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Iowa Hawkeyes: Running back depth chart preview

By Sayre Bedinger

Nov 14, 2015; Iowa City, IA, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes running back LeShun Daniels Jr. (29) heads for the end zone on a 51 yard touchdown run during the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa won 40-35. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 14, 2015; Iowa City, IA, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes running back LeShun Daniels Jr. (29) heads for the end zone on a 51 yard touchdown run during the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa won 40-35. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports /
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Iowa Hawkeyes: The Iowa Hawkeyes enjoyed one of their best seasons in recent memory running the football in 2015, and they return a combined 23 TDs…

Nov 21, 2015; Iowa City, IA, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes running back LeShun Daniels Jr. (29) and fullback Macon Plewa (42) celebrate the touchdown against the Purdue Boilermakers in the second quarter at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 21, 2015; Iowa City, IA, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes running back LeShun Daniels Jr. (29) and fullback Macon Plewa (42) celebrate the touchdown against the Purdue Boilermakers in the second quarter at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports /

If you could script the ideal running game for Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes, it might have looked something like what we saw from the team in 2015. The Hawkeyes were as balanced and aggressive on offense as I have seen, and Kirk Ferentz’s generally conservative nature was masked a bit by an overachieving running game and the flexibility at quarterback to take more risks.

The running game, however, was a major key in Iowa’s 12-0 start to last season, and it all had to do with the depth at the position.

Armed with excellent depth yet again, the Hawkeyes return a total of 23 rushing touchdowns from last year’s squad, including 15 from 1A and 1B runners LeShun Daniels and Akrum Wadley.

C.J. Beathard ranked fourth on the team last season with six rushing touchdowns, and former wide receiver Derrick Mitchell added another pair.

With leading rusher Jordan Canzeri graduated, let’s take a look at the Hawkeyes’ new depth chart at the position, and what to expect from each player this season…

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