A report after the game indicated he tore his ACL, which Ferentz confirmed. Ott left last week’s 29-20 win over Illinois in the third quarter.
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Canzeri was at his best in the fourth quarter against Illinois, rushing on 11 consecutive plays for 59 yards.
Iowa (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) is down five opening-day starters ahead of Saturday’s West Division showdown at No. 20 Northwestern (5-1, 1-1).
Ott, who had been among the Hawkeyes’ defensive leaders this season, was 1st on the team with 7.5 tackles for loss this season and tied with Nate Meier for 1st on the team with 5 sacks. Iowa will face #20 Northwestern in this week’s game.
“I’m feeling good, just been getting treatment and trying to heal up and get better”, Beathard said. Considering that junior Cole Croston replace Myers and now Daniels is poised to become the first true frosh to start at tackle in Ferentz’s 16-plus seasons as Iowa’s head coach, it’s a salient question.
Parker Hesse, who started when Ott missed a game against Pittsburgh with the elbow injury, will return to the lineup in Ott’s place this week.
The Northwestern Wildcats took a 5-0 record on the road to Michigan and were completely dominated on both sides of the football in a 38-0 defeat.
Ryan Ward is listed as the second-team left tackle, Eric Simmons is listed as the back-up at left guard and center and Keagan Render fills the second-team role at right guard and right tackle this week.
“It’s a big void but this team’s done a good job of handling adversity”, said head coach Kirk Ferentz. Canzeri is bearing down on that number and if he’s able to stay healthy (/knocks on every piece of wood in a 50-mile radius), he should be able to end Iowa’s drought of 1000-yard rushers this year. Running back Jordan Canzeri was named Football Writers Association of America offensive player of the week with a school record 43 carries for 256 yards and a pair of TDs.
-RB Jordan Canzeri was named the Big Ten offensive player of the week after his workhorse game against Illinois.
“They recognize what kind of football player he is and what he’s already done in his career”. They probably could use a bye month, but that’s not happening. “So he’s going to be done here”, Ferentz said during his weekly press conference.
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He also said, basically, play on. Ferentz has told scouts that Ott is “better than you think he is”. “I know he will. But it’s a tough thing and it’s just part of the game, unfortunately”. “We’ve got to push on, too”.
