The Iowa Hawkeyes are an NFL factory. There’s no longer any debate about that. The Hawkeyes has five players selected in the 2020 NFL Draft, marking the 42nd straight year at least one Hawkeye has been drafted. They also had a first round draft choice when Tristan Wirfs went #13 overall to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That’s the second straight year Iowa has had a first rounder - the fourth longest streak in the nation.
In the 20 years under head coach Kirk Ferentz, Iowa has had 75 players drafted. That’s an average of 3.