2023 NFL Iowa Connections

 Here's the initial list of players with Iowa Connections in the NFL in 2023. Some teams made aggressive moves to get more Iowa Connections on their team, including the Jets and the Lions.  Others remain happy in their current state of mediocrity, especially the Commanders who after a disappointing season with zero connections...remain at zero connections.  They are the only team this year without one.




This blog is official rooting for a Miami / Tampa Bay Super Bowl.  

Overall, 117 connections this year (117 last year by the end).  We will add a few as the season progresses.  


23 players and coaches fell off the list year.  

Don Shumpert, Ted Monachino, Leonard Johnson, Daviyon Nixon, Michael Joseph, Chase Allen, Isaiah Weston, Perrion Winfrey, Joe Philbin, Eyioma Uwazurike, Rico Gafford, Shaun Beyer, Mekhi Sargent, Albert Young, Jake Gervase, Steve Kazor, Dan Isom, Steve Ferentz, Tyrone McKenzie, ZaQuandre White, David Johnson, Dylan Soehner, Austin Blythe









15 new players /coaches this year.  They are bolded below.  If 15, then where did the 8 others come from?  They were either players who were not on rosters last year that came back this year, or coaches who were either in other leagues last year like XFL or NCAA, or new coaches that had years between their end of playing and start of coaching. They are:


Jim Caldwell: Last on staff with Miami in 2019

Barrington Wade: Last on roster with Denver in 2021

Tom Manning: Last on staff with Indy in 2018

Wade Harman: Last on staff with Denver in 2021

Julian Good-Jones: Last on roster with Philly in 2020

Hakeem Butler: Last on roster with Philly in 2020

David Raih: Last on staff with Arizona in 2020

Jaleel Johnson: Last on roster with Minnesota in 2020




Note: Coaches in italics, New in bold.

Iowa Hawkeyes : 57

Iowa State Cyclones : 27

Northern Iowa Panthers : 10

Drake Bulldogs : 4

Sioux Center: 2

Des Moines : 2

Iowa Western : 1

Ellsworth Community College : 1

North Iowa Area Community College: 1

Grand View: 1

Coe College: 1

Iowa City : 1

Ames : 1

Cedar Rapids: 1

Wartburg: 1

Cedar Falls: 1

Council Bluffs: 1

Mount Vernon: 1

LeMars: 1


7 - Miami: Darrell Bevell / Jamal Perry / Mike Rose (ISU), Elijah Campbell (UNI), Andrew Van Ginkel (Iowa Western), Eric Saubert / Wade Harman (Drake)


7 - Tampa Bay : Tristan Wirfs, /Anthony Nelson / Tom Moore / Dominique Dafney / David Raih / Kaevon Merriweather(Iowa), Ko Kieft (Sioux Center)


6 - Baltimore : Mike Devlin / Tyler Linderbaum / Geno Stone / Kristian Welch (Iowa), Charlie Kolar (ISU), John Harbaugh (Iowa City)


6 - Buffalo : Ike Boettger / AJ Epenesa / Micah Hyde (Iowa),  AJ Klein (ISU), Spencer Brown (UNI), Marcus West (Wartburg)


6 - Detroit :     Matt Nelson / Sam LaPorta / Jack Campbell (Iowa), David Montgomery / John Fox (Iowa State), Ross Pierschbacher (Cedar Falls)

6 - Green Bay : Jerry Montgomery / Tyler Goodson / Lucas Van Ness  (Iowa), Anthony Johnson Jr. (ISU), Ryan Mahaffey / Benny Sapp III (UNI)

5 - Tennessee : Amani Hooker / Caleb Shudak / Ben Niemann / Jaleel Johnson (Iowa), Teair Tart (Ellsworth)

5 - Los Angeles Chargers :    Nick Niemann / Tom Donatell / Matt Hankins (Iowa), Jay Rodgers (ISU), Maxx Duggan (Council  Bluffs)

5 - Los Angeles Rams :     Zach VanValkenburg / Alaric Jackson  (Iowa), Jake Hummel / Nick Caley (ISU), Christian Rozeboom (Sioux Center)


4 - San Francisco :   George Kittle (Iowa), Daniel Bullocks (UNI), Brock Purdy, Brian Schneider (ISU)


4 - Kansas City :  Brendan Daly (Drake), Jack Cochrane (Mount Vernon), Ihmir Smith-Marsette / Ryan Reynolds (Iowa)


4 - Jacksonville : Brandon Scherff / Coy Cronk / C.J. Beathard / Oliver Martin (Iowa)


4 - Indianapolis :    Tom Manning / Michael Jacobson (ISU), Dallis Flowers (Grand View), Matthew Vanderslice (Northern Iowa)

4 - Philadelphia : Matt Leo / DK McDonald / Tyler Scudder / Julian Good-Jones (ISU)

3 - Chicago : Michael Ojemudia (Iowa), Daurice Fountain (Northern Iowa)

3 - Denver :    Josey Jewell / Seth Benson / Riley Moss (Iowa)

3 - New York Giants : Casey Kreiter, Dane Belton (Iowa), Elerson Smith (UNI)

3 - Seattle :    Pete Carroll (ISU) , Noah Fant / Grant Steen (Iowa)

3 - New England :  James Ferentz / Carl Davis / Riley Reiff (Iowa),

3 - Houston :    Christian Kirksey / Desmond King (Iowa), Xavier Hutchinson (Iowa State)


3 - Minnesota : Kene Nwangwu (ISU), Chris Reed (Cedar Rapids), T.J. Hockenson (Iowa)

3 - New York Jets :  Breece Hall / Allen Lazard / Will McDonald IV (ISU)   

3 - New Orleans : Trevor Penning (UNI), Marcus Robertson (Iowa State), Jack Heflin (Iowa)

3 - Cincinnati :    Joe Burrow (Ames), Reid Sinnett (Des Moines), Charlie Jones (Iowa)

2 - Arizona :    Matt Haack (W. Des Moines), Brandon Smith (Iowa)

2 - Atlanta : Parker Hesse (Iowa), Dave Huxtable (Iowa State)

2 - Cleveland : Brandon Lynch (Northern Iowa), Shaun Huls (LeMars)

2 - Dallas : Chauncey Golston (Iowa), Aden Durde (NIACC)

2 - Pittsburgh:     James Daniels (Iowa), Hakeem Butler (Iowa State)

2 - Carolina : Greg Mabin, Jim Caldwell (Iowa)

1 - Las Vegas:    Chris Ash (Drake)

1 - NFL on Fox : Curt Menefee (Coe)

0 - Washington :     



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