The Iowa Hawkeyes put out their depth chart for the game against UNI on Friday. Though there is nothing overly surprising on the 2-deeps, there were a few things worth commenting.
  • Probably the biggest "news" is that Jewel Hampton is not listed (as was expected). There is no definite news on whether or not he will redshirt this year, but he will be out for the opener.
  • Christian Ballard is definitely a defensive tackle. Again we already kind of new that.
  • DJK is still number 2. Ferentz has said it mostly due to DJK missing some time with a minor injury, but I think the whole "dog house"/motivational thing is still going on.
  • Murray and Mossbrucker are still listed with an "OR". There was a little talk going around of Mossbrucker redshirting, but it doesn't look like it at this point.
  • William Lowe and Greg Castillo are tied for the starting left corner spot. Most thought the job was Lowe's, but Castillo must be making some good strides in camp.
  • Amari Spievey is listed as the punt and kick returner. I think that's a great choice. He was an excellent returnman in JUCO averaging 41 yards on kick returns. He once also had a 94-yard inception return for a touchdown to end the first half, only to start the second half with a 96-yard kick off return for a second touchdown.
  • I also noticed no true freshman are listed anywhere, though Ferentz said we will probably see 3 to 4 play next Saturday. I have to think Ferentz did this on purpose. Micah Hyde is probably the next cornerback in line, but only 3 are listed. I also suspect that the other kick returner spot may be filled by Brandon Wegher instead of Paki (usually the starting running back isn't returning kicks for Iowa). Also, Keenan Davis may be good enough that he'd be on the 2-deeps over Paul Chaney, Jr.
Depth Chart:

Offense
SE- Marvin McNutt, Derrell Johnson-Koulianos
LT- Bryan Bulaga, Riley Reiff
LG- Adam Gettis, Kyle Haganman
C- Rafael Eubanks, Josh Koeppel
RG- Dan Doering, Andy Kuempel
RT- Dace Richardson, Markus Zusevics
TE- Tony Moeaki, Allen Reisner
QB- Ricky Stanzi , James Vandenberg/John Wiene
WR- Trey Stross, Paul Chaney, Jr.
RB- Paki O’Meara, Adam Robinson
FB- Brett Morse, Wade Leppert

Defense
DE- Adrian Clayborn, Lebron Daniel
DT- Karl Klug, Travis Meade
DT- Christian Ballard, Mike Daniels
DE- Broderick Binns, Cody Hundertmark
OLB-A.J. Edds, Tyler Nielsen
MLB- Pat Angerer, Troy Johnson
WLB- Jeremiha Hunter, Jeff Tarpinian
LC- Greg Castillo/William Lowe
SS- Tyler Sash, David Cato
FS- Brett Greenwood, Joe Conklin
RC- Amari Spievey, William Lowe/Greg Castillo

Special Teams
PK- Daniel Murray/Trent Mossbrucker
PT- Ryan Donahue, Eric Guthrie
Punt Returns- Amari Spievey
Kickoff Returns- Paki O’Meara & Amari Spievey
Deep Snaps- Andrew Schulze, Josh Koeppel
Holder- Ryan Donahue