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With the end of the Iowa Hawkeyes‘ spring practices a month in the rearview, most of the roster shuffling has come and gone.
Iowa did bolster its roster a bit, adding a pair of Northwestern transfers in quarterback Brendan Sullivan and wide receiver Jacob Gill.
Sullivan brings 13 career appearances and eight starts with him to Iowa City.
The 6-foot-3, 225 pound quarterback has completed 68.7% of his passes for 1,303 passing yards with 10 touchdowns against five interceptions. Sullivan has also rushed for 257 yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Gill tallied 16 receptions for 195 yards with a pair of touchdowns over the course of his three seasons in Evanston. The 6-foot, 190 pound receiver appeared in 28 games over the last three seasons.
Offensive lineman Cade Borud joined the program as a preferred walk-on as well.
Other than that, most of the thoughts about the Hawkeyes probably didn’t change too awfully much based on what the spring showed us and what Iowa added in the transfer portal.
Still, with the spring practices and transfer portal musical chairs more or less finished, publications nationally are updating their post-spring way-too-early top 25 college football rankings.
USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg and Erick Smith unveiled their post-spring way-too-early top 25 college football rankings, too. Iowa checks in as the No. 24 team nationally.
The departure of offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz removes a lightning rod of controversy for the Hawkeyes and their fans. The worst-ranked offense in the country can only get better with former Western Michigan coach Tim Lester taking over. Lester will hope to keep QB Cade McNamara healthy after he missed much of last season.
McNamara was limited in spring practice and adding a quarterback as insurance seems necessary. The defense will again be rock-solid, so…
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Author : Hawkeyes Wire
Publish date : 2024-05-21 21:55:59
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