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Fans got an extended look at the Hawkeyes during Iowa’s 2024 Kids’ Day at Kinnick.
In the open practice, the biggest microscope was on graduate quarterback Cade McNamara’s health and effectiveness and on junior transfer quarterback Brendan Sullivan from Northwestern. That duo’s performance generated the most takeaways and the most social media reaction from the open practice.
Still, there was plenty else to take in, too. The starting cornerback position opposite graduate Jermari Harris is being hotly contested by junior TJ Hall and sophomores Deshaun Lee and John Nestor.
Hall got the first look on Saturday and performed well. The 6-foot-1, 187 pound defensive back from Fresno, Calif., broke up a pass intended for senior wide receiver Kaden Wetjen.
Hall was shaken up on the play, though, and exited the Hawkeyes’ Kids’ Day at Kinnick scrimmage.
Afterwards, Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz said the early prognosis was that it was a minor injury for Hall.
“Sounds like an ankle. It doesn’t sound like a big one, so that’s good news. So far, so good,” Ferentz said.
Iowa was also without starting safety Xavier Nwankpa and starting tight end Luke Lachey in the scrimmage. It didn’t sound like those injuries for Nwankpa and Lachey were deemed as serious ones either.
“Yeah, Xavier’s had, he’s been nursing an injury not the whole camp but part of camp. Luke came up a little sore the other day, yesterday, so we just held him out, but he’s fine. He’s doing good. He’s gotten a lot of work obviously,” Ferentz said.
Ferentz said on Friday during Iowa Media Day that senior running back Leshon Williams was working his way back from a soft tissue injury.
“So we’ve got four or five guys that have been out with soft tissue injuries and stuff like that, and unfortunately Leshon is one of them, so you…
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Author : Hawkeyes Wire
Publish date : 2024-08-11 22:45:10
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