Akrum Wadley, a 5-foot-11, 170-pound running back from Weequahic High School in Newark, N.J., accepted Iowa’s scholarship offer Saturday, according to various recruiting web sites. Wadley rushed for 1,500 yards and 20 touchdowns last season. The Hawkeyes also received a verbal commitment from Dallas receiver Anjeus Jones on Sunday. National letter of intent signing day is Wednesday.
There will be change on Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa football coaching staff again. It’s just likely to be a while before Shuffling 2013 becomes official. The latest: D.J. Hernandez, who was a graduate assistant coach at Miami of Florida, is on his way to Iowa City. Hernandez said on his Twitter account (@DJHernandez14) that he would [...]
Here’s an All You Need to Know look at Northern Illinois, Iowa’s 2:30 p.m. opponent Saturday at Soldier Field in Chicago. It’s mostly from the perspective of newspapers that cover the Huskies. But first, however, are some quotations from coach Dave Doeren’s Monday press conference. He talks about his team and he talks about reading [...]
It was late Saturday afternoon when word spread – even through Texas Tech’s United Spirit Arena basketball arena – that Joe Paterno was nearing death. After Iowa State put the finishing touches on the Red Raiders, the Cyclones’ Penn State transfer, Chris Babb, was told the sobering news that the former Nittany Lions football coach [...]
Free-throw shooting was no longer a liability in win against Drake.
After 10 years of covering the Hawkeyes, Hawk Central undergoes its most dramatic change yet.
