One of the more interesting position battles to watch during Iowa’s spring practices is at the quarterback position.
With Mark Gronowski exhausting his eligibility after last season, the starting quarterback role is wide open, with Hank Brown and Jeremy Hecklinski vying for snaps as the projected top two options.
Both saw the field in a limited capacity last season, but by the end of the season, Hecklinski cemented himself as Gronowski’s backup, and now he is showing off what he can do early in spring practices.
Hecklinski has been ‘relentless’ in forcing the ball downfield
Iowa’s passing game struggles have been well-documented since Nate Stanley graduated in 2019, and the job of the quarterback has been mainly focused on handing the ball off to the running back and making calculated throws downfield…