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Iowa football: Touted quarterback turned receiver James Resar to enter transfer portal
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IOWA CITY — Iowa football quarterback turned wide receiver James Resar will enter the transfer portal, he announced Thursday.
“I have filed my paperwork to enter the transfer portal,” Resar, a Florida native, posted via social media. “I will have 4 years of eligibility remaining.”
A member of Iowa’s 2024 recruiting class, Resar was regarded as an athletic, 3-star quarterback out of the Sunshine State, according to the 247Sports Composite. Resar originally committed to Iowa when Brian Ferentz was the offensive coordinator but still signed with the Hawkeyes even without knowing who the replacement would be.
“Kirk (Ferentz) told me, just continued to tell me how much he cared about us recruits and he would put us in the best position possible,” Resar told the Register earlier this year. “And I just had complete trust in coach Ferentz. So whoever he hired, I think will be great.”
Tim Lester was hired as Iowa’s new offensive coordinator.
Not long after his Iowa career began, Resar was moved from quarterback to wide receiver. But Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz also revealed that Resar sustained a non-contact knee injury after changing positions.
“We looked at things and kind of felt like that might be his best avenue to the field. He’s a good athlete, good-sized guy, and was doing a good job unfortunately until he got injured,” Ferentz said earlier this season.
Resar’s move to receiver continues Iowa’s instability at quarterback, a position group that has been underwhelming.
Cade McNamara announced his intention to enter the transfer portal earlier this week. That means Iowa has two scholarship quarterbacks currently on the roster entering the upcoming bowl game — Brendan Sullivan and Marco Lainez, both of whom have dealt with injuries this season but are now moving in the right direction. Preferred walk-on Jackson Stratton started the final two games of the regular season.
Iowa just signed two quarterbacks to its 2025 recruiting class — Jimmy Sullivan and preferred walk-on Ryan Fitzgerald. In terms of their quarterback pursuits in the transfer portal, Kirk Ferentz said Wednesday that the Hawkeyes would “be fools not to at least see what’s available and see what might be of interest — both ways.”
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Hazzard County, a Cedar Rapids bar, has announced they are opening a new location in Iowa City.
The Iowa City location will open in the Pedestrian Mall at 118 S Dubuque Street, where The Field House was previously located.
According to its Facebook page, the bar will feature a country theme, similar to the Cedar Rapids location.
The bar will also feature TVs to tune into games.
Hazzard County is set to open August 1, 2025.
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JOHNSTON, Iowa (KCRG) – The Iowa National Guard is honoring 1,800 Iowa soldiers who are being deployed to the Middle East for Operation Inherent Resolve.
The Iowa National Guard will hold 24 send-off ceremonies across the state from May 28-30.
The ceremonies will provide Iowans the chance to show support for service members and their families.
All are welcome to attend.
“These send-offs are a vital tradition,” said Major General Stephen Osborn, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard. “They represent not only the courage and dedication of our soldiers but also the unwavering support of the communities that stand behind them. We encourage Iowans to attend, show their gratitude, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our troops as they embark on this important mission.”
Ceremonies are being held in several eastern Iowa towns, including:
- Dubuque (133 IN A Co) – Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. at the Dubuque Armory, 5001 Old Highway Road
- Iowa City (133 IN B Co) – Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Melrose Readiness Center, 4540 Melrose Road
- Davenport (133 IN D Co) – Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Davenport Armory, 5300 W Kimberly Road
- Waterloo (133 IN HHC & G Co) – Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at Cedar Falls High School, 2701 W 27th Street, Cedar Falls
- Mt. Pleasant (224 BEB A Co) – Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana, 405 E Thresher Road
- Cedar Rapids (224 BEB C Co) – Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Cedar Rapids Armory, 1500 Wright Brothers Boulevard
- Davenport (224 BEB HHC, B & E Co) – Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Fairgrounds Speedway, 2815 W Locust Street
- Cedar Rapids (334 BSB HHC, A & B Co) – Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the Cedar Rapids Armory, 1500 Wright Brothers Boulevard
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The Iowa Hawkeyes have prided themselves on their strong defense for much of the Kirk Ferentz era, but the problem is they lost a ton of key players on that side of the ball this offseason.
Perhaps most notably, Iowa lost all three of its starting linebackers from 2024, which includes Butkus-Fitzgerald Award winner Jay Higgins.
Iowa has managed to piece things together in previous years after losing strong talent, so there is no reason to believe that the Hawkeyes won’t be able to do it again, but in this new NIL era, it may become considerably tougher for Ferentz and Co. to make significant moves.
Well, evidently, Iowa has identified a linebacker that it truly wants on its roster moving forward: three-star Georgia product Billy Weivoda.
The Hawkeyes just made an offer to Weivoda, and now, he will be visiting Iowa City for three days between June 13 and 15.
Weivoda is a class of 2026 recruit, so he obviously won’t be able to suit up for Iowa for a couple of years, but at least the Hawkeyes are getting ahead of things by trying to lock down a linebacking corps for the future.
The Alpharetta, Ga. native is the 56th-ranked linebacker in the country, via 247 Sports’ composite rankings. He is also the 78th-ranked player in the state of Georgia overall.
Weivoda also has upcoming meetings slated with Appalachian State, Jacksonville State and Virginia Tech, so Iowa may certainly have an edge from a prestige perspective. He already took a visit with Georgia Tech back in January.
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