Iowa football: Tracking Hawkeye UDFA signings and workouts
By Andrew Wade
The 2019 NFL Draft is over, and there are still a number of Iowa football players trying to figure out the next step. Here’s our Hawkeye UDFA tracker.
After three days and 254 selections, the 2019 NFL Draft is officially over, but for the college football players that were not selected, the process is just beginning. Now is the time where every person who wasn’t drafted begins talking with teams and trying to sign undrafted free agent contracts or schedule workouts, and that includes the ten Iowa football players who were not selected in any of the seven rounds this weekend.
As the updates roll in, we will continue to keep you posted right here with who has signed where from the Iowa football program.
Nick Easley – The former Iowa football program walk-on is officially a Buffalo Bill as reported by Chad Liestikow. He walks into a great opportunity to learn behind veteran slot receiver Cole Beasley.
Ross Reynolds – Reynolds will be heading to the San Francisco 49ers as John Lynch and Kyle Shannahan continue to work the Iowa football pipeline. Reynolds fits wonderfully into Shannahan’s zone blocking scheme.
Keegan Render – The three-year starter on the offensive line will be taking his talents to the City of Angels. Render signed a UDFA deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Jake Gervase – It sounds like the former walk-on safety will have a tryout with the Oakland Raiders next week.
Matt Nelson – Nelson, the former defensive lineman has signed on to play offensive line for the Detroit Lions as reported by Scott Dochterman and confirmed by Chad Liestikow.
Parker Hesse – Hesse hasn’t signed a contract yet, but he does have tryouts in place with Kansas City and Detroit next week.
Miguel Recinos – Nothing as of yet.
Kyle Groeneweg – Nothing as of yet.
Austin Kelly – Nothing as of yet.
Sam Brinks – Brinks is currently scheduling a tryout with the Green Bay Packers.
This is an incredibly exciting time for the Iowa football team and as we have seen recently with the like of Ben Niemann and Ike Boettger, just because these guys weren’t drafted, doesn’t mean they won’t make an impact in the NFL.