The Iowa football team is nine months away from the first game, but with recruiting almost wrapped up, we felt compelled to predict the 2019 depth chart.
The Hawkeyes were hit hard with departures this offseason, losing eight starters to graduation while losing another four to early declarations for the NFL. That’s twelve starters the Iowa football team will be needing to replace come August 31, which is no small task for any team. Fortunately for Kirk Ferentz and his staff, they have quite a few guys that are ready to step up into the roles and start in the season opener against Miami of Ohio.
This also means there will be quite a few camp battles we have to be on the lookout for during spring and summer practices with both starters and back up spots. A few of the most notable positions that are up for grabs is the backup quarterback spot, running back, tight end, interior offensive line, defensive line, safety and punter. Now that makes for a fun camp.
Who will emerge and who will be relegated to the bench? We take a stab at this with our early 2019 depth chart predictions. For most of these we will be focusing on the two-deeps, but for spots such as quarterback and running back we will dive a little deeper.