Few things in sports are worse than seeing players who have poured their heart into a team suffering serious injuries. It is the dark side of sports and reared its ugly head for the Iowa Hawkeyes recently.
Iowa’s starting quarterback Cade McNamara left the Hawkeyes’ last game against Michigan State about mid-way through the first quarter with what appeared to be a left leg injury. The injury seemed to be serious as McNamara had to be helped off the field and was seen on crutches on the sideline during the entire second half.
News has begun to come out of Iowa that the injury does appear to be on the more serious side. Reports are that Cade McNamara will likely miss the rest of the 2023 season due to a left leg injury.
Iowa QB Cade McNamara is likely to miss the rest of the 2023 season due to a leg injury, per @DavidEickholt pic.twitter.com/0wvmymY3Su
— PFF College (@PFF_College) October 2, 2023
McNamara joined Iowa before the season as a transfer from Michigan and brought in loads of hope and excitement with his commitment. Unfortunately, his time with the Hawkeyes has been littered with some injuries. Prior to this, McNamara suffered a quad injury in training camp that caused him to miss time. Kirk Ferentz spoke to this and shares the sentiment felt for McNamara.
“I don’t want to speculate, but it always is concerning, a guy has to get helped off the field. Considering what he’s been through, it’s really tough. You feel bad for any player that gets injured, but in his case, it’s rough,” Ferentz said when asked about the severity of the injury.
Up next for the Hawkeyes is Deacon Hill, a transfer in from Wisconsin who filled in for McNamara when he went down. Hill does have reps from training camp with the first team to rely on and will look to squeeze every bit of juice from that experience.
“It definitely helps. It definitely helps. It’s tough to be the No. 2 quarterback. But yeah, he’s gotten a little bit more work, but also he’s new to our program and he has not played since ’20, I think. So those are the things that you have in the back of your mind that you have to factor in,” said Ferentz when talking about Hill’s previous first-team reps.
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