Zach Lutmer displaying great versatility for Iowa football defense
Zach Lutmer is in line to be Iowa's star defensive back and one key to that is his versatility.
Phil Parker may have just done it again for the Iowa Hawkeyes. The defensive wizard, who continues to find gems at every turn, has another one up his sleeve for the 2026 season. Parker has a chess piece in defensive back Zach Lutmer, who looks primed to be moving all around the defense this year as Iowa 's defensive focal point.
When meeting with the media, Parker raved about Lutmer's versatility. "Well, I think we'll do that, and it would be the best -- like, who is the next best guy to go in the game? So if we're looking at some of the guys in the depth chart that can go in there and play cash because he's played cash, he's played free, he's played strong.
Right now his main focus right now has probably been the free safety position right now. "But when you have other guys that can jump in and do the cash, like Wallace does a good job of going inside. You got Watson that can go ahead and play the inside.
Both of them can play outside. They can play inside. So it comes down to, like, who is going to be the next best guy to put in there?