If You Build It, They Will Come

 Here's how the teams rosters were filled with Iowa Connections this season: Coaches in italics C.J. Beathard 7 - Jacksonville :  C.J. Beathard  / Mekhi Sargent / Coy Cronk (Iowa),  Darrell Bevell,  Brian Schneider  (ISU),  Chris Ash  (Drake),  Anthony Schlegel  (Cedar Rapids) 7 - Denver :  Noah Fant  / Josey Jewell / Michael Ojemudia / Shaun Beyer / Barrington Wade (Iowa), Eric Saubert (Drake), Rico Gafford (Iowa Western) 6 - Buffalo : Ike Boettger /  AJ Epenesa  / Micah Hyde (Iowa), AJ Klein (ISU), Spencer Brown (UNI), Matt Haack (W. Des Moines) 6 - Green Bay :  Jerry Montgomery,  Jack Heflin (Iowa), Allen Lazard / Steven Wirtel (ISU),  Ryan Mahaffey  (UNI), Dominique Dafney (W. Des Moines ) 6 - Kansas City : Austin Blythe / Ben Niemann / Anthony Hitchens/Josh Jackson (Iowa),  Brendan Daly  (Drake), Daurice Fountain (UNI) 5 - Detroit :      T.J. Hockenson / ...

        Profile C.J. Beathard is a quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers, drafted in the 3rd round of the 2017 draft *after spending his college career at the University of Iowa.  He currently backs up Jimmy Garoppolo in SF, so he's almost always on call.  C.J. is the grandson of NFL HOFer Bobby Beathard**. * Iowa Hawkeyes in this draft: Beathard, Jaleel Johnson, George Kittle (All-Pro) and Desmond King (All-Pro). Other Iowa connections include Amara Darboh (W. Des Moines) and Eric Saubert (Drake). ** and great nephew to former NFL quarterback Pete Beathard and brother to country music singer Tucker Beathard.   Personal Notes C.J. is a part of a long tradition of Hawkeye QBs who haven't done much in the NFL.  You could argue that the best two QBs in Iowa history are Chuck Long and Brad Banks, but neither did much in the pros.  Ricky Stanzi and Randy Duncan had solid CFL careers, but not much in the NFL.  In fact, using Pro F...