Quinn Schulte is one of the best success stories of this Iowa football team.
Schulte was an unranked player coming out of high school in 2019. A former two-time state champion quarterback at nearby Cedar Rapids Xavier High School, Schulte walked on with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Three years later, he earned both a full football scholarship as well as the starting role at free safety.
The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native is the feel-good story that we all love in sports. Undervalued and overlooked coming out of high school, the safety pounded on the door at Iowa until they could ignore him no longer. The Xavier School product is much more than a nice story, though. He is an integral part of Iowa’s defense.
The 6-foot-1, 209 pound safety was a revelation for the Hawkeyes last season. Relatively unknown outside of inner Hawkeye circles, Schulte impressed right away in the black and gold. He racked up four pass breakups in his first start for Iowa against South Dakota State. The hard-hitting safety continued to impress all season long and finished as one of the top-graded safeties in the conference.
The goal for Schulte is a bit different now in 2023. He is no longer the unknown former walk-on looking to impress and prove that he belongs. Now a redshirt senior and a second-year starter, Phil Parker will depend on Schulte to be a rock in the defensive backfield and a core leader for the defense.
Here is a look at Iowa starting safety Quinn Schulte.
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