Known on the offensive side of the ball as being an o-line and tight end ‘factory’ in terms of those who advance into the NFL, Iowa doesn’t have the same recent pedigree with wide receivers.
Having All-Big Ten talent at the position hasn’t been around Iowa City since the beginning of the decade with players like Derrell Johnson-Koulianos and Marvin McNutt. 2017 doesn’t necessarily present itself as being the year in which that will be changing.
Matt VandeBerg who was struck down by injury after a promising start to the 2016 season returns for this ‘last go-around’ for the Hawks.