyes for LaPorta come down to the 40-yard dash, which will be what teams are eager to see. The most popular player on a roster is oftentimes the backup quarterback. Iowa men's basketball weighs in on pros, cons of quick turnaround games. In his high school career, he threw for 6,458 yards, 68 touchdowns, and completed 70.1% of his passes. Duncan is one of two Iowa quarterbacks to a win a Rose Bowl as the 1958 squad capped a spectacular 8-1-1 season by crushing California 38-12 in the 1959 Rose Bowl. As in most years, it would take a lot for a true freshman to end up starting in Iowas system. Championships: 12 National Championships: 1958 Bowl Record: 35 Bowls, 18-16-1, .529 W-L% ( Major Bowls ) Ranked in AP Poll: 26 Times (Preseason), 26 Times (Final), 357 Weeks (Total) John Steppe Iowa Football Dec. 21, 2022 3:29 pm69d ago, John Steppe Iowa Football Dec. 8, 2022 3:00 pm82d ago, John Steppe Iowa Football Dec. 3, 2022 12:44 pm88d ago, Vanessa Miller Iowa Football Feb. 28, 2023 4:15 pm21h ago, Iowa Football Feb. 27, 2023 1:15 pm2d ago, Iowa Football Feb. 26, 2023 5:30 am3d ago, Mike Hlas Iowa Basketball Feb. 28, 2023 10:26 pm14h ago, Iowa Basketball Feb. 28, 2023 10:26 pm14h ago, Iowa Basketball Feb. 28, 2023 4:39 pm20h ago, Nathan Ford High School Basketball Mar. . Worry about your backyard. It looked at one point like his next stop was going to be Fresno (State), where he might get the ball a couple more times, Ferentz said. It comes originally from The Last of the Mohicans, a early 19th-century novel about Delaware Indians who gave the name Hawkeye to a white scout who lived and hunted with them. Labas went 14-for-24 with one touchdown and no interceptions despite practicing almost exclusively on the scout team until bowl prep began. He completed his first eight passes in the Orange Bowl and completed 17-of-19 passes overall for 231 yards and two touchdowns. Add john.steppe@thegazette.comto your contacts. . A river town newspaper was named the Burlington Hawk-Eye (now Hawk Eye ). IOWA CITY As the Iowa football team prepares for 2022, the biggest question will be at quarterback. Iowas new starting signal caller takes a different approach in that area than his predecessor. Cade is going to be well, well see how Joe and the rest of the guys do but Cades likely going to be our quarterback next year, Petras said last month. . The high-profile recruit, who also considered Georgia, Baylor and a host of other Power Five schools, was a major get for the Hawkeyes when he committed in June 2018. He also led Iowa to a share of the Big Ten title and to a 10-2 record that season despite having a woeful rushing attack. 28 quarterback and the No. Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award preseason Watch List . Give it just a second of thought. Home / Sports / Iowa Hawkeyes / Iowa Football, Iowas quarterback room, led by Cade McNamara, will look different after busy winter in transfer portal. A little different conversation.. In 1997 we were looking at one of my favorites, Matt Sherman. The position has evolved perhaps more than any other position from the days of single wing offenses when quarterbacks mostly just ran or blocked to pro-style pocket passers to dual-threat quarterbacks that are now so popular. Sign up for my, really concerned about the path that college football is on right now.. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette), Iowa Hawkeyes football reporter for The Gazette. He also made first-team All-Big Ten three times, was the Big Ten Most Valuable Player as a senior, and he threw a Freedom Bowl record six touchdowns passes in the pouring rain against Texas in 1984. That question is likely a long, long ways away from being answered as we have the offseason, spring ball, summer camp, and training camp to get through. Spencer Petras Deuce Hogan Alex Padilla Connor Kapisak. So, you're saying there's a chance? It is not clear how Iowans became Hawkeyes , but the nickname was first recorded in 1859. 1 Penn State 23-14. Comments: (319) 398-8394; john.steppe@thegazette.com, John Steppe Iowa Football Dec. 29, 2022 8:44 am62d ago, John Steppe Iowa Football Dec. 4, 2022 7:13 pm86d ago, John Steppe Iowa Football Nov. 20, 2022 8:52 am101d ago, Iowa Football Feb. 28, 2023 4:15 pm23h ago, Iowa Football Feb. 27, 2023 1:15 pm2d ago, Mike Hlas Iowa Basketball Feb. 28, 2023 10:26 pm17h ago, Iowa Basketball Feb. 28, 2023 10:26 pm17h ago, Iowa Basketball Feb. 28, 2023 4:39 pm23h ago, Jeff Linder High School Basketball 3m ago3m ago. Im talking to 15-year-olds in July, and then youre talking to a guy whos 21 or 22 and about to get an economics degree at the University of Virginia, Ferentz said, referencing Jacksons recruitment. The former Michigan quarterback lost the starting job to J.J. McCarthy in 2022, but he was a third-team all-Big Ten honoree on a 2021 team that went to the College Football Playoff. 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