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#45 Deontae Craig

Height 6-3
Weight 266 lbs.
Class Jr.
Hometown Fort Wayne, Ind.
High School Culver Academies
Deontae Craig - Football - University of Iowa Athletics

2022 Honors – – Coaches Appreciation Award, defense . . . Coaches Appreciation Award, special teams . . . 2022 – – Listed as second team right defensive end following spring practice . . . saw action in all 13 games . . . saw action in 7-3 opening win over South Dakota State, recording one assisted tackle as defense allowed just 120 yards total offense . . . saw action in 10-7 loss to Iowa State, recording two assisted tackles . . . saw action in 27-0 win over Nevada as defense allowed just 151 yards total offense . . . recorded one solo tackle vs. Nevada, a QB sack . . . saw action in 27-10 win at Rutgers as defense allowed just 61 net rushing yards . . . recorded two assisted tackles and two QB pressures at Rutgers . . . saw action in 27-14 loss to #4 Michigan . . . three tackles vs. Michigan, including one solo tackles and two assists . . . QB sack and forced fumble vs. Michigan resulted in 21-yard loss . . . saw action in 9-6 loss at Illinois, recording one pass break-up . . . saw action in 54-10 loss at #2 Ohio State, recording two assisted tackles . . . saw action in 33-13 win over Northwestern as defense allowed just 18 net rushing yards and 177 yards total offense . . . three tackles vs. Northwestern, including two solo tackles and one assist, with two tackles for loss, 1.5 QB sacks and a forced fumble . . . saw action in 24-3 win at Purdue as offense allowed just 87 net rushing yards and 255 yards total offense . . . career-high five tackles at Purdue, including two solo tackles and three assists, with a shared QB sack . . . saw action in 24-10 win over Wisconsin as defense allowed just 51 net rushing yards and 227 yards total offense . . . matched career-high with five tackles vs. Wisconsin, including one solo tackle and four assists, with 1.5 QB sacks and one QB pressure . . . first blocked punt of career vs. Wisconsin led to Iowa’s first touchdown of the game . . . saw action in 13-10 win at Minnesota . . . two solo tackles at Minnesota . . . recovered fumble inside Iowa 10-yardline with five minutes remaining to stop a potential scoring threat . . . saw action in 24-17 loss to Nebraska, recording one solo QB sack . . . saw action in 21-0 Music City Bowl win over Kentucky as defense allowed just 68 net rushing yards and 185 yards total offense . . . four tackles vs. Kentucky, including three solo tackles and one assist . . . career-best 3.5 tackles for loss vs. Kentucky, with one QB sack and a forced fumble.

2021 – – Saw first action of career in 34-6 win over #17 Indiana as defense allowed just 77 net rushing yards and 233 yards total offense . . . recorded one solo tackle and one assist vs. Indiana . . . saw action in 27-17 win at #9 Iowa State as defense allowed just 87 net rushing yards . . . recorded one assisted tackle at Iowa State, which was a shared QB sack . . . saw action in 30-7 win over Kent State as defense allowed just 79 net rushing yards and 264 yards total offense . . . recorded one solo tackle and one assist vs. Kent State . . . saw action in 24-14 win over Colorado State as defense allowed 95 net rushing yards and 250 yards total offense, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 51-14 win at Maryland as defense allowed just 97 net rushing yards and 271 yards total offense, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 23-20 win over #4 Penn State . . . two tackles vs. PSU, including one solo tackle for a QB sack, and one assist . . . did not see action in 24-7 loss to Purdue due to injury . . . did not see action in 27-7 loss at Wisconsin due to injury . . . saw action in 17-12 win at Northwestern as defense allowed just 93 net rushing yards . . . one solo tackle for a three-yard loss at Northwestern . . . saw action in 27-22 win over Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 33-23 win over Illinois, recording one assisted tackle as defense allowed just 64 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 28-21 win at Nebraska, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 42-3 loss to #2 Michigan . . . career best three assisted tackles vs. Michigan . . . saw action in 20-17 Citrus Bowl loss to #22 Kentucky . . . two assisted tackles vs. Kentucky, including a shared tackle for loss.

2020 – – Redshirted . . . did not see any game action.

High School Honors – – Named to IFCA Top 50 as a junior and senior . . . named to Indiana Digest Prime Time 25 as a junior . . . Class 4A all-state as a junior . . . Career – – Earned four letters as defensive end . . . helped prep team post 29-14 four-year record . . . team captain as a senior . . . holds school records for career tackles, career and season sacks, and tackles for loss in a season and career . . . also earned four letters in basketball, including winning a state championship.

Personal – – Born 10/29/01 . . . sports studies major . . . Silver A recognition as a senior . . . parents are Shanette and Deon Craig . . . high school coach was Andrew Dorrel.