While the news of the day has been dominated by talk of Bob Stoops and Oklahoma, the now-longest tenured FBS head coach (Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz) had a small bit of news to release as well.
Namely that would be that three players will no longer be a part of the Hawkeyes’ football program going forward. Kicker Mick Ellis and receiver Ronald Nash will both continue their education at Iowa according to a school release, but will no longer be on the team.
The program also confirmed that linebacker Angelo Garbutt will transfer out of Iowa City and play somewhere else in 2017.
Garbutt’s departure is by far the most impactful in terms of the depth chart and was previously made public last week when he tweeted of the decision. The redshirt freshman will have to sit out the upcoming 2017 season if he makes the move to another FBS program this summer.