#49

Ethan Hurkett

Senior defensive lineman for Iowa. 2025: 7.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

DL · Iowa · Sr. · #49

6′3″ · 259 lb · Cedar Rapids, IA

CFB Index 82 · #38 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Iowa for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Sacks: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

7.5

sacks · 2025

10 TFL · 35 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Vanderbilt

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Iowa. 2025: 7.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa in 2020.

His career, year by year

Ethan Hurkett

DL · Iowa · Sr · #49

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. This is his fifth year in the same defensive front at Iowa. The receipt: 6 tackles against Indiana — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 45-22 over that span.

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2022Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

82All-Conference level #38 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (96th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#34 / 2975 · 99th pct

7.5

Tackles for loss#103 / 2975 · 96th pct

10.0

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Solo tackles#959 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles#1098 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.7	0.6	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.8	0.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	0.7	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.8	0.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #38 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #38 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #4 of 69 Big Ten DLs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Iowa	35	21	10.0	7.5	--	--	--
2024	Iowa	56	32	11.5	6.5	--	--	--
2023	Iowa	52	26	6.0	0.0	--	1	--
2022	Iowa	15	10	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Iowa	4	2	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		162	91	30.0	15.0	--	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 34–27

at Vanderbilt

1 TFL · 2 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With M. Gronowski — 212 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.5 · 54 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · R. Dakin — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 34-7vs UAlbany	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 13-16@ Iowa State	4	2	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 47-7vs Massachusetts	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 4	W 38-28@ Rutgers	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 5	L 15-20vs Indiana	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 7	W 37-0@ Wisconsin	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 25-24vs Penn State	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 9	W 41-3vs Minnesota	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 16-18vs Oregon	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 21-26@ USC	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	W 20-17vs Michigan State	3	3	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 14	W 40-16@ Nebraska	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 34-27@ Vanderbilt	2	1	1.5	1.5	—
Total		35	21	10.0	7.5	—