Snap Counts: Iowa Defense

The Iowa defense once again had an inspired effort, holding Michigan to just 213 total yards, a season low for the Wolverines, but it was still a 26-0 loss for the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday.

In this feature, we dive into the snap counts from Pro Football Focus to see how much each player was on the field for the Iowa defense this week.

Defensive Line

Logan Lee – 55 snaps

Joe Evans – 54 snaps

Ethan Hurkett – 43 snaps

Yahya Black – 42 snaps

Deontae Craig – 34 snaps

Aaron Graves – 27 snaps

Max Llewellyn – 7 snaps

Brian Allen – 4 snaps

Analysis: Iowa’s defensive line did a good job stuffing Michigan’s running game, allowing only 66 yards on the ground and 1.9 yards per carry, and put quite a bit of pressure on QB J.J. McCarthy with four sacks and 13 pressures. Statistically, Black led the way with five tackles and one sack with Lee and Craig both finishing with three tackles and one sack as well.

Linebacker

Jay Higgins – 66 snaps

Nick Jackson – 57 snaps

Kyler Fisher – 31 snaps

Jaden Harrell – 1 snap

Karson Sharar – 1 snap

Analysis: Higgins led the defense with 14 tackles and now has a total of 155 this season, which is fourth most in Iowa history. Jackson finished with eight tackles, which was third on the team.

Defensive Back

Sebastian Castro – 66 snaps

Deshaun Lee – 65 snaps

Jermari Harris – 65 snaps

Quinn Schulte – 65 snaps

Xavier Nwankpa – 36 snaps

Koen Entringer – 7 snaps

Analysis: Castro led the way in the secondary with nine tackles and one pass breakup in the game. Lee finished with eight tackles while Harris had two and Schulte, Nwankpa, and Entringer each had one.

More to come from HawkeyeReport.com and PFF including individual grades from the game.

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