#9 Hank Brown Season 2026-27

2026 Honors -- Manning Award Stars of the Week and Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (11/2) after his performance vs. Wisconsin... Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 honoree (9/28) after his performance at Michigan... one of six juniors named to 2026 Player Council... 2026 -- Started six games at quarterback, playing in seven... has completed 109-of-169 passes for 1,190 yards (long of 57 yards) and eight touchdowns with three interceptions, and rushed 24 times for 33 yards (long of 15 yards) and one touchdown this season... has totaled 10 completions of 20+ yards... completed a career-high 21-of-35 passes for a season-high 227 yards (long of 32 yards) and two touchdowns - both in the fourth quarter and the last one a walk-off as time expired - in 20-19 come-from-behind win at #18 Michigan... the final touchdown drive covered 91 yards over 11 plays in 1:46, which is Iowa's longest scoring drive of the season... Brown is the third Big Ten quarterback to win his first conference road start at Michigan (Craig Krenzel, Ohio State-2001; Graham Mertz, Wisconsin-2020)... completed 21-of-30 passes for 191 yards (long of 56 yards) and rushed a career-high eight times for 22 yards (long of nine yards) and one touchdown in 16-13 win over Iowa State... tied a school record for single-game completion percentage, going a perfect 12-of-12 for 153 yards and two touchdowns (long of 24 yards) in in 55-0 shutout over UNI... completed 20-of-24 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns (long of 45 yards) and rushed four times for 11 yards (career-high long of 15 yards) in 30-0 shutout vs. Wisconsin... was 16-of-18 for 190 yards and two touchdowns in the first half vs. Wisconsin, marking the most passing yards recorded in a half  by a Hawkeye since 2019 (Nate Stanley-212)... completed 12-of 20 passes for 129 yards and one touchdown (long of 16 yards) and rushed twice for 12 yards (long of 10 yards) in 40-0 season-opening shutout vs. Northern Illinois... completed 12-of-27 passes for 132 yards (long of 25 yards) and one interception in 14-31 loss to #5/6 Ohio State... completed 11-of-21 passes for 136 yards and one touchdown (career-high long of 57 yards) and two interceptions, and rushed three times for six yards (long of 13 yards) in 10-13 loss at Minnesota.

2025 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten. 2025 -- Played in three games... completed 11-of-21 passes for 107 yards (long of 32 yards) with one interception and one touchdown on the season... completed 5-of-7 passes for 55 (long of 32 yards) and one touchdown in 47-7 win over UMass... completed 5-of-13 passes for 48 yards and one interception in 15-20 loss to #11/12 Indiana... completed 1-of-1 passes for four yards and rushed three times, scoring his first career rushing touchdown, in 34-7 season-opening win over UAlbany.

2024 at Auburn -- Starting QB against New Mexico and Arkansas... first action came against Alabama A&M, going 3-of-5 for 96 yards with TD passes of 57 yards and 37 yards... in first start vs. New Mexico, 17-of-25 for 235 yards with 4 TD; long completion was 50 yards... 7-of-13 for 72 yards against Arkansas... PFF team of week.

2023 at Auburn -- Only action came in Music City Bowl against Maryland, where he was 7-of-9 for 132 yards, including a long throw of 53 yards... SEC first-year academic honor roll.

High School Honors -- All-State honoree... all-region basketball player... National Honor Society. Career -- Record-setting quarterback from a championship program... led Lipscomb Academy Mustangs to a perfect 13-0 record and the 2022 Tennessee D2-AA state championship under Coach Trent Dilfer... passed for 3,264 yards, 47 touchdowns (fifth in Tennessee state history) and a 73.3 completion percentage as a senior.

Personal -- Birthday is March 30… enterprise leadership major… son of Eric and Lesley Brown… father was a three-time All-American and 1997 national champion in soccer at Wheaton College… has four siblings: Parker (played football at UTC), Maryn, Danny and Brooks… parents were high school classmates with Iowa OC Tim Lester.