List of Iowa Hawkeyes football honorees

The Iowa Hawkeyes football team was founded in 1889 to represent the University of Iowa in intercollegiate competition, and it has participated in the sport every season since. Over the course of the team's history, individual Hawkeye players of exceptional ability have received many accolades.

Iowa has had several players inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame, Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. Individual Hawkeyes have won many prestigious national awards, including the Outland Trophy, the Davey O'Brien Award, the Doak Walker Award, the Jim Thorpe Award, and the Heisman Trophy. 92 Hawkeyes have been named a first-team or second-team All-American, and 23 have been named consensus first-team All-Americans.

The Iowa Hawkeyes have had ten players win the Big Ten Most Valuable Player Award, and 219 Hawks have earned All-Big Ten recognition. Iowa has had 244 NFL draft picks, and several former Hawkeye players have gone on to become NFL head coaches or Division I college head coaches. This list outlines awards and honors for individual football players and coaches of the Iowa Hawkeyes.

National honorees

Individual award winners

•Heisman Trophy Nile Kinnick – 1939 •Maxwell Award Nile Kinnick – 1939 Chuck Long – 1985 •AP Athlete of the Year Nile Kinnick – 1939 •AP Player of the Year Brad Banks – 2002

•Davey O'Brien Award Chuck Long – 1985 Brad Banks – 2002 •UPI Lineman of the Year Alex Karras – 1957 •Mosi Tatupu Award Kahlil Hill – 2001 •John Mackey Award Dallas Clark – 2002

•Lou Groza Award Nate Kaeding – 2002 •Doak Walker Award Shonn Greene – 2008 •Jim Thorpe Award Desmond King – 2015 •Outland Trophy Cal Jones – 1955 Alex Karras – 1957 Robert Gallery – 2003 Brandon Scherff – 2014

Coaching award winners

•AP Coach of the Year Award Kirk Ferentz – 2002 •AFCA Coach of the Year Eddie Anderson – 1939

•Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award Kirk Ferentz – 2002

•Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year Hayden Fry – 1981

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Heisman Trophy nominees

The most prestigious of these individual awards is the Heisman Trophy. Nile Kinnick won the award in 1939, and four other Hawkeyes have placed second in the voting. In all, nine Hawkeye players have finished in the top ten in the Heisman Trophy balloting, with Chuck Long doing so twice:^[2]

Season	Player	Heisman Finish
1939	Nile Kinnick	First
1955	Cal Jones	Tenth
1956	Ken Ploen	Ninth
1957	Alex Karras	Second
1958	Randy Duncan	Second
1984	Chuck Long	Seventh
1985	Chuck Long	Second
1997	Tim Dwight	Seventh
2002	Brad Banks	Second
2008	Shonn Greene	Sixth

Hall of Fame inductees

College Football Hall of Fame

Nile Kinnick, Duke Slater, and coach Howard Jones were all inducted in the inaugural College Football Hall of Fame class in 1951. In all, nine players and five coaches now represent Iowa in the College Football Hall of Fame: ^[3]

College Football Hall of Fame
Name	Position	Tenure	Year Inducted
Howard Jones	Coach	1916–23	1951
Duke Slater	Tackle	1918–21	1951
Nile Kinnick	Quarterback	1936–39	1951
Gordon Locke	Fullback	1920–22	1960
Eddie Anderson	Coach	1939–49	1971
Aubrey Devine	Quarterback	1919–21	1973
Slip Madigan	Coach	1943–44	1974
Cal Jones	Guard	1952–55	1980
Alex Karras	Defensive tackle	1954–57	1981
Randy Duncan	Quarterback	1956–58	1997
Chuck Long	Quarterback	1981–85	1999
Forest Evashevski	Coach	1952–60	2000
Hayden Fry	Coach	1979–98	2003
Larry Station	Linebacker	1982–85	2009

Pro Hall of Fame

Three Hawkeyes have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame:^[4]

Pro Football Hall of Fame
Name	Position	Teams	Year Inducted
Emlen Tunnell	Defensive back	New York Giants, Green Bay Packers	1967
Paul Krause	Safety	Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins	1998
Andre Tippett	Linebacker	New England Patriots	2008

Canadian football

Three Hawkeyes have been inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame for their play in the Canadian Football League: ^[5]

Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Name	Position	Teams	Year Inducted
Ken Ploen	Quarterback	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1975
Willie Fleming	Running back	BC Lions	1982
Frank Rigney	Offensive tackle	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1985

Iowa Sports Hall of Fame

The Iowa Sports Hall of Fame, sponsored by the Des Moines Register, honors outstanding athletes and sports contributors. To be eligible, members must have either been born in Iowa or gained prominence while competing for a college or university in Iowa. Aubrey Devine, Nile Kinnick, and Duke Slater were three of the five football players inducted when the Hall was founded in 1951. 25 Hawkeye players and 3 Hawkeye coaches have been inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame: ^[6]

Iowa Sports Hall of Fame
Name	Year Inducted	Name	Year Inducted
Aubrey Devine	1951	Mike Enich	1983
Duke Slater	1951	Paul Krause	1985
Nile Kinnick	1951	Ed Podolak	1986
Clyde Williams	1956	Wally Hilgenberg	1987
Gordon Locke	1958	Jack Dittmer	1988
Billy Edson	1959	Forest Evashevski	1989
Joe Laws	1961	Larry Station	2000
Eddie Anderson	1962	Chuck Long	2001
Stub Stewart	1965	Ken Ploen	2002
Cal Jones	1971	Reggie Roby	2003
Willis Glassgow	1973	Hayden Fry	2004
Emlen Tunnell	1975	Andre Tippett	2006
Randy Duncan	1976	Tavian Banks	2013
Alex Karras	1977	Tim Dwight	2014

University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame

The University of Iowa started an Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989. Ten football players were inducted in the initial class, and it has since expanded to include 49 football players and coaches:^[7]

University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame
Name	Year Inducted	Name	Year Inducted
Aubrey Devine	1989	Stub Barron	1998
Willis Glassgow	1989	Emlen Tunnell	1998
Cal Jones	1989	Paul Krause	2000
Alex Karras	1989	Stub Stewart	2000
Nile Kinnick	1989	Bill Reichardt	2001
Gordon Locke	1989	Homer Harris	2002
Erwin Prasse	1989	Francis Schammel	2003
Ozzie Simmons	1989	Hayden Fry	2004
Duke Slater	1989	Mike Reilly	2005
Forest Evashevski	1989	Larry Station	2005
Mike Enich	1990	John Niland	2006
Ken Ploen	1990	Reggie Roby	2006
Lester Belding	1991	Andre Tippett	2007
Joe Laws	1991	Marv Cook	2008
Dick Crayne	1992	Fred Becker	2009
Randy Duncan	1992	Bob Jeter	2010
Frank Cuhel	1993	Tim Dwight	2011
Jack Dittmer	1993	Sherwyn Thorson	2011
Clyde Williams	1993	Bashir Yamini	2012
Howard Jones	1993	Brad Banks	2013
Jerry Hilgenberg	1995	Craig Clemons	2013
Emerson Nelson	1995	Nate Kaeding	2014
Al Couppee	1996	Don Norton	2015
Jim Gibbons	1996	Willie Brashier	2015
Chuck Long	1997

Retired numbers

Iowa Hawkeyes retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Tenure
24	Nile Kinnick	QB	1936–39
62	Cal Jones	OG	1952–55

Two numbers have been retired by the Hawkeye football program, Nile Kinnick's #24 and Cal Jones' #62. Both Kinnick and Jones were consensus first team All-Americans, and both men tragically perished in separate plane crashes before their 25th birthday.

Kinnick won the University of Iowa's only Heisman Trophy in 1939 and is the man for whom Kinnick Stadium is named. Jones was the first African-American to win the Outland Trophy and is the only Hawkeye to be named first-team All-American three times.^[8]

All-American selections

Each year, numerous publications and organizations release lists of All-America teams, hypothetical rosters of players considered the best in the nation at their respective positions.^[9] The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) uses officially recognized All-America selectors to determine the consensus selections. Over time, the sources used to determine the consensus selections have varied. Currently, the NCAA uses five "major" selectors to determine consensus All-Americans: the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), The Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF).^[10] Many other publications and organization compile their own "minor" All-America teams in addition to the selectors listed here.

Clyde Williams is often referred to as "Iowa's first All-American". Williams, who led the Hawkeyes to its first Big Ten championship in 1900, was named a third-team All-American by Walter Camp that season. Williams was the first player west of the Mississippi River to garner All-American honors.^[11][12] However, since the following list constitutes only first-team and second-team All-Americans, Williams is not included here.

Iowa has had 67 first-team All-Americans and 31 second-team All-Americans. Of Iowa's 67 first-team All-Americans, 24 players were consensus first-team All-American selections, while eight were unanimous first-team selections.^[13][14]

Key
Consensus/Unanimous first-team selection	First-team selection	Second-team selection

Season Player Remarks 1912 Jim Trickey 1916 Fred Becker 1919 Lester Belding 1919 Duke Slater 1920 Lester Belding Second selection 1921 Aubrey Devine 1921 Gordon Locke 1921 Duke Slater Second selection 1922 Max Kadesky 1922 Gordon Locke Second first-team selection 1924 John Hancock 1925 Dick Romey 1926 Emerson Nelson 1928 Willis Glassgow 1928 Peter Westra 1929 Willis Glassgow Second selection 1933 Joe Laws 1933 Francis Schammel 1934 Ozzie Simmons 1935 Ozzie Simmons Second selection 1939 Nile Kinnick 1939 Erwin Prasse 1940 Mike Enich 1948 Bill Kay 1951 Bill Reichardt 1953 Jerry Hilgenberg 1953 Cal Jones 1954 Cal Jones Second first-team selection 1955 Cal Jones Second consensus selection; Third first-team selection 1956 Frank Gilliam 1956 Alex Karras 1956 Ken Ploen 1956 Don Suchy

Season Player Remarks 1957 Jim Gibbons 1957 Alex Karras Second first-team selection 1958 Randy Duncan* Unanimous selection 1958 Curt Merz 1959 Don Norton 1960 Larry Ferguson 1960 Wilburn Hollis 1960 Mark Manders 1961 Bill Van Buren 1963 Mike Reilly 1964 John Niland 1964 Karl Noonan 1965 Dave Long 1965 John Niland Second selection 1971 Craig Clemons 1975 Joe Devlin 1975 Rod Walters 1979 Dennis Mosley 1980 John Harty 1981 Pat Dean 1981 Reggie Roby 1981 Andre Tippett 1982 Mark Bortz 1982 Reggie Roby Second first-team selection 1983 Joel Hilgenberg 1983 Larry Station 1984 Ronnie Harmon 1984 Jonathan Hayes 1984 Larry Station Second selection 1985 Ronnie Harmon Second selection 1985 Chuck Long* Unanimous selection 1985 Larry Station* Unanimous selection; Second consensus selection; Third selection

Season Player Remarks 1986 Dave Croston 1987 Dave Haight 1988 Marv Cook 1988 Dave Haight Second selection 1990 Nick Bell 1990 Merton Hanks 1991 Leroy Smith 1992 Mike Devlin 1996 Tim Dwight 1997 Tavian Banks 1997 Jared DeVries 1997 Tim Dwight Second first-team selection 1998 Jared DeVries Second selection 2002 Brad Banks 2002 Dallas Clark* Unanimous selection 2002 Colin Cole 2002 Nate Kaeding 2002 Bruce Nelson 2002 Eric Steinbach 2003 Robert Gallery* Unanimous selection 2003 Nate Kaeding Second first-team selection 2003 Bob Sanders 2004 Chad Greenway 2004 Matt Roth 2005 Chad Greenway Second selection 2008 Shonn Greene* Unanimous selection 2008 Mitch King 2009 Pat Angerer 2009 Bryan Bulaga 2010 Adrian Clayborn 2011 Riley Reiff 2014 Brandon Scherff* Unanimous selection 2015 Desmond King* Unanimous selection

• —Unanimous selection

Big Ten honorees

Most Valuable Players

The Chicago Tribune Silver Football has been awarded since 1924 by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference. Ten Hawkeyes have won the Big Ten MVP award, the third largest number of winners by any school, trailing only Michigan and Ohio State:^[15]

Inducted Player 1929 Willis Glassgow 1933 Joe Laws 1939 Nile Kinnick 1951 Bill Reichardt 1956 Ken Ploen

Inducted Player 1958 Randy Duncan 1985 Chuck Long 1990 Nick Bell 2002 Brad Banks 2008 Shonn Greene

Annual individual honors

Coaches and media of the Big Ten also make annual selections for additional individual honors:^[16]

Big Ten Conference Award	Recipient(s) and year received
Offensive Player of the Year	Chuck Long (1985); Nick Bell & Matt Rodgers (1990); Tavian Banks (1997); Brad Banks (2002); Shonn Greene (2008)
Defensive Player of the Year	Leroy Smith (1991)
Offensive Lineman of the Year	Mike Haight (1985); Dave Croston (1986); Mike Devlin (1992); Eric Steinbach (2002); Robert Gallery (2003); Bryan Bulaga (2009); Brandon Scherff (2014)
Receiver of the Year	Marvin McNutt (2011)
Defensive Lineman of the Year	Paul Hufford (1984); Dave Haight (1987); Leroy Smith (1991); Jared DeVries (1997); Mitch King (2008)
Defensive Back of the Year	Micah Hyde (2012); Desmond King (2015)	Coach of the Year	Hayden Fry (1981, 1990, & 1991); Kirk Ferentz (2002, 2004, 2009 & 2015)
Athlete of the Year	Chuck Long (1986)

All-conference selections

Through the 2013 season, Iowa has had 230 first team All-Big Ten selections, starting with Clyde Williams and Joe Warner in 1900. 51 players were multiple first-team All-Big Ten selections, and nine players were three-time first-team All-Big Ten selections.^[17]

Key
First selection	Second selection	Third selection

Season Player 1900 Joe Warner 1900 Clyde Williams 1912 Jim Trickey 1913 Ralph McGinnis 1916 Fred Becker 1918 Harry Hunzelman 1918 Ronald Reed 1919 Lester Belding 1919 Aubrey Devine 1919 Fred Lohman 1919 Duke Slater 1920 Lester Belding 1920 Aubrey Devine 1920 Duke Slater 1921 Lester Belding 1921 Aubrey Devine 1921 John Heldt 1921 Max Kadesky 1921 Gordon Locke 1921 Chester Mead 1921 Duke Slater 1922 Gordon Locke 1922 Paul Minick 1922 George Thompson 1923 Lowell Otte 1924 William Fleckenstein 1924 John Hancock 1924 Lowell Otte 1924 Leland Parkin 1925 Dick Romey 1926 Emerson Nelson 1927 Emerson Nelson 1928 Richard Brown 1928 Willis Glassgow 1928 Fred Roberts 1928 Peter Westra 1929 Willis Glassgow 1929 Fred Roberts 1933 Joe Laws 1933 Francis Schammel 1934 Ozzie Simmons 1935 Ozzie Simmons 1937 Nile Kinnick 1937 Robert Lannon 1938 Erwin Prasse 1939 Mike Enich 1939 Nile Kinnick 1939 Erwin Prasse 1940 Mike Enich 1942 Tom Farmer 1946 Earl Banks 1946 Dick Hoerner 1948 William Kay 1950 Bill Reichardt 1951 Bill Reichardt 1952 Bill Fenton 1953 Jerry Hilgenberg 1953 Cal Jones

Season Player 1954 Cal Jones 1955 Cal Jones 1955 Eddie Vincent 1956 Frank Gilliam 1956 Alex Karras 1956 Ken Ploen 1956 Donald Suchy 1957 Frank Bloomquist 1957 Randy Duncan 1957 Jim Gibbons 1957 Alex Karras 1958 Randy Duncan 1958 Willie Fleming 1959 Bob Jeter 1959 Bill Lapham 1959 Don Norton 1960 Larry Ferguson 1960 Wilburn Hollis 1960 Mark Manders 1962 Larry Ferguson 1963 Wally Hilgenberg 1963 Mike Reilly 1964 Karl Noonan 1964 Gary Snook 1965 John Niland 1968 Jon Meskimen 1968 Ed Podolak 1969 Jon Meskimen 1971 Craig Clemons 1973 Brian Rollins 1974 Earl Douthitt 1975 Joe Devlin 1975 Rod Walters 1977 Tom Rusk 1979 Jay Hilgenberg 1979 Dennis Mosley 1979 Leven Weiss 1980 Andre Tippett 1981 Mark Bortz 1981 Mel Cole 1981 Pat Dean 1981 Ron Hallstrom 1981 Lou King 1981 Reggie Roby 1981 Andre Tippett 1982 Mark Bortz 1982 Reggie Roby 1982 Bob Stoops 1983 John Alt 1983 Paul Hufford 1983 Chuck Long 1983 Dave Moritz 1983 Larry Station 1983 Mike Stoops 1984 Ronnie Harmon 1984 Paul Hufford 1984 George Little 1984 Chuck Long

Season Player 1984 Devon Mitchell 1984 Larry Station 1984 Mike Stoops 1985 Jeff Drost 1985 Mike Haight 1985 Ronnie Harmon 1985 Rob Houghtlin 1985 Chuck Long 1985 Jay Norvell 1985 Hap Peterson 1985 Larry Station 1986 Rick Bayless 1986 Dave Croston 1986 Jeff Drost 1986 Dave Haight 1986 Bob Kratch 1987 Kerry Burt 1987 Marv Cook 1987 Quinn Early 1987 Dave Haight 1987 Chuck Hartlieb 1987 Rob Houghtlin 1988 Marv Cook 1988 Dave Haight 1988 Deven Harberts 1988 Chuck Hartlieb 1988 Bob Kratch 1988 Joe Mott 1988 Brad Quast 1989 Jim Johnson 1989 Brad Quast 1990 Nick Bell 1990 Melvin Foster 1990 Merton Hanks 1990 Jim Johnson 1990 Matt Rodgers 1990 Matt Ruhland 1990 Michael Titley 1991 Rob Baxley 1991 John Derby 1991 Mike Devlin 1991 Ron Geater 1991 Danan Hughes 1991 Matt Rodgers 1991 Mike Saunders 1991 Leroy Smith 1992 Alan Cross 1992 Scott Davis 1992 Mike Devlin 1992 Carlos James 1992 Mike Wells 1993 Mike Wells 1995 Nick Gallery 1996 Jared DeVries 1996 Nick Gallery 1996 Damien Robinson 1996 Sedrick Shaw 1996 Ross Verba

Season Player 1997 Tavian Banks 1997 Jared DeVries 1997 Tim Dwight 1997 Mike Goff 1998 Jared DeVries 2001 Aaron Kampman 2001 Bob Sanders 2001 Eric Steinbach 2002 Brad Banks 2002 Fred Barr 2002 Dallas Clark 2002 Colin Cole 2002 Robert Gallery 2002 Howard Hodges 2002 Nate Kaeding 2002 Bruce Nelson 2002 Fred Russell 2002 Bob Sanders 2002 Eric Steinbach 2003 Robert Gallery 2003 Abdul Hodge 2003 Nate Kaeding 2003 Matt Roth 2003 Bob Sanders 2004 Jonathan Babineaux 2004 Chad Greenway 2004 Abdul Hodge 2004 Matt Roth 2004 Drew Tate 2005 Chad Greenway 2005 Kenny Iwebema 2005 Jovon Johnson 2006 Mike Jones 2007 Mitch King 2008 Shonn Greene 2008 Mitch King 2008 Brandon Myers 2008 Seth Olsen 2009 Pat Angerer 2009 Bryan Bulaga 2009 Adrian Clayborn 2009 Tony Moeaki 2009 Dace Richardson 2009 Tyler Sash 2009 Amari Spievey 2010 Adrian Clayborn 2010 Derrell Johnson-Koulianos 2010 Shaun Prater 2010 Tyler Sash 2011 Marvin McNutt 2011 Shaun Prater 2011 Riley Reiff 2012 Micah Hyde 2013 B.J. Lowery 2013 Brandon Scherff 2013 C.J. Fiedorowicz 2014 Brandon Scherff

All-time team

In 1989, Iowa fans selected an all-time University of Iowa football team during the 100th anniversary celebration of Iowa football. Twelve starters and eight honorable mentions were selected on both offense and defense, along with a Most Valuable Player:^[18]

Most Valuable Player
Nile Kinnick

Offense Position Player E Marv Cook E Jim Gibbons OL Mike Enich OL Calvin Jones OL Jerry Hilgenberg OL John Niland OL Duke Slater QB Chuck Long RB Ozzie Simmons RB Aubrey Devine RB Ronnie Harmon PK Rob Houghtlin Honorable Mention Position Player OL Dave Croston OL Joe Devlin QB Randy Duncan RB Larry Ferguson RB Joe Laws RB Ed Podolak RB Bill Reichardt E Erwin Prasse

Defense Position Player E Frank Gilliam E Andre Tippett DL Mark Bortz DL Dave Haight DL Alex Karras LB Mike Reilly LB Larry Station DB Craig Clemons DB Willis Glassgow DB Gordon Locke DB Ken Ploen P Reggie Roby Honorable Mention Position Player E Lester Belding LB Wally Hilgenberg DB Devon Mitchell DE Joe Mott LB Brad Quast DB Bill Reichardt DB Bob Stoops DB Mike Stoops

NCAA FBS all-time records

The following is a list of team and individual NCAA FBS records that are held by the Iowa Hawkeyes.

• Best Perfect Passing Game - Iowa vs. Northwestern, 2002 - 12 for 12 (100 PCT.)
• Most Touchdowns on Fumble Returns - Iowa vs. Minnesota, 1994 - 2 (tied)
• Most Opponent's Field Goals Blocked, One Quarter - Iowa vs. Northern Iowa, 2009 - 2 (tied)
• Most Games Gaining 100 or More Rushing in a Season - Shonn Greene, 2008–13
• Most Consecutive Rushes for a Touchdown in a Game - Aaron Greving, Iowa vs. Kent State 2001 - 3 (tied), (TD's for 14, 1, & 26 yards)
• Highest Average per Punt in a Season (min. 40-49 punts) - Reggie Roby, 1981 - 49.8 (44 for 2,193)
• Most Passes Intercepted by a Linebacker in One Game - Grant Steen, Iowa vs. Indiana 2002 - 3 (tied)
• Players Gaining 1,000 Yards on Punt Returns and 1,000 Yards on Kickoff Returns in a Career - Tim Dwight, 1994-1997 - (1,051 & 1,133)
• Most Touchdowns Scored on Kick Returns in a Game (At Least One Punt Return & One Kickoff Return) - Kahlil Hill, Iowa vs. Western Michigan 1998 - 2 (tied)
• Most Blocked Field Goals in a Game - Kenny Iwebema, Iowa vs. Syracuse 2008 - 2 (tied)
• Passing for a Touchdown and Scoring on a Pass Reception and Punt Return in a Game - Tim Dwight, Iowa vs. Indiana 1997
• Most Field Goals Made, 50 Yards or More in a Game - Tim Douglas, Iowa vs. Illinois 1998 - 3 (tied), (51, 58, & 51 yards)

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NFL draft picks

Iowa has had at least one player drafted in every NFL Draft since 1978. Through the 2015 NFL Draft, Iowa has had 277 draft picks. 249 in the NFL, 21 in the AFL, and 7 in the AAFC (the AFC and AAFC both merged with the NFL). and 75 players have gone in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft. Iowa has had 20 first round NFL Draft selections:^[20]

Season Player Team Selection 1936 Dick Crayne Brooklyn Dodgers 4th 1958 Alex Karras Detroit Lions 10th 1959 Randy Duncan Green Bay Packers 1st 1966 John Niland Dallas Cowboys 5th 1973 Craig Clemons Chicago Bears 12th 1976 Rod Walters Kansas City Chiefs 14th 1982 Ron Hallstrom Green Bay Packers 22nd 1984 John Alt Kansas City Chiefs 21st 1986 Chuck Long Detroit Lions 12th 1986 Ronnie Harmon Buffalo Bills 16th 1986 Mike Haight New York Jets 22nd 1997 Tom Knight Arizona Cardinals 9th 1997 Ross Verba Green Bay Packers 30th 2003 Dallas Clark Indianapolis Colts 24th 2004 Robert Gallery Oakland Raiders 2nd 2006 Chad Greenway Minnesota Vikings 17th 2010 Bryan Bulaga Green Bay Packers 23rd 2011 Adrian Clayborn Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20th 2012 Riley Reiff Detroit Lions 23rd 2015 Brandon Scherff Washington Redskins 5th

Hawkeye head coaches

Several former Hawkeye players have later been named NFL head coaches or Division I college head coaches:^[21]

Coach	Team & Years
Bret Bielema	Wisconsin, 2006-2012 Arkansas, 2013–Present
Jim Caldwell	Indianapolis Colts, 2009-2011 Detroit Lions, 2014–Present
Bob Commings	Iowa, 1974-1978
Wesley Fry	Kansas State, 1935-1939
Dennis Green	Northwestern, 1981-1985 Stanford, 1989-1991 Minnesota Vikings, 1992-2001 Arizona Cardinals, 2004-2006
John G. Griffith	Iowa, 1909
Chuck Long	San Diego State, 2006-2008
Dan McCarney	Iowa State, 1995-2006 North Texas, 2011–2015
Leonard Raffensperger	Iowa, 1950-1951
Bob Stoops	Oklahoma, 1999–present
Mark Stoops	Kentucky, 2013–Present
Mike Stoops	Arizona, 2004-2011
Clyde Williams	Iowa State, 1907-1912

Other notable players

• See also: Iowa Players
• See also: List of Letterwinners

A few notable players not previously mentioned:

• Kinney Holbrook
• Archie Alexander
• Oran Pape
• Matthew G. Whitaker
• Kevin Kasper
• Ladell Betts
• Charles Godfrey
• Albert Young
• Adam Shada
• Sean Considine

References

1. ESPN Awards.
2. Heisman history.
3. "College Football Hall of Fame".
4. Pro Football Hall of Fame.
5. Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
6. Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.
7. Iowa Football Fact Book (PDF), 2008 Iowa Hawkeye Football Media Fact Book, Iowa Sports Information Department, Page 126.
8. Iowa Football Fact Book (PDF), 2008 Iowa Hawkeye Football Media Fact Book, Iowa Sports Information Department, Page 126.
9. All-American.
10. Award Winners and All-Americans (PDF), 2008 Division I Football Records Book, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pages 218-219.
11. Williams' State of Iowa Hall of Fame bio.
12. 75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes, by Bert McCrane & Dick Lamb (ASIN: B0007E01F8), Page 25.
13. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2013/FBS.pdf, "2013 NCAA Football FBS Records", NCAA.org
14. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/iowa/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/Factbook11.pdf, 2011 Iowa Hawkeye Football Media Fact Book, Iowa Sports Information Department
15. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/iowa/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/Factbook11.pdf, 2011 Iowa Hawkeye Football Media Fact Book, Iowa Sports Information Department
16. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/iowa/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/Factbook11.pdf, 2011 Iowa Hawkeye Football Media Fact Book, Iowa Sports Information Department
17. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/iowa/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/Factbook11.pdf, 2011 Iowa Hawkeye Football Media Fact Book, Iowa Sports Information Department
18. Iowa All-Time team
19. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/FBS.pdf
20. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/iowa/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/Factbook11.pdf, 2011 Iowa Hawkeye Football Media Fact Book, Iowa Sports Information Department
21. College Football Data Warehouse - Coaching Records.