Iowa football had five players drafted this year. Tristan Wirfs was drafted around his expected position, Nathan Stanley snuck in late in the 7th round and Michael Ojemudia was the third Hawk off the board going in the third round. But some Hawkeyes weren’t as lucky to be drafted as high.
Every year this happens and every year it infuriates me beyond belief. Every single year it seems like there is at least one Hawkeye who produces for three seasons, underperforms slightly at the combine, and then slides down draft boards. It happened to Desmond King, who found himself as high as the late first round in pre-combine Mock Drafts before eventually falling all the way to the 5th round.