Unlike previous offseasons, the Iowa Hawkeyes coaching staff wasn’t messing around in this go-around.
After the Hawkeyes combined for just a pair of transfer additions each of the last two offseasons, Iowa made a point to go and upgrade its roster via the NCAA transfer portal.
In fact, dating back to the transfer portal’s adoption in October of 2018, the Hawkeyes had brought aboard just nine transfer additions across the 2019-22 recruiting classes. Iowa’s nearly matched that total just in this offseason alone, bringing in eight players from the transfer portal.
“The biggest takeaway I’d give you is the world does change. It continues to evolve. We’re definitely more interested now than we would have been, say, a couple years ago, whenever it became the portal. I think there’s some benefit, there’s some opportunity there,” Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz said after the Hawkeyes’ open spring practice.
Here’s a look back at everyone that has joined the Hawkeyes and how they fit into the equation for Iowa.