Death, taxes, and former Iowa Football succeeding in the NFL. The greatest strength of the Iowa program over the years has been their ability to take lightly recruited high school players, get them into the program, and send them to the NFL.
Outside of the tight end and offensive line positions, the Hawkeye program has been a strong development program for defensive backs and linebackers.
Former Hawkeye Cooper DeJean set the NFL on fire when he intercepted Patrick Mahomes in the Super Bowl in February and ran it back for a touchdown. He was also just ranked as the No.