IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Jake Duzey tried to come back too soon.
He knows it now, in the final days of his Iowa football career. A part of him knew it back in September, when he returned to the field in Week 4 as, statistically, the top tight end in the Big Ten from a year ago with 36 catches.
Realistically, he was a different player.
"It was my senior year," Duzey said Tuesday, "so I definitely wanted to try to get back out there as soon as I could."
The Hawkeyes travel Thursday to Los Angeles to continue preparation for Stanford in the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual, Iowa's first trip to play in Pasadena in 25 years.