Iowa football releases Week 11 depth chart vs. Purdue

For a third straight week, Iowa’s College Football Playoff hopes are on the line.

The Hawkeyes have taken care of business against Wisconsin and Northwestern in recent weeks. They’ll now look to do the same against Purdue inside Kinnick Stadium. The Boilermakers come to Iowa City with a 3-6 record and a brand new defensive coordinator

. It’ll be a great opportunity for Iowa’s offense to have another strong game.

Before things get started at Kinnick, the Hawkeyes released their newest depth chart. There were a couple of key notes. Starting center Cael Winter was absent for the second straight week. Sixth-year Michael Myslinkski started last week and was listed as the starter on this week's depth chart. Defensive back Jaylen Watson was on the depth chart after

missing some time during the Northwestern win.

Here's a look at Iowa's full Week 11 depth chart:

Iowa football vs. Purdue depth chart

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Quarterback

• No. 1: Hank Brown OR Jeremy Hecklinski
• No. 3: Jimmy Sullivan

Running back

• No. 1: Xavier Williams OR LJ Phillips Jr.
• No. 2: Nathan McNeil OR Braeden Jackson

Wide receiver

• No. 1: Reece Vander Zee; Evan James; Tony Diaz
• No. 2: Jarriett Buie; KJ Parker; Dayton Howard

Tight end

• No. 1: DJ Vonnahme OR Addison Ostrenga
• No. 3: Thomas Meyer OR Zach Ortwerth

Left tackle

• No. 1: Trevor Lauck
• No. 2: Bodey McCaslin

Left guard

• No. 1: Leighton Jones
• No. 2: Will Hahn

Center

• No. 1: Michael Myslinski
• No. 2: Josh Janowski

Right guard

• No. 1: Kade Pieper
• No. 2: Will Nolan

Right tackle

• No. 1: Jack Dotzler
• No. 2: Gene Riordan

Left defensive end

• No. 1: Kenny Merrieweather
• No. 2: Kahmari Brown

Left defensive tackle

• No. 1: Will Hubert
• No. 2: Devan Kennedy

Right defensive tackle

• No. 1: Bryce Hawthorne
• No. 2: Luke Gaffney

Right defensive end

• No. 1: Iose Epenesa
• No. 2: Drew Campbell

CASH

• No. 1: Jacob Wallace
• No. 2: Jaylen Watson

Leo

• No. 1: Landyn Van Kekerix
• No. 2: Derek Weisskopf

MLB

• No. 1: Cam Buffington
• No. 2: Nolan DeLong

WLB

• No. 1: Jayden Montgomery
• No. 2: Preston Ries

Left cornerback

• No. 1: Jaylen Watson
• No. 2: Rashad Godfrey Jr.

Strong safety

• No. 1: Xavier Styles
• No. 2: Anthony Hawkins

Free safety

• No. 1: Zach Lutmer
• No. 2: Ty Hudkins

Right cornerback

• No. 1: Deshaun Lee
• No. 2: Jacob Wallace

Place-kicker

• No. 1: Caden Buhr
• No. 2: Eli Ozick

Punter

• No. 1: Boston Everitt
• No. 2: Tanner Philpott

Long snapper

• No. 1: Ike Speltz
• No. 2: Matty McLaughlin

Holder

• No. 1: Tanner Philpott
• No. 2: Boston Everitt

Kick returner

• No. 1: Braeden Jackson
• No. 2: Xavier Williams

Punt returner

• No. 1: Evan James
• No. 2: Reece Vander Zee

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