Kids’ Day at Kinnick is one of the best annual traditions for the Iowa football program. Once again, the Hawkeyes put on a show for fans in attendance.
Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz was pleased with what he saw across the board from his group.
“First and foremost, good opportunity for our guys to change up from the first nine days. First time we’ve been in front of the public a little bit, so that’s healthy. Just a healthy change for everybody. And then, flipping it over, it’s a good opportunity for us to have Kids’ Day. I think hopefully they enjoy it and all of our guys were kids at one point. Even me at one stage, I was a kid. So, that’s good and then the Kid Captain program as I said yesterday is just a great concept. Nice to have our seniors get an opportunity to spend some time with them, greet them down here in the end zone, so it was all good. And then, just overall, I’m actually kind of pleased with what I saw today,” Ferentz said.
Ferentz said he thought his guys moved around well and was happy with their attitude and focus. He also liked these two pieces of his players’ performance.
“Two things I feel really good about was, first and foremost, big contrast from the field goal kicking, from what all of you guys witnessed last spring and coaches witnessed as well. I don’t think we had a miss today. I don’t think we did and most of them weren’t even close. One was I know, but that was good, so a lot of growth there since April. We’re not out of the woods yet. I’m not pronouncing us ready to go, but at least that’s encouraging. The third down period I thought was really good, too. That was encouraging. I thought we were pretty sharp there and did some good things. So, those two things were good takeaways,” Ferentz said.
Of course, in addition to representing the Hawkeyes’ 10th practice of training camp and one that fans and media are witness to, it’s an opportunity for players to sign autographs for kids and engage with Iowa’s younger fans.
Here were the best photos of the day that was at the 2022 Kids’ Day at Kinnick.