Iowa’s QB1 competition: Hank Brown

Who is going to be Iowa’s next starting quarterback? Many Iowa fans are asking that exact same question this offseason.

If you ask Hank Brown, well, he is very confident that he can be the next starting quarterback.

“(This offseason I’m) mechanically just working through my base, my lower body, my lower half when I’m throwing,” Brown said. “Just working through that and just the chemistry I have with the receivers, and grow with some of these new guys. I feel like I was kind of thrown into it last year and I loved that. I enjoyed it. I think I grew a lot from that, but I was obviously still learning the offense and learning the system and what Coach Lester wanted out there. So this year, having a year under my belt and knowing the system a lot better, and being able to focus on more of the details and what the defense is doing, and just working on reacting better to the gray area.”

Hank Brown, a junior, appeared in three games for Iowa a year ago. He completed 11-21 passes. He said he learned some valuable lessons watching Mark Gronowski.

“Just learning from him how well he led first of all, and then just the relationships he had with the guys on the team,” Brown said. “I think he did a really good job of pouring into different guys on and off the field, and I think that was a big attribute with him.”

Kirk Ferentz has made it clear. Whichever quarterback gives the Hawkeyes the best chance to be successful consistently on offense will be named the starter.

“If you learn one thing in football, whether it’s pro, college, it doesn’t matter, there’s no set way to do things,” Ferentz said. “It’s about playing within yourself, who you are, and maximizing what it is that you bring to the game.”

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