THE PROLOGUE 2014: IOWA SCHOLARSHIP CHART

At the request of every Iowa fan's subconscious mind, here is Iowa football's full 2014 scholarship chart.

All thanks to our friends at Good Bull Hunting, particularly @cuppycup, for the HTML help.

A few notes:

• Sorting out who is here and who has left from prior recruiting classes is the easy part.  It's figuring out where Iowa has offered scholarships to former walk-ons that becomes difficult, mostly because the announcement rarely makes news.  We know Mark Weisman has a scholarship.  Kirk Ferentz has said that someone is getting a scholarship at long snapper, and Tyler Kluver is his starter.  All indications are that Bo Bower has now received a scholarship.  Other than that?  We have no idea.
• The same goes for redshirting freshmen.  We've gotten enough indication that Matt Nelson will not redshirt that we've moved him, and Miles Taylor could play quite a bit this season.  We fully expect that other players -- particularly at cornerback and wide receiver -- will play this year as needed.  Others, especially on the offensive and defensive lines, only shirk a redshirt if a need arises.  We will continue to adjust as information becomes available.
• Defensive linemen Dean Tsopanides and Daumantas Venckus-Cucchiara were not in camp this August and have to be considered possible scholarship losses.  Tsopanides got in some trouble over the offseason, and neither has even sniffed the depth chart.  It's not like Iowa to simply pull a scholarship for a player who isn't performing, but the staff has frequently used off-field issues to pull a scholarship regardless of the player's importance.
• We're taking our best guess at guys like Drew Cook and Ryan Boyle who might not be ultimately destined for the positions they look ready to try.

Technically, Iowa has recruited more players for 2015 than the number of available scholarships, and it's not done.  Ferentz has always said they expect a certain level of attrition and build that into the model, and could terminate some non-factors entering their redshirt senior seasons without running afoul of oversigning limits.  It's been a long, long time since Iowa's been able to say that the stable is full, though.  The Hawkeyes might not be landing a never-ending string of blue-chip recruits, but staff emphasis on getting players who will stay with the program has finally given Iowa a full boat.