So here is the breakdown of the data as it relates to Iowa. Am I disputing that Iowa graduated 40% of the black players that were recruited? No. But I am disputing that it was because of racism. With respect to what is the topic of conversation at this current time, linking this article without doing any research certainly added to the narrative that Iowa is a racist school. So here goes:
2007
Cedric Everson - kicked off team for sexual assault
Lebron Daniel - grad
Broderick Binns - grad
Marvin McNutt - grad
Jacody Coleman - transferred for more playing time, got beat out by Pat Angerer. Lamar
Diantae Morrow - transferred for more playing time, behind 3 DB's. Toledo
Jevon Pugh - transferred for being homesick
Abe Satterfield - kicked off team for sexual assault
Mike Daniels - grad
Bruce Davis - grad
Dezman Moses - transfer for more playing time. Tulane
Christian Ballard - grad
2008
Jeff Brinson - transferred for more playing time. UCF
Nate Guillory - transferred for more playing time. NAIA
Kalif Staten - transferred for either more playing time or grades. ?
Shaun Prater - grad
David Blackwell - transfer for more playing time or wanting to be closer to home in FL
Jewel Hampton - transferred for more playing time. Southern Illinois
Shane Prater - transferred because of grades
JD Griggs - transfer for more playing time
Jason Semmes - Never made it to campus
Adam Robinson - transfer for grades and drugs. U. of Minnesota Duluth
Terrance Pryor - transfer for more playing time. Clark Atlanta U.
William Lowe - quit team after Rhabdo
David Cato - transfer for more playing time. Stephen F Austin
2009
Keenan Davis - grad
Jordan Cotton - grad
Micah Hyde - grad
Stephane Ngoumou - Never made it to campus
Tyler Harrell - Never made it to Iowa. Louisville
Josh Brown - transfer for more playing time. Murray St.
Marcus Binns - not sure if he graduated or transferred. Got in trouble, not played
2010
Marcus Coker - kicked off team for getting in trouble with law. Stony Brook
Don Shumpert - grad
Carl Davis - grad
Christian Kirksey - grad
Donavan Johnson - transferred or quit team for grades
Kevonte Martin Manley - grad
Anthony Hitchens - grad
De Andre Johnson - kicked off team for trouble with law
BJ Lowery - grad
There were exactly zero starters that transferred willingly, and only 1 that maybe would have been a back up. A lot of the players were recruited out of Florida, that seemed to be a failed recruiting experiment because many of the players didnt adjust to Iowa culture. Also, of the players that transferred, zero transferred to a P5 school, suggesting that they weren't talented enough to make it.
This article does not support the racism claim that James Daniels and Rob Howe were insinuating, only that it is a result of really poor recruiting at that time by the Iowa staff.
