A senior showcase roster is filling up with Hawkeyes

If you want sustained stability and success, look no further than the Iowa Hawkeye Football program.

With the new landscape of college football that is heavily focused on Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) and revenue-sharing programs, the Iowa program keeps on humming.

Players are now constantly changing teams in search of more lucrative contracts or an enhanced role, but that is not what the Iowa program is about.

Under Kirk Ferentz, the program takes more pleasure in recruiting and developing players than paying players for a one-and-done season.

The Hawkeyes have over 20 seniors or graduate students on the roster this season, which directly points to what the program is trying to do.

Even without a bunch of five-star recruits, Iowa Football has been a model of consistency, achieving 13 consecutive winning seasons.

After the AP announced its All-American teams, the Hawkeyes also continued a streak of 12 consecutive seasons with at least one player on the first or second team.

The Hawkeyes will also be well-represented at a senior showcase at the conclusion of the 2025-2026 season.

Iowa senior offensive lineman Beau Stephens is the latest Hawkeye to accept an invitation to the 2026 Panini Senior Bowl.

Stephens will join Drew Stevens and TJ Hall as Iowa representatives at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama.

Stephens was recently named an AP First-Team All-American selection, and is now the third member of the Hawkeyes that will showcase their abilities at the Senior Bowl.

Stephens is a two-year starter at left guard for the Hawkeyes and has started all 33 games during the 2024 and 2025 seasons.