The seniors have played their final game as a Hawkeye and juniors Bryan Bulaga and Amari Spievey are both going pro. Despite these departures there is still a wealth of talent retuning for the 2010 football season. For an idea of who is coming back and the production they had this year, I went through different statistics and broke them down by players returning versus leaving. I'll share my thoughts on what all of this means throughout this way too long hiatus...so for now, just the numbers.

Stat: Returning / Total (Percent)
Defense
Total Tackles: 672 / 957 (70.2%)
Sacks: 29.5 / 31 (95.2%)
Tackles for Loss: 63.5 / 74 (85.8%)
Interceptions: 13 / 21 (61.9%)

Offense
Rushing Touchdowns: 13 / 13 (100%)
Rushing Yards: 1450 / 1485 (97.6%)
Receiving Touchdowns: 13 / 19 (68.4%)
Receiving Yards: 2052 / 2887 (71.1%)
Receptions: 144 / 213 (67.6%)
Passing Touchdowns: 19 / 19 (100%)
Passing Yards: 2887 / 2887 (100%)

Special Teams
Punt Return Yards: 218 / 225 (96.9%)
Kick Return Yards: 845 / 918 (92.0%)

Other Stats
Total Points Scored: 265 / 301 (88.0%)
All-Purpose Yards: 4805 / 5822 (82.5%)
Starts: 168 / 286 (58.7%)