Duncan’s career took a new path to the bench just a few games after his Michigan triumph. As soon as the true freshman hero made his impact felt in Kinnick, he was forced to watch from the sidelines. Miguel...

Duncan was almost never in a position to be relegated to the bench at Iowa. Growing up in Weddington, North Carolina, he said his mother was all about the SEC and ACC. Duncan originally committed to...

In his junior year, he was one spot from standing on the podium at state, and that could have been it. Instead, Wirfs came on a visit to Iowa and talked to Landan and Levi Paulsen, two more of Iowa’s...

On Aug. 31, Iowa’s first football game of the season, offensive tackle Alaric Jackson went down with an injury. Wirfs moved from right tackle to the left side of the offensive line, something that he...

Iowa was down 13-9 with 1:32 remaining in the fourth quarter of its 2009 contest against Michigan State, but the team was not fazed. The Spartans had just scored a go-ahead touchdown and were fighting...

Iowa’s 2009 season had its share of highlights. The Stanzi-to-McNutt touchdown. A 35-3 drubbing of Iowa State. Adrian Clayborn’s blocked punt that secured Iowa’s upset over No. 5 Penn State in...

Whether it feels like it or not, it has been 10 years since the 2009 Iowa football team last swarmed Kinnick together. To honor the anniversary, the Hawkeyes brought members of the 2009 team back for...

Stone made an impact right from the start at Iowa. He was awarded the team’s Next Man In Award as a true freshman for his contributions on special teams. As a sophomore, Stone saw action in every...

The day Stone moved to Iowa City was an interesting one for him, but it’s one he will likely never forget. Nor would he want to. It’s the day he met the person he describes as his best friend —...

Despite his stat-sheet stuffing numbers at a high school that had produced talent to the college level before, the offers from big-time programs were not flocking in for Stone. “I was at my wits’...

Multi-talented doesn’t do Stone enough justice for the type of football player he was in high school, but it is accurate. Stone played quarterback, wide receiver, and defensive back for New Castle...

Ever since Goodson was in high school, he’s stepped up into any role thrown at him. After attending North Gwinnett High School in a state and district that his mom, Felicia Goodson, said posed a rigorous...