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Iowa football: Nate Stanley needs to protect the ball better in 2019

Through two seasons, Iowa football player Nate Stanley has thrown just 15 interceptions total, which is surprisingly low for an Iowa quarterback (save for CJ Beathard).

Jake Rudock threw 13 interceptions in 2013. The revered quarterback of the Orange Bowl-winning Iowa football team, Ricky Stanzi, threw 15 interceptions during 2009, and Big Ten Player of the Year Drew Tate threw 13 interceptions in 2006 and 14 in 2004 when he led the Hawks to a Capital One Bowl victory.

So on the surface, that’s pretty solid, but when looking at advanced analytics, Stanley needs to be better at protecting the ball.