Cade McNamara assesses Iowa offense

Now nearly 100% healthy, Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara is anxious to get some more work with the wide receivers and tight ends this summer as they continue to build their chemistry.

After Iowa’s spring scrimmage on Saturday, McNamara gave us an update on his progress, what he has seen from the Hawkeye personnel groups in practice and the improvements they have made, and much more.

McNamara’s head coach, Kirk Ferentz, gave plenty of praise to the Michigan transfer on Saturday and made no bones about who his starting quarterback will be in game one.

“He clearly is our starter right now,” said Ferentz on Saturday. “It is not a debate. Real happy about him being there.”

Ferentz has been impressed not only with what McNamara can do on the field, but also how quickly he has asserted himself as a leader for the 2023 Hawkeyes.

“I think we got really good guys on our team,” Ferentz said. “I think they recognize if you’re good, you don’t have to advertise it typically. Cade has a résumé. He’s an assertive guy just by nature I think. My encouragement was just to be who you are, let the process take over.”

“He was elected as the captain in the Hawkeye Championship competition. We usually don’t do that until early February, give the guys a chance to be working, be in the building, everybody get a feel for each other. He did that in pretty short time. I think it’s all been pretty organic.”

“It’s just the way he is. I think the guys all respect him. He’s totally committed. Works really hard. He’s not full speed health-wise, but he’s really made a lot of progress. Again, I think the way he does things, the way he is as a football player, really embraced that.”

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