Iowa Hawkeye Football Camp 8/9/11

The Iowa Hawkeye Football team took the field in full pads for the first time this fall.  The Hawkeyes were lucky to have two football greats from the state of Iowa attend practice today. 

Jared DeVries, former Hawkeye Consensus All-American was on hand to watch practice tonight as well as legendary Iowa native Chad Hennings. 

Hennings went to Benton Community High School and was coached by current Hawkeye O-Line coach Reese Morgan.  Hennings went on to play college football at the United States Air Force Academy where he would go on to win the Outland Trophy in his senior year as the nation's top interior lineman.  Hennings would eventually end up playing football for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1990's and was part of the legendary Cowboy team that won 3 Super Bowls in 4 years.  In 2006, Hennings was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.  Providing great insight and details about his success, Hennings addressed the Hawkeye Football team on Tuesday night following practice and gave them words of encouragement for their upcoming season.

Below, we have linked some more flip cam footage of the Hawkeye's 5th practice of fall camp.  Stay tuned for more camp coverage over the next couple of weeks.

Iowa Hawkeye Football Camp 8/5/11

The Iowa Football season has officially begun and the Hawkeyes have concluded their first practice of the 2011 Fall Camp.  For those of you who have been waiting patiently for the last 7 months and cannot wait for the season to begin, we took a flip cam out to practice today and have linked some footage of the Iowa Quarterbacks and Wide Receivers below.  Keep checking the GoHawks Blog throughout fall camp for more updates, pictures and videos.  Go Hawks!

Hawkeye Draft Tidbits

When it comes to developing Football Players, Coach Ferentz and his Staff seem to have for the job.  For the second consecutive year, the Iowa Hawkeye Football program saw 6 players get drafted.  The Hawkeyes led the Big Ten in Draft Picks for the 2nd year in a row and the 6 Hawkeyes drafted were tied for 5th best in the nation.  Over the past two years, Iowa has now had 12 players drafted  and this number is good enough for third best in the nation, trailing only USC and Miami (FL).

Here is a little background and history of the Hawkeyes & the NFL Draft under Coach Ferentz:

• WIth Julian Vandervelde taken in the 5th round by the Philadelphia Eagles, Iowa now ranks atop the list of Offensive Linemen taken in the NFL Draft since 2003.  Both teams have had 11 offensive linemen drafted in the past 9 NFL Drafts.
• With 6 players being drafted this year, Coach Ferentz has now had 45 players drafted in the NFL Draft.  He has also had 52 players sign Free Agent contracts and this number does not include the Hawks who will go on to sign Free Agent contracts this year after the NFL comes to terms with the CBA.  That is a total of 97 former Hawks who have either been drafted or signed a Free Agent deal under Coach Ferentz.
• 26 different NFL Franchises have drafted a Hawkeye at some point in the past 12 NFL Drafts.  Only 6 NFL teams have not drafted a Hawkeye in that same time frame.
  
  Hawkeyes Drafted by Round under Coach Ferentz
  1st Round - 5
  2nd Round - 7
  3rd Round - 8
  4th Round - 6
  5th Round - 7
  6th Round - 8
  7th Round - 4
  Total Hawkeyes Drafted since 2000 NFL Draft - 45
  
  Number of Hawkeyes Drafted by Team under Coach Ferentz
  3 - Green Bay Packers
  3 - Indianapolis Colts
  3 - Oakland Raiders
  3 - St. Louis Rams
  2 - Atlanta Falcons
  2 - Buffalo Bills
  2 - Carolina Panthes
  2 - Denver Broncos
  2 - Kansas City Chiefs
  2 - Miami Dolphins
  2 - Minnesota Vikings
  2 - New York Jets
  2 - Philadelphia Eagles
  2 - San Diego Chargers
  2 - Tennessee Titans
  1 - Arizona Cardinals
  1 - Baltimore Ravens
  1 - Cincinnati Bengals
  1 - Detroit Lions
  1 - New England Patriots
  1 - New Orleans Saints
  1 - New York Giants
  1 - Pittsburgh Steelers
  1 - Seattle Seahawks
  1 - Tampa Bay Bucs
  1 - Washington Redskins
  0 - Chicago Bears
  0 - Cleveland Browns
  0 - Dallas Cowboys
  0 - Houston Texans
  0 - Jacksonville Jaguars
  0 - San Francisco 49ers
  

The 2011 NFL Draft is just hours away

The 2011 NFL Draft is almost upon us and there will be several Hawkeyes who will be waiting to hear their name called this weekend.  In last year's draft, Iowa had 6 players selected and had 1 more player sign as a free agent.  The 6 Iowa players drafted last year were the most Hawkeyes taken in an NFL draft under Coach Ferentz. 

With 9 Hawkeyes participating in the NFL Combine just a few months ago, the Hawks look to compete with that draft number from last year.  Here at Iowa Football, we put together a little pre-draft video and we want to wish all the former Hawkeyes good luck this weekend.  Hawkeye nation will be watching and following the draft all weekend long.

Coaches vs. Seniors Annual Softball Game

On Wednesday afternoon, the Iowa Coaches and Seniors got together for their annual softball game. Due to rain, the game was forced to take place inside the bubble this year. As always, the coaches edged out the seniors 4-3 in extra innings this year. Coach Ferentz got the win as the pitcher for the coaches while Markus Zusevics received the loss for the seniors. Senior Punter Eric Guthrie had all 3 RBIs for the seniors in an unlikely inside the park home run. The play of the night was a tie, going to Coach Wilson for turning a double play (which never happens in this game) and Coach Doyle for driving in the game winning run in extra innings. We have included some video clips below from the game. 
 

In case you missed Dallas Clark on Criminal Minds Wednesday Night...

Last night, former Hawkeye Tight End and current Indianapolis Colts Tight End Dallas Clark, made his acting debut on Criminal Minds.  Take a look at this video created by ESPN for a behind the scenes peak with Dallas. 

Spring Ball is winding down...

With 12 practices in the books, the Hawkeyes look to wrap up their final week of spring ball. Per NCAA rules, each division 1 football team is allowed 15 practices in the spring. Coach Ferentz and the Hawkeyes will utilize Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday for their final 3 practices.

On Saturday at noon sharp, the Hawkeyes will take the field at Kinnick Stadium for the last time this spring as the annual Spring Game will take place. As usual, the entry fee for the Spring Game will be 1 non-perishable canned good (a minor cost to see a couple of hours of Hawkeye Football if you ask me). If you are in or around town, make sure to head over to Kinnick and support the Hawks.

Make sure to check back on Thursday night for some updates and video from the Wednesday and Thursday practices.