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Iowa football running backs coach Omar Young previews the 2025 season for the Hawkeyes during media day in Iowa City on Friday, August 8. (Eth…
Iowa football released a statement following the death of Northern Iowa freshman tight end and Iowa City native Parker Sutherland on Saturday.
Two coaches make their return to Iowa City while a North Liberty native and the son of a former Big Ten head coach joins the Hawkeyes' coaching staff.
Eli Kampman, the son of former Iowa All-Big Ten defensive lineman Aaron Kampman, signed with the Iowa football program as a preferred walk-on …
A former first team All-Big Ten defensive back at Iowa, Jay Norvell announced he would return to Iowa City as a senior offensive analyst on Wednesday.
The Big Ten announced its 2026 conference football schedule during Big Ten Network's Big Ten schedule release special on Tuesday.
The 2026 college football transfer portal window opened on Friday. Keep track of all of Iowa's departures, targets and additions.
The Iowa football program did not go far to replace special teams coordinator LeVar Woods as it elevated defensive analyst Chris Polizzi to Wo…
Iowa landed another standout FCS wide receiver as Furman's Evan James committed to the Hawkeyes after a strong freshman season with the Paladins.
Iowa landed one of the most dynamic FCS running backs via the transfer portal on Sunday to join a position group which includes Kamari Moulton…
Iowa added its third defensive back of the 2026 offseason with the commitment of Robert Morris transfer Xavier Styles on Sunday.
Disrespected out of high school, Elon transfer defensive end Kahmari Brown is ready to be part of "great program" and "great defense" at Iowa.
Iowa football landed one of the top FCS wide receivers in the transfer portal on Friday evening as Tony Diaz committed to the Hawkeyes over Al…
Iowa landed its second defensive back transfer and second transfer from James Madison as Tyler Brown committed to the Hawkeyes on Friday evening.
Iowa landed its fifth transfer portal commitment of the 2026 offseason on Tuesday as an offensive lineman from a 2025 College Football Playoff…
Junior defensive back Koen Entringer entered the transfer portal on Tuesday. The former three-star prospect started and served as a captain in…
Elon transfer edge rusher Kahmari Brown announced his decision to join Iowa on Tuesday after an FCS Second Team All-America campaign with the …
Iowa return specialist Kaden Wetjen repeated as the nation's best return man, winning the the 2025 Jet Award on Monday. He is the first two-ti…
Anthony Hawkins is not sure what caused him to go underrecruited, but he did not let it stop him from starring at Villanova or landing an oppo…
Iowa landed its third commitment from the transfer portal as an FCS defensive lineman, and son of a former All-American at Florida State, anno…
Less than 12 hours after adding FCS Freshman All-American defensive back Anthony Hawkins, the Hawkeyes earned the commitment of North Dakota S…
Villanova transfer defensive back Anthony Hawkins announced his decision to join the Hawkeyes over offers from Wisconsin and Kentucky in a pos…
Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea credited Iowa for playing to its identity in ReliaQuest Bowl win. Four plays in particular standout as the Hawkeyes…
The Iowa Hawkeyes backed up the 2025 Heisman Trophy winners and hit a pair of milestones in a ReliaQuest Bowl win over Vanderbilt on Wednesday.
Iowa downed Vanderbilt in the 2025 ReliaQuest Bowl as the Hawkeyes held of Commodores' second-half rally.
Iowa hangs its hat on winning "in the margins" of recruiting. And, Cedar Falls native Rhett Smeins plays a vital role on the ground floor of t…
Iowa narrowly missed out on an upset win over Indiana and eventual Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza during the 2025 season. Now, the Hawkeyes g…
Jaxx DeJean, the younger brother of Cooper DeJean, annoucned his commitment to Iowa as a member of the 2027 recruiting class on Sunday.
Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz called finding a successor to LeVar Woods as the Hawkeyes' special teams coordinator "not pressing," but outlined…
Iowa special teams coordinator LeVar Woods announced his decision to depart the program after 18 seasons as a member of Kirk Ferentz's coachin…
One of Iowa's 2026 linebacker signees is cut from Division I cloth while the other two earned comparisons to a pair of former Hawkeyes who wen…
Gavin Stecker wore the same colors for his entire football career:Â black and gold. On Tuesday, the Bettendorf standout announced he'll continu…
Bettendorf's Gavin Stecker became the first commitment to Iowa's 2027 football recruiting class when the four-star linebacker announced his de…
Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz does not know much about the Heisman hopeful under center for the Hawkeyes' bowl foe, but he knows he owes him a …
Among modern college football peers, Iowa become unique under head coach Kirk Ferentz as a program which still values the opportunity to parti…
Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz commented on Matt Campbell's departure from Iowa State during a Zoom press conference on Sunday.
Iowa returns to the ReliaQuest Bowl, formerly known as the Outback Bowl, for the seventh time in program history to face a new foe amid an his…
With Matt Campbell headed to Penn State, when can Iowa fans expect to face the former Iowa State head coach again?
After putting up gaudy numbers in his senior season at Iowa City West, Ethan Headings announced his decision to join Iowa as a preferred walk-…
Ethan Petrik and Ben Hutchens look back at their bold preseason predictions for Iowa and Iowa State.Â
Iowa offensive line coach George Barnett collected an impressive group in the Hawkeyes' five offensive line signees in the 2026 class — with a…
Iowa signee Darion Jones grew up on the opposite side of the Missouri River, but he grew up a Hawkeye fan — even as his brother suited up for …
Iowa did not originally plan to take a tight end in its 2026 recruiting class, but a coincidence caused the Hawkeyes to scrap their plan to la…
The Iowa football program inked 22 prospects (18 scholarship, four walk-on) during the early signing period for the 2026 recruiting class.
A longtime Wisconsin commit announced his decision to join the Iowa football program instead in a social media post on Monday.
Iowa walk-on quarterback Jackson Stratton, who led Hawkeyes to pair of wins in 2024, announces intentions to enter transfer portal as "proud g…
Around 20 hours before Aaron Graves played his final regular season college football game, his wife, Aubrey, gave birth to the couple's first son.
Iowa weathered an early surge, started to take control of the game late in the second quarter and dealt the killing blow in the third to conti…
Iowa won its seventh consecutive game in Memorial Stadium with a 24-point beatdown of Nebraska to round out the 2025 regular season on Black Friday.
Iowa (7-4, 5-3 Big Ten) hosts Nebraska (7-4, 4-4) in the regular season finale for the Hawkeyes on Friday.
Iowa has won nine of the last 10 meetings against Nebraska, but, for the first time since 2016, the Huskers can finish the regular season with…
