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Iowa football: Which four Hawks make up Mount Rushmore?

By Andrew Wade

Chuck Long #10, Quarterback for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes prepares to throw the ball during the NCAA Big-10 Conference college football game against the University of Michigan Wolverines on 19 October 1985 at the Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The Iowa Hawkeyes won the game 12 - 10. (Photo by Allsport/Getty Images)
Chuck Long #10, Quarterback for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes prepares to throw the ball during the NCAA Big-10 Conference college football game against the University of Michigan Wolverines on 19 October 1985 at the Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The Iowa Hawkeyes won the game 12 - 10. (Photo by Allsport/Getty Images) /
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2 Oct 1988: Quarterback Chuck Long of the Detroit Lions looks to pass the ball as a pair of San Francisco 49ers players attempt to tackle him during a game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. The 49ers won the game, 20-13. Mandatory Credit
2 Oct 1988: Quarterback Chuck Long of the Detroit Lions looks to pass the ball as a pair of San Francisco 49ers players attempt to tackle him during a game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. The 49ers won the game, 20-13. Mandatory Credit /

Chuck Long

Chuck Long is the best quarterback in the history of the Iowa football team (although Nate Stanley could change that narrative this year), and he led to the Hawkeyes to a #1 ranking during the 1985 season. In four seasons, the Oklahoma native threw for 9,671 passing yards and 70 touchdowns while completing 64.9% of his passes and achieving a passer rating of 150.5.

The first three stats are all still standing as school records and his passer rating is second only to Brad Banks, who played in three fewer seasons than Long did.

He also was a Heisman Trophy runner-up, a Davey O’Brien Award winner, a Maxwell Award winner, and three-time First Team All-Big Ten honoree.

His place in history is cemented as it should be, and there hasn’t been another quarterback since Long that has been better. Sure, Brad Banks had one incredible season but Long played for four years and consistently successful.

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