Iowa Football: Senior Bowl Grades For Beathard, King, Johnson

Iowa football had three players in the Senior Bowl. Here’s a look at how they performed.

This year, Iowa football had three players in the Senior Bowl. C.J. Beathard, Jaleel Johnson and Desmond King played for the North All-Stars but lost to the South All-Stars 16-15 on Saturday afternoon.

Since it’s an all-star game and NFL scouts are trying to scout as many players as possible, they didn’t play the entire game. Johnson and King played at least half of the defensive possessions, but Beathard only took snaps in the second quarter while Nathan Peterman played the rest of the game.

Still, the former Iowa players had chances to showcase their skills in front of every NFL team, even if it came in a loss. Plus, this is the last game they will play until the NFL Draft. All that is left are Pro Days, personal team workouts and the NFL Combine.

While a good Senior Bowl won’t make or break a player’s draft stock, a good game certainly wouldn’t hurt. That said, here’s a look at how the three former Hawkeyes played in this year’s Senior Bowl.