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<div itemprop="datePublished" class="date">12/5/16<br>
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<p>It’s like this: There are 20 former Iowa Hawkeyes on NFL active
rosters as of Monday morning. Fourteen of them are interior
linemen, counting deep snapper Casey Kreiter of the Denver
Broncos.</p>
<p>Nine (I count Kreiter among them) are offensive linemen. Five are
defensive linemen. Then you have three linebackers, two tight ends
and a defensive back.</p>
<p>There used to be more DBs, but Bradley Fletcher and Charles
Godfrey recently ended NFL careers of seven and nine years,
respectively.fairly long NFL careers.</p>
<p>That Iowa has no former quarterback, running back or wide
receiver on an active roster is, well, whatever you want to make
it. Former Hawkeye quarterback Jake Rudock is on the Detroit
Lions’ practice squad. Ricky Stanzi never threw a pass in an NFL
regular-season game, but is without an NFL team for the first time
since being a Kansas City Chiefs’ fifth-round draft pick in 2011.
Stanzi was employed by five NFL teams, three of which had him on
the practice squad only.</p>
<p>Stanzi tried out for the New Orleans Saints a week ago but wasn’t
signed.</p>
<p>Here is the breakdown of Big Ten players and players from Iowa
colleges on NFL rosters:</p>
<p>Ohio State 37, Penn State 29, Wisconsin 25, Michigan State 23,
Nebraska 22, Iowa 20, Michigan 18, Rutgers 14, Maryland 13,
Illinois 12, Purdue 11, Indiana 9, Northwestern 8, Minnesota 8.</p>
<p>Northern Iowa has six and Iowa State four.</p>
<p>Here are the 20 ex-Hawkeyes on NFL rosters, the three on practice
squads, and the one on injured reserve. If I have any omissions
(things change quickly in that league), please let me know and
I’ll update this.</p>
<h2>Iowa</h2>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">ACTIVE ROSTER</span></p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Atlanta:</span> NT Jonathan
Babineaux (12th year), DE Adrian Clayborn (6th)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Baltimore:</span> G Marshal Yanda
(10th), NT Carl Davis (2nd)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Cleveland:</span> LB Christian
Kirksey (3rd)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Dallas:</span> LB Anthony Hitchens
(3rd)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Denver:</span> C James Ferentz
(2nd), LS Casey Kreiter (1st)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Detroit:</span> G Riley Reiff (5th)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Green Bay:</span> OT Bryan Bulaga
(7th), DT Mike Daniels (5th), DB Micah Hyde (4th)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Houston: </span>TE C.J. Fiedorowicz
(3rd)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Indianapolis: </span>C Austin
Blythe (1st)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Los Angeles:</span> OT Andrew Donnal
(2nd)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Minnesota:</span> LB Chad Greenway
(11th)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Philadelphia:</span> OL Matt Tobin
(4th)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Tampa Bay:</span> TE Brandon Myers
(8th)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Tennessee</span>: DL Karl Klug (6th)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Washington</span>: OL Brandon
Scherff (2nd)</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">PRACTICE SQUAD</span></p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Denver:</span> TE Henry Krieger
Coole</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Indianapolis:</span> WR Tevaun Smith</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">N.Y. Giants:</span> OL Adam Gettis</p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">INJURED RESERVE</span></p>
<p><span class="Body copy bold">Los Angeles:</span> DL Louis
Trinca-Pasat (2nd year)</p>
<p>Mike Hlas, CR Gazette<br>
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