Big Ten · Through Week 9
Iowa Hawkeyes Depth Chart
Offense
Season snap share: share of all the team’s offensive plays this season, with its likely range. Ordered by estimated snaps, latest game counted twice
Quarterbackseason snap share
QB1#9 Hank BrownQB · SR · 7 G · 5 GS65%327 snapsQB2#10 Jeremy HecklinskiQB · JR · 5 G · 1 GS32%161 snapsQB3#3 Jimmy SullivanQB · SO · 1 G2%12 snapsRunning backseason snap share
RB1#28 Kamari MoultonRB · SR · 6 G · 5 GS39%31–48% · ~193 est.RB2Xavier WilliamsRB · 7 G23%19–29% · ~117 est.RB3#21 L.J. Phillips Jr.RB · SR · 5 G16%13–20% · ~82 est.RB4#22 Braeden JacksonRB · SO · 7 G16%12–35% · ~80 est.Wide receiversseason snap share
WR1#14 Tony DiazWR · JR · 8 G · 6 GS80%67–93% · ~399 est.WR2#2 Reece Vander ZeeWR · JR · 8 G · 6 GS68%57–79% · ~341 est.WR3#8 Evan JamesWR · SO · 8 G · 2 GS38%24–46% · ~190 est.—#0 Jarriett BuieWR · JR · 5 G30%17–40% · ~151 est.—#7 Dayton HowardWR · SR · 3 G12%5–15% · ~58 est.—#1 KJ ParkerWR · JR · 1 G3%1–5% · ~14 est.—#11 Brody SchafferWR · FR · 1 G2%1–3% · ~10 est.Tight endseason snap share
TE1DJ VonnahmeTE · 7 G · 4 GS57%49–68% · ~286 est.TE2#87 Addison OstrengaTE · SR · 8 G · 3 GS40%31–56% · ~201 est.TE3#85 Thomas MeyerTE · SO · 5 G · 2 GS14%10–19% · ~72 est.TE4#48 Zach OrtwerthTE · SR · 5 G · 1 GS11%6–17% · ~56 est.Offensive lineby spot · starts · snap share
LT#59 Trevor LauckOL · SR · 7 G · 6 GS71%66–74% · ~356 est.LG#64 Leighton JonesOL · SR · 6 G · 6 GS71%66–74% · ~356 est.CWinternot on ESPN’s roster
RG#58 Kade PieperOL · SR · 6 G · 6 GS71%66–74% · ~356 est.RT#71 Jack DotzlerOL · SR · 6 G · 6 GS71%66–74% · ~356 est.Spots as Iowa’s game notes list them for Week 8 vs Minnesota. Source PDF. Snap share: a start counts as about 97% of the team’s plays.
Defense
Season snap share: share of all the opponents’ plays this season, with its likely range. Ordered by estimated snaps, latest game counted twice
Defensive lineseason snap share
DL1#96 Bryce HawthorneDL · SR · 8 G · 6 GS55%35–70% · ~271 est.DL2#51 Luke GaffneyDL · SR · 8 G46%30–60% · ~229 est.DL3#43 Kahmari BrownDL · JR · 7 G42%27–54% · ~206 est.DL4#13 Drew CampbellDE · JR · 7 G37%23–47% · ~182 est.—#57 Will HubertDL · SR · 8 G · 6 GS35%22–45% · ~172 est.—#84 Joseph AndersonDE · JR · 6 G33%21–42% · ~163 est.—#97 Iose EpenesaDL · SO · 7 G · 6 GS37%24–48% · ~184 est.—#44 Kenneth MerrieweatherDL · SR · 8 G · 6 GS27%15–35% · ~133 est.—#92 Brice StevensonDL · SR · 5 G20%11–25% · ~97 est.Linebackersseason snap share
LB1#33 Cam BuffingtonLB · JR · 8 G · 6 GS94%79–100% · ~463 est.LB2#36 Jayden MontgomeryLB · SR · 8 G · 6 GS72%61–87% · ~358 est.LB3#23 Landyn Van KekerixLB · SR · 8 G · 3 GS37%17–51% · ~183 est.—#46 Preston RiesLB · JR · 6 G16%0–29% · ~77 est.—#31 Nolan DeLongLB · SR · 3 G16%4–22% · ~81 est.—#4 Julian MansonLB · FR · 2 G15%5–22% · ~72 est.—Derek WeisskopfLB · 5 G13%5–17% · ~62 est.Cornerbacksseason snap share
CB1#6 Zach LutmerDB · SR · 8 G · 6 GS87%66–97% · ~432 est.CB2Jaylen WatsonDB · 8 G · 6 GS75%57–84% · ~371 est.—Jacob WallaceDB · 8 G · 3 GS70%53–78% · ~347 est.—#8 Deshaun LeeDB · SR · 8 G · 6 GS70%53–78% · ~346 est.—#18 Xavier StylesDB · JR · 6 G · 1 GS38%17–42% · ~190 est.Special Teams
By kicks and punts
Kickerby kicks
K1#25 Eli OzickPK · SR · 8 G46kicks · 6 lastK2#92 Caden BuhrPK · SO · 7 G15kicks · 3 lastPunterby punts
P1#49 Boston EverittP · SO · 8 G36punts · 3 lastLong snapperroster order
LS1#69 Ike SpeltzLS · JR · 1 GJRLS2#54 Matty McLaughlinLS · FRFRNo plays recorded yet, so this is roster order.
Snaps by Game
| Player | Pos | Wk 1 vs Northern Illinois | Wk 2 vs Iowa State | Wk 3 vs Northern Iowa | Wk 4 @ Michigan | Wk 5 vs Ohio State | Wk 6 @ Washington | Wk 8 @ Minnesota | Wk 9 vs Wisconsin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team offensive plays | 78 | 59 | 64 | 58 | 52 | 57 | 66 | 66 | 500 | |
| Opponent offensive plays | 55 | 53 | 57 | 68 | 74 | 76 | 61 | 50 | 494 | |
| Quarterbacks · estimated snaps | ||||||||||
| Hank Brown | QB | 36 | 59 | 25 | 58 | 47 | · | 36 | 66 | 327 |
| Jeremy Hecklinski | QB | 30 | · | 39 | · | 5 | 57 | 30 | · | 161 |
| Jimmy Sullivan | QB | 12 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 12 |
| Running backs · estimated snaps | ||||||||||
| Kamari Moulton | RB | ~24 | ~43 | · | ~35 | ~30 | ~38 | ~23 | · | 193 |
| Xavier Williams | RB | ~18 | ~10 | ~15 | ~10 | · | ~9 | ~13 | ~42 | 117 |
| L.J. Phillips Jr. | RB | ~13 | · | · | · | ~13 | ~17 | ~19 | ~20 | 82 |
| Braeden Jackson | RB | ~13 | · | ~18 | ~13 | ~7 | ~10 | ~12 | ~7 | 80 |
| Nathan McNeil | RB | ~16 | ~7 | ~23 | · | · | · | ~12 | · | 58 |
| O'Lontae Dean | RB | ~9 | · | ~17 | · | · | · | · | · | 26 |
| Brevin Doll | RB | ~9 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 9 |
| Receivers & tight ends · estimated snaps | ||||||||||
| Tony Diaz | WR | ~68 | ~54 | ~36 | ~53 | ~45 | ~46 | ~50 | ~47 | 399 |
| Reece Vander Zee | WR | ~53 | ~46 | ~9 | ~47 | ~44 | ~46 | ~49 | ~47 | 341 |
| DJ Vonnahme | TE | ~52 | ~43 | · | ~33 | ~37 | ~22 | ~48 | ~51 | 286 |
| Addison Ostrenga | TE | ~29 | ~17 | ~26 | ~35 | ~11 | ~28 | ~34 | ~21 | 201 |
| Evan James | WR | ~26 | ~25 | ~37 | ~32 | ~28 | ~31 | · | ~11 | 190 |
| Jarriett Buie | WR | ~41 | · | ~32 | · | ~13 | · | ~33 | ~32 | 151 |
| Thomas Meyer | TE | · | ~22 | · | · | ~16 | ~12 | ~22 | · | 72 |
| Dayton Howard | WR | · | · | ~22 | · | · | · | ~18 | ~18 | 58 |
| Zach Ortwerth | TE | ~12 | · | · | ~21 | ~11 | ~12 | · | · | 56 |
| Mason Woods | TE | ~12 | · | ~40 | · | · | · | · | · | 52 |
| KJ Parker | WR | · | · | ~14 | · | · | · | · | · | 14 |
| Brody Schaffer | WR | ~10 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 10 |
| Defensive line · estimated snaps | ||||||||||
| Bryce Hawthorne | DL | ~34 | ~38 | ~18 | ~36 | ~42 | ~40 | ~42 | ~21 | 271 |
| Luke Gaffney | DL | ~12 | ~31 | ~22 | ~43 | ~39 | ~25 | ~35 | ~22 | 229 |
| Kahmari Brown | DL | ~28 | ~26 | · | ~21 | ~45 | ~36 | ~17 | ~33 | 206 |
| Iose Epenesa | DL | ~17 | ~22 | · | ~40 | ~32 | ~43 | ~30 | · | 184 |
| Drew Campbell | DE | ~23 | ~15 | ~35 | · | ~15 | ~34 | ~32 | ~28 | 182 |
| Will Hubert | DL | ~12 | · | ~33 | · | ~37 | ~45 | ~26 | ~19 | 172 |
| Joseph Anderson | DE | ~30 | · | ~25 | · | ~25 | ~39 | ~21 | ~23 | 163 |
| Kenneth Merrieweather | DL | · | ~33 | · | ~28 | · | ~16 | ~29 | ~27 | 133 |
| Brice Stevenson | DL | ~24 | · | ~13 | · | ~35 | · | · | ~25 | 97 |
| Devan Kennedy | DL | ~26 | · | ~13 | · | · | · | · | ~14 | 53 |
| Chima Chineke | DE | ~20 | · | ~31 | · | · | · | · | · | 51 |
| David Fason | DL | · | · | ~28 | · | · | · | · | · | 28 |
| Jack Janda | DL | · | · | ~26 | · | · | · | · | · | 26 |
| Emmanuel Olagbaju | DL | ~12 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 12 |
| Linebackers · estimated snaps | ||||||||||
| Cam Buffington | LB | ~44 | ~53 | ~49 | ~68 | ~67 | ~71 | ~61 | ~50 | 463 |
| Jayden Montgomery | LB | ~3 | ~44 | ~23 | ~45 | ~74 | ~69 | ~53 | ~47 | 358 |
| Landyn Van Kekerix | LB | ~32 | ~19 | ~3 | ~66 | ~17 | · | ~24 | ~22 | 183 |
| Nolan DeLong | LB | ~26 | · | ~43 | · | · | ~12 | · | · | 81 |
| Preston Ries | LB | ~3 | · | ~3 | · | · | ~46 | · | ~25 | 77 |
| Julian Manson | LB | ~40 | · | ~32 | · | · | · | · | · | 72 |
| Derek Weisskopf | LB | ~3 | · | ~21 | · | · | ~32 | ~6 | · | 62 |
| Burke Gautcher | LB | ~23 | · | ~27 | · | · | · | · | · | 50 |
| Carson Cooney | LB | ~11 | · | · | · | · | · | · | ~9 | 20 |
| Jack Laughlin | LB | · | · | ~3 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| Billy Weivoda | LB | ~3 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| Secondary · estimated snaps | ||||||||||
| Zach Lutmer | DB | ~54 | ~53 | · | ~68 | ~73 | ~75 | ~61 | ~48 | 432 |
| Jaylen Watson | DB | · | ~53 | ~4 | ~67 | ~67 | ~71 | ~59 | ~50 | 371 |
| Jacob Wallace | DB | ~6 | ~52 | ~19 | ~53 | ~49 | ~75 | ~43 | ~50 | 347 |
| Deshaun Lee | DB | ~49 | ~43 | ~4 | ~64 | ~72 | ~3 | ~61 | ~50 | 346 |
| Xavier Styles | DB | ~19 | · | ~4 | · | ~18 | ~76 | ~61 | ~12 | 190 |
| Ty Hudkins | DB | ~53 | · | ~55 | · | ~60 | · | · | · | 168 |
| Anthony Hawkins | DB | ~45 | ~53 | ~7 | · | ~5 | ~55 | · | · | 165 |
| Darion Jones | DB | ~36 | · | ~55 | ~2 | · | ~16 | · | ~34 | 143 |
| Tyler Brown | DB | · | · | ~51 | ~68 | · | · | · | · | 119 |
| Rashad Godfrey Jr. | DB | ~11 | · | ~46 | ~14 | ~25 | · | · | · | 96 |
| Eli Robbins | DB | · | · | ~36 | · | · | · | · | · | 36 |
| Cody Haddad | DB | · | · | ~9 | · | · | · | · | · | 9 |
| Alex Mota | DB | ~9 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 9 |
| Marcello Vitti | DB | ~6 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 6 |
| Offensive line · estimated snaps | ||||||||||
| Kade Pieper | OL | ~76 | ~57 | ~62 | ~56 | ~50 | ~55 | · | · | 356 |
| Trevor Lauck | OL | ~76 | ~57 | ~62 | ~56 | ~50 | ~55 | · | · | 356 |
| Leighton Jones | OL | ~76 | ~57 | ~62 | ~56 | ~50 | ~55 | · | · | 356 |
| Jack Dotzler | OL | ~76 | ~57 | ~62 | ~56 | ~50 | ~55 | · | · | 356 |
How the snap estimates work. No free source publishes college snap counts, so these are estimates. Quarterbacks: every offensive play is credited to the QB running the offense, which is close to exact. Everyone else: a model trained on real NFL snap counts (nflverse, 2023–24) turns each player's share of their position group's involvement that game (carries and targets on offense, tackles, sacks and breakups on defense) into a share of the team's plays. Tested on a season it never saw, it's typically within 5 snaps a game for running backs and 9–10 for other positions, and within about 10–15% over a season. The ranges shown are where the real number landed 80% of the time in that test. They narrow as the season goes on, and are widest for part-time players in a single game. Blocking tight ends and receivers who rarely see the ball get underestimated. Offensive linemen leave no trace in the play-by-play, so the line comes from each game's starting lineup. Where a school's game notes list its starters by spot, and its website allows automated access, the line shows who played left tackle through right tackle.