Not everyone has the luxury of following Hawkeye Football year round. Maybe it's a life long fan with season tickets, but who is too busy over the summer to read message boards and blogs.... Maybe it's an incoming freshman who started school yesterday, but wasn't fanatical about the Hawkeyes in high school... I get it. The off-season is long and the news is sometimes slow. But kickoff is now less than 2 weeks away, so it's time to get caught up on what you might have missed. So, over the next few days I'll post everything you need to know (at least I much of it as I can) to get ready for the season. Today, a bunch of lists to quickly get you up to speed.

Who's Returning

Returning Starters
Offense-
  • Ricky Stanzi | QB
  • Adam Robinson | RB
  • Derrell Johnson-Koulianos | WR
  • Riley Reiff | OT
  • Julian Vandervelde | OG
  • Brett Morse | FB
Defense-
  • Adrian Clayborn | DE
  • Broderick Binns | DE
  • Christian Ballard | DT
  • Karl Klug | DT
  • Jeremiha Hunter | LB
  • Tyler Sash | SS
  • Brett Greenwood | FS
  • Shaun Prater | CB
Special Teams-
  • Ryan Donahue | P
  • Daniel Murray | L
  • Andrew Schulze | LS
  • Colin Sandeman | PR
  • Derrell Johnson-Koulianos | KR

Who's Out

Suspensions
  • Jewel Hampton | RB - 1 game for public intox and being in a bar after 10:00 while under 21
  • Broderick Binns | DE - 1 game for OWI

Injuries
  • Marcus Coker | RB - broken colar bone, out at least a few weeks
  • Jeff Tarpinian | LB - broken hand, out minimal time

Transfers
  • David Cato | S - Transfered to Stephen F. Austin
  • Josh Brown | RB - Transfered to Murray State
  • Jeff Brinson | RB - Transfered to Central Florida
  • J.D. Griggs | TE - Unknown

NFL Draftees
  • Bryan Bulaga | OT - Drafted by Green Bay, 1st round, 23rd pick overall
  • Pat Andger | LB - Drafted by Indianapolis, 2nd round, 63rd pick overall
  • Amari Spievey | CB - Drafted by Detroit, 2nd round, 66th pick overall
  • Tony Moeaki | TE - Drafted by Kansas City, 3rd round, 93rd pick overall
  • A.J. Edds | LB - Drafted by Miami, 4th round, 119th pick overall
  • Kyle Calloway | OT - Drafted by Buffalo, 7th round, 216th pick overall

Goners?
  • Brandon Wegher | RB - probably at school, but hasn't practiced in a while
  • Wade Leppert | FB - left team, probably will not transfer

Who's In

Incoming Freshman
  • A.J Derby | QB
  • Andrew Donnal | OT
  • Anthony Ferguson | DT
  • Austin Gray | LB
  • Austin Vier | TE
  • B.J. Lowery | CB
  • C.J. Fiedorowicz | TE
  • Carl Davis | DT
  • Christian Kirksey | LB
  • DeAndre Johnson | RB
  • Don Shumpert | SS
  • Donovan Johnson | DT
  • James Morris | LB
  • Jim Poggi | LB
  • Kevonte Martin-Manley | WR
  • Louis Trinca-Pasat | DE
  • Marcus Coker | RB
  • Brandon Scherff | OT
  • Mike Hardy | DE
  • Anthony Hitchens | SS
  • Tanner Miller | FS

2011 Commits

The Hype

Polls

Award Watch Lists