With an early football season comes an early Talkin’ Football Season. Iowa State Cyclones Football will host its annual media day Friday.

Last season, the 5-foot-9, 196-pound native of Williamsburg, Iowa, returned 26 kickoffs for a total of 727 yards, averaging 28.0 yards per return, including a sensational 100-yard kickoff return score against Missouri in the Music City Bowl.

Penn State is a popular pick to win the conference. Oregon won it last year and says it wants to "Double down." Indiana, so good last year, has plenty of talent in 2025.

One week before kicking off the season against 17th-ranked Indiana, the depth chart for Iowa’s 18th-ranked football team has a familiar look.

Last season, the Iowa running back room was elite, led by future NFL draft pick Kaleb Johnson. Johnson ran his way into the Hawkeye football record book in 2024, with his 21 rushing touchdowns being the most in a single season in Iowa history.

Iowa’s 2025 pre-spring depth chart listed Jaden Harrell as the first-team middle linebacker and Karson Sharar as the first-team weakside linebacker. Cedar Rapids native Jaxon Rexroth was the ...

I don't think we saw a ton of Iowa's depth in 2024 because Johnson was so good. The 2025 room has potential, but it will be challenging to top what Johnson did, so I'm going to lean towards the ...