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Iowa football: Three Hawks who deserve game balls in Maryland shutout

By Andrew Wade

IOWA CITY, IOWA- OCTOBER 20: Wide receiver Nick Easley #84 of the Iowa Hawkeyes runs up the field during the first half in front of defensive back RaVon Davis #2 of the Maryland Terrapins on October 20, 2018 at Kinnick Stadium, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
IOWA CITY, IOWA- OCTOBER 20: Wide receiver Nick Easley #84 of the Iowa Hawkeyes runs up the field during the first half in front of defensive back RaVon Davis #2 of the Maryland Terrapins on October 20, 2018 at Kinnick Stadium, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images) /
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LINCOLN, NE – NOVEMBER 24: Place kicker Miguel Recinos #91 of the Iowa Hawkeyes kicks an extra point against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on November 24, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
LINCOLN, NE – NOVEMBER 24: Place kicker Miguel Recinos #91 of the Iowa Hawkeyes kicks an extra point against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on November 24, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /

Miguel Recinos

It’s not often that we hand out game balls to kickers, but it also isn’t often that kickers need to deal with 45 mile per hour winds while putting a tiny pigskin through the uprights. That was the task for senior kicker Miguel Recinos this week, and he performed admirably.

Recinos struggled initially to begin the season and heading into this Saturday’s matchup, he was 7-10 on field goals for the season hitting them at a 70% clip. For comparison, Recinos hit 84.6% of his field goals in 2017.

Facing a tall task Saturday, Recinos managed to improve his season statistics after hitting all three of his field goal attempts in less than ideal conditions. With how the Iowa football defense was playing Saturday, just one of those field goals would have done the trick to walk away with a win.

He also hit on each of his extra point attempts to walk away with 11 points for the day.

For the season, Miguel Recinos is now 10-13 on field goals with a 76.9% success rate.

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