Let’s just take a trip down memory lane and list off some of the great Iowa football linebackers in the Kirk Ferentz era.
Christian Kirksey, AJ Edds, Ben Niemann, Grant Steen, Josey Jewell, Abdul Hodge, Pat Angerer, Fred Barr, James Morris, Chad Greenway, Anthony Hitchens, and Jeremiha Hunter. These are just a few of the names that come to mind when thinking of linebacker player for the Iowa football team, but take a closer look at that list.
Josey Jewell, Abdul Hodge, and Pat Angerer are arguably three of the top five linebackers on this list, and they have one thing in common, they all played middle linebacker.