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2017 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Pinstripe Bowl champion
Pinstripe Bowl, W 27–20 vs. Boston College
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	West Division
Record	8–5 (4–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kirk Ferentz (19th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Ferentz (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Phil Parker (6th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium
Seasons← 20162018 →

The 2017 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hawkeyes, led by 19th-year head coach Kirk Ferentz, were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. They finished the season 8–5, 4–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They received an invite to the Pinstripe Bowl where they defeated Boston College.

The Iowa football program was awarded Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award for the Kinnick Wave, a new tradition that began during the season, where, at the end of the first quarter of every home game everyone in the stadium turned and waved to the young patients watching from the Stead Family Children's Hospital, which overlooks Kinnick Stadium. This season marked the first time since 1980 that the Tigerhawk logo was displayed at midfield in Kinnick Stadium.

Offseason

Recruiting

Position key

2017 commitments

The Hawkeyes signed a total of 22 recruits.

College recruiting information (2017)
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Coy Kirkpatrick DE	Madrid, Iowa	Madrid HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Jun 8, 2015
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Tristan Wirfs OT	Mount Vernon, Iowa	Mount Vernon HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	290 lb (130 kg)	Dec 7, 2015
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Jacob Coons TE	Solon, Iowa	Solon HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Dec 12, 2015
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A. J. Epenesa DE	Edwardsville, Illinois	Edwardsville HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	260 lb (120 kg)	Jan 17, 2016
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Djimon Colbert CB	Mission, Kansas	Bishop Miege HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Mar 6, 2016
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Mark Kallenberger OT	Bettendorf, Iowa	Bettendrof HS	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	250 lb (110 kg)	Mar 31, 2016
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Ivory Kelly-Martin RB	Oswego, Illinois	Oswego East HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Apr 4, 2016
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Levi Duwa DE	Wellman, Iowa	Mid-Prairie Community HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Apr 24, 2016
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Peyton Mansell QB	Belton, Texas	Belton HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Jun 20, 2016
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Brandon Smith WR	Lake Cormorant, Mississippi	Lake Cormorant HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jun 26, 2016
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Camron Harrell S	Bradley, Illinois	Brady-Bourbonnais HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jun 26, 2016
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Matt Hankins CB	Flower Mound, Texas	Marcus HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	158 lb (72 kg)	Jun 27, 2016
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Joshua Turner CB	Delray Beach, Florida	American Heritage HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 11, 2016
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Max Cooper WR	Waukesha, Wisconsin	Catholic Memorial HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	Dec 14, 2016
	Star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Henry Marchese WR	Lincolnshire, Illinois	Stevenson HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jan 24, 2017
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Nate Wieland LB	Iowa City, Iowa	Iowa City HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jan 30, 2017
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Trey Creamer CB	Cartersville, Georgia	Cartersville HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jan 30, 2017
	Star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Kyshaun Bryan RB	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jan 30, 2017
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Geno Stone S	New Castle, Pennsylvania	New Castle HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jan 31, 2017
	Star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Ryan Gersonde P	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Marquette University HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jan 31, 2017
	Star ratings: Scout:   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Ihmir Smith-Marsette CB	Newark, New Jersey	Weequahic HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Feb 1, 2017
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Daviyon Nixon DE	Kenosha, Wisconsin	Indian Trail Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	Feb 1, 2017
	Star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Iowa Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017. "2017 Iowa Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017. "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017.

Schedule

Iowa announced its 2017 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2017 schedule consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. The Hawkeyes hosted Big Ten foes Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, and Purdue, and traveled to Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, and Wisconsin.

The team hosted two non–conference games against the Wyoming Cowboys from the Mountain West Conference and the North Texas Mean Green from Conference USA. Sandwiched between those matchups was a trip to Ames for the annual Cy-Hawk rivalry game against the Iowa State Cyclones from the Big 12 Conference.

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Roster

2017 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 11 Ryan Boyle So QB 2 Peyton Mansell Fr QB 15 Ryan Schmidt So QB 4 Nate Stanley So QB 8 Tyler Wiegers Jr RB 22 Toks Akinribade So RB 47 Lane Akre So RB 16 Kyshaun Bryan Fr RB 20 James Butler Sr RB 21 Sam Cook  Fr RB 26 Marcel Joly Jr RB 33 Austin Kelly Jr RB 21 Ivory Kelly-Martin Fr RB 45 Drake Kulick Sr RB 36 Brady Ross So RB 25 Akrum Wadley Sr RB 28 Toren Young  Fr WR 2 Brandon Bishop Jr WR 19 Max Cooper Fr WR 23 Dominique Dafney So WR 84 Nick Easley Jr WR 82 Adrian Falconer Jr WR 13 Henry Marchese Fr WR 12 Brandon Smith Fr WR 6 Ihmir Smith-Marsette Fr WR 89 Matt VandeBerg Sr WR 80 Devonte Young So TE 42 Shaun Beyer  Fr TE 18 Drew Cook So TE 88 Jacob Coons Fr TE 87 Noah Fant So TE 38 T. J. Hockenson  Fr TE 86 Peter Pekar Sr TE 85 Nate Vejvoda So TE 39 Nate Wieting So TE 81 Jon Wisnieski Sr OL 61 Cole Banwart  Fr OL 75 Ike Boettger  Sr OL 78 James Daniels Jr OL 76 Dalton Ferguson Jr OL 77 Alaric Jackson  Fr OL 71 Mark Kallenberger Fr OL 72 Coy Kirkpatrick Fr OL 70 Lucas LeGrand Jr OL 52 Boone Myers  Sr OL 68 Landan Paulsen So OL 66 Levi Paulsen So OL 56 Burke Prins Fr OL 69 Keegan Render Jr OL 59 Ross Reynolds Jr OL 79 Sean Welsh Sr OL 63 Spencer Williams  Fr OL 74 Tristan Wirfs Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 99 Nathan Bazata Sr DL 90 Sam Brincks Jr DL 67 Levi Duwa Fr DL 94 A. J. Epenesa Fr DL 77 Daniel Gaffney Sr DL 60 Jacob Giese So DL 57 Chauncey Golston  Fr DL 40 Parker Hesse Jr DL 88 Jake Hulett Sr DL 66 Dallas Jacobus  Fr DL 53 Garret Jansen So DL 82 Jack Kallenberger Jr DL 95 Cedrick Lattimore So DL 97 Romeo McKnight  Fr DL 98 Anthony Nelson So DL 96 Matt Nelson Jr DL 58 Jake Newborg Jr DL 91 Brady Reiff So DL 74 Austin Schulte  Fr DL 93 Brandon Simon  Fr LB 41 Bo Bower Sr LB 48 Jack Hockaday Jr LB 43 Josey Jewell Sr LB 52 Amani Jones So LB 31 Aaron Mends Jr LB 44 Ben Niemann Sr LB 49 Nick Niemann  Fr LB 50 Jacob Sobotka Jr LB 55 Kyle Taylor  Fr LB 35 Barrington Wade  Fr LB 26 Kevin Ward Sr LB 34 Kristian Welch So LB 29 Nate Wieland Fr DB 20 Cedric Boswell  Fr DB 33 Noah Clayberg Fr DB 32 Djimon Colbert Fr DB 3 Trey Creamer Fr DB 1 Wes Dvorak So DB 30 Jake Gervase Jr DB 8 Matt Hankins Fr DB 10 Camron Harrell Fr DB 27 Amani Hooker So DB 15 Joshua Jackson Jr DB 18 John Milani So DB 11 Michael Ojemudia So DB 5 Manny Rugamba So DB 37 Brandon Snyder  Jr DB 9 Geno Stone Fr DB 19 Miles Taylor Sr DB 4 Josh Turner Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Keith Duncan  So K 6 Josh Proehl Fr K 91 Miguel Recinos Jr K 94 Caleb Shudak  Fr K 95 Lena Osman Jr P 90 Ryan Gersonde Fr P 7 Colten Rastetter So LS 97 Tyler Kluver Sr LS 84 Austin Spiewak  Fr LS 50 Jackson Subbert So	Head coach Kirk Ferentz Coordinators/assistant coaches Brian Ferentz – Offensive coordinator/running backs Phil Parker – Defensive coordinator/secondary LeVar Woods – Special teams coordinator/tight ends Chris Doyle – Strength and conditioning Kelvin Bell – Recruiting coordinator/Assistant Defensive Line Ken O'Keefe – Quarterbacks Kelton Copeland – Wide receivers Tim Polasek – Offensive line Reese Morgan – Defensive line Seth Wallace – Linebackers coach Raimond Braithwaite – Assistant, strength and conditioning Nick DiMarco – Assistant, strength and conditioning Justin Lima – Assistant, strength and conditioning Cody Meyers – Assistant, strength and conditioning Paul Federici – Director of football operations Ben Hansen – Assistant director of football operations Broderick Binns – Director, player development Scott Southmayd – Director, player personnel Max Allen – Director, football new media Tyler Barnes – Director, recruiting Tyler Anderson – Graduate assistant Martin Hopkins – Graduate assistant Joe Pawlak – Graduate assistant Don Shumpert – Graduate assistant Austin Showalter – Football analyst/administrative assistant Bob Rahfeldt – Video Coordinator Chris Ruth – Assistant video coordinator Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 8/3/17

Rankings

Game summaries

Wyoming

Iowa opened up the 2017 football season against the Wyoming Cowboys and highly rated Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen. The Hawkeyes got off to a slow start, but after Wyoming punter Tim Zaleski missed the ball on the attempted punt, the Hawkeyes took a 14–3 lead at the half. Iowa built on the momentum with a 45-yard pass from first-year starter Nate Stanley to wide receiver Nick Easley. Iowa wins the season opener 24–3. Iowa's defense impressed many, holding Josh Allen to only 174 yards and 17 incompletions, and a quarterback rating of 24.9. Iowa defense also picked off Allen twice.

This game marked the debut of the "Kinnick Wave", a new Iowa football tradition in which fans turn toward the children's hospital that overlooks the playing field at the end of the first quarter and wave to patients and their families watching the game from the hospital.

At Iowa State

Iowa's first rivalry game of the year was the Cy-Hawk series against Big 12 foe Iowa State – fresh off a 42–3 beatdown in Iowa City the past year. ISU's 2nd year coach Matt Campbell referred to Iowa as the "team out east" in pregame preparations. This game had a relatively slow beginning and Iowa appeared to be in control well into the third quarter. However, Iowa State's offense exploded and put up 28 points in the second half. The game ultimately went to OT and the "team out east" prevailed with a Nate Stanley touchdown pass.

North Texas

After an emotional win from a week prior, Iowa got off to a sluggish start though ultimately pulled away to start out 3–0.

No. 4 Penn State

At Michigan State

Illinois

Illinois played with Iowa well into the third quarter. The Hawkeyes appeared lethargic but a Brandon Snyder interception sparked an Iowa rally and they dominated the rest of the way.

At Northwestern

Minnesota

Iowa won their third in a row in this rivalry contest.

No. 6 Ohio State

Iowa was able to defeat Ohio State for the first time since 2004 in this blowout victory. The Buckeyes played with the Hawkeyes for most of the first half but from there the game belonged to Iowa. It was one of the most impressive wins of the Ferentz era and Nate Stanley's most distinguished to that point as well. Tight ends Noah Fant and T. J. Hockenson combined for 9 receptions, 125 yards, and 4 touchdowns. Defensive back and future NFL player Josh Jackson also had an outstanding game, tying an Iowa school record with three interceptions.

At No. 8 Wisconsin

One week after the unexpected domination of Ohio State, the Hawkeye offense struggled terribly in Madison with 66 yards of total offense coming on 50 plays. Josh Jackson continued his torrid run with two interceptions – both returned for touchdowns.

Purdue

The Boilermakers spoiled Senior Day in Iowa City by employing an effective tactic from the Jeff Brohm-era against Iowa – find a mismatch in the passing game and continue to exploit it. Purdue's Anthony Mahoungou had 7 receptions for 135 yards and 2 TD.

At Nebraska

Nebraska got out to a fast start and was up 14–7 in the second quarter with Iowa struggling to move the ball. The script completely flipped from that point though as the Hawkeyes scored 49 unanswered points and shut out the Cornhuskers in the second half.

vs. Boston College (Pinstripe Bowl)

Iowa was able to end their bowl drought in this contest with Boston College. The Hawkeyes had trouble containing the Eagles' offense but with second half adjustments held them to just a field goal which came with only a few minutes left in the fourth quarter. The victory was bowl win number seven for Kirk Ferentz and tied legendary coach Hayden Fry in career wins with 143.

Awards and honors

Postseason Awards

• Josey Jewell – Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, Big Ten Linebacker of the Year, Jack Lambert Award, Unanimous First-team All-American
• Josh Jackson – Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year, Jack Tatum Award, Unanimous First-team All-American

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

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