Iowa Hawkeyes NCAA Football News

University of Iowa senior linebacker James Morris has been named to the 2013 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List.

Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz talks with cornerback Micah Hyde during the first half or their college football game against Purdue Saturday, Nov.

Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz talks to his team during their game against Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz is happy to see the Big Ten on the verge of adding the Holiday Bowl and Pinstripe Bowl to its bowl rotation.

All of the way-too-early previews of the Big Ten have Kirk Ferentz and his Iowa Hawkeyes at or near the bottom of the conference.

A couple years ago, Micah Hyde had an idea. He wanted to help kids in need play sports and started working on it as a class project.

One of the Packers' two fifth-round picks, corner Micah Hyde, was back in Iowa Monday working on finishing his final exams.

This resulted in them being the second-worst scoring offense and passing offense in the conference and the third-worst rushing offense .

This is a bad year for Iowa to attempt a Big Ten Conference rebound. The Hawkeyes finished 4-8 last fall, losing their final six games against league rivals.

There will be five quarterbacks starting their first opening day when the 2013 Football Season opens up in the Big 10.

Last week, the Iowa Hawkeyes and head coach Kirk Ferentz wound up spring practice with an open scrimmage at Kinnick Stadium.

The Hawkeye offense took most of the blame for last season's 4-8 record. Iowa ranked 99th in rushing and 96th in passing, and was 116th in total offense out of 120 division one teams.

The new Ottawa franchise has made their first ever draft selection, taking Iowa offensive lineman Nolan MacMillan.

ENTER THE BLACK. That's the motto on the door to Iowa's shiny new football facilities.

Campers from Camp Courageous got a tour of the facility and had the chance to meet their Hawkeye heroes Saturday.

This is the way it works at the University of Iowa, a big football school in a big league that relies on sifting through unplowed soil to find the talent to feed its machine.

31: Northern Illinois Sept. 7: Missouri State Sept. 14: at Iowa State Sept. 21: Western Michigan Sept.

The Green Bay Packers were looking to put some youth back into their secondary, and they did so with CB/S Micah Hyde in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft .

So it looks like new Viking DT Sharrif Floyd chose the wrong university on Signing Day a few years ago.

On the eve of his first NFL mini-camp, Keokuk native James Vandenberg gives us the low down on his burgeoning pro football career His illustrious career has already produced a high school football state title in the Gate City and a Full ride Division One Scholarship to play quarterback as an Iowa Hawkeye.