Iowa Defense Snap Counts – Western Michigan

In the first half, Western Michigan hit on a few big plays down the field. The story was different after the halftime break. The Hawkeyes played a much stronger form of defense in the third and fourth quarter, limiting the Broncos to just 35 yards on 23 plays. That helped the Hawkeyes to winning those quarters 27-0 in a 41-10 victory at Kinnick Stadium.

How many snaps did each of Iowa’s defensive players log in the 57 snaps they faced. We break it down by position.

DEFENSIVE LINE

Joe Evans – 37 snaps

Logan Lee – 33 snaps

Yahya Black – 30 snaps

Aaron Graves – 30 snaps

Deontae Craig – 30 snaps

Ethan Hurkett – 27 snaps

Jeremiah Pittman – 21 snaps

Max Lllewellyn – 14 snaps

Brian Allen – 3 snaps

Caden Crawford – 3 snaps

Analysis – Last week the rotation was very tight along the defensive line. This week, we saw more snaps for a player like Max Lllewellyn, who didn’t get any against Iowa State. Good to see Caden Crawford and Brian Allen get out there late in the game for valuable reps.

LINEBACKERS

Jay Higgins – 52 snaps

Nick Jackson – 48 snaps

Kyler Fisher – 8 snaps

Jaden Harrell – 5 snaps

Karson Sharar – 5 snaps

Analysis – As usual, Jay Higgins and Nick Jackson led the way in snaps and they also scored very well in terms of grades with PFF. Good to see the future at linebacker in Jaden Harrell and Karson Sharar, get some snaps.

DEFENSIVE BACKS

Xavier Nwankpa – 57 snaps

Quinn Schulte – 52 snaps

Cooper DeJean – 52 snaps

Jermari Harris – 52 snaps

Deshaun Lee – 6 snaps

TJ Hall – 5 snaps

Koen Entringer – 5 snaps

Brenden Desfernandes – 5 snaps

Analysis – It was interesting that Xavier Nwankpa moved to free safety for the final five snaps with Koen Entringer at strong safety. This was Jermari Harris first game in over a year and he played 52 snaps.

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