Where does Iowa football QB competition stand during spring practice?
After the departure of Mark Gronowski, Jeremy Hecklinski and Hank Brown are in competition for Iowa football's starting quarterback job.
IOWA CITY — When it comes to picking the next Iowa football starting quarterback, head coach Kirk Ferentz is approaching this like a marathon, not a sprint. After the exhaustion of Mark Gronowski's eligibility, Jeremy Hecklinski and Hank Brown are competing for the starting job. With the opening kickoff still months away, Ferentz is playing the long game.
“We're just going to let it ride,” Ferentz said on Tuesday, March 31. "Yeah, they are splitting (first team) reps pretty much down the middle, and we'll probably do that. I mean, there's no rush here, there's no benefit in making a call unless it just becomes obvious.
Then we'll do that. But I really foresee these guys competing for quite a while. The whole idea is not to make a decision fast, but to make the right decision.
That's what we're going to try to do. ” Though Gronowski only spent one season with the Hawkeyes, he made a profound impact, delivering the quality quarterback play Iowa fans had been starving for. Now, the program will look to continue that momentum in the post-Gronowski era.
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