Iowa quarterback Brendan Sullivan will return from damage and begin within the TransPerfect Music City Bowl towards Missouri on Dec. 30, coach Kirk Ferentz stated Friday.
Sullivan missed Iowa’s remaining two regular-season video games with an ankle damage. Jackson Stratton, a walk-on, began instead of Sullivan in wins towards Maryland and Nebraska and can function the backup for Iowa’s bowl sport.
“He feels totally assured,” Ferentz stated of Sullivan. “The damage is within the historical past now. It’s handed. Just getting caught up as a result of he missed a pair weeks there. This has been a very good interval the place he is getting some work.”
Sullivan, a switch from Northwestern, sustained the damage throughout a Nov. 11 loss at UCLA. He had 344 passing yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions and 144 dashing yards and 4 scores this season. Stratton, who transferred from Colorado State, had 219 whole passing yards and a landing.
Cade McNamara, who opened the season as Iowa’s starter, entered the transfer portal earlier this month.
Ferentz additionally confirmed that Auburn quarterback switch Hank Brown and incoming quarterback recruit Jimmy Sullivan will take part in bowl practices with the group, however each will miss the bowl sport.
Brown, who started some games for Auburn this season, and Sullivan might be a part of Iowa’s spring competitors at quarterback.
