PFF: Top returning players for Iowa on defense

In this update, we take a deep dive into the grades from Pro Football Focus last season to get a better handle on who Iowa's top returning players are this year.

Next up is the defensive side of the ball.

For the purposes of this exercise, we only looked at returning players with more than 25 snaps last season.

Pro Football Focus Grades in 2018

PLAYER	POSITION	SNAPS	OVERALL GRADE

1. A.J. Epenesa	DE	412	90.1
2. Geno Stone	S	580	88.4
3. Matt Hankins	CB	497	74.1
4. Julius Brents	CB	363	73.7
5. Michael Ojemudia	CB	563	73.6
6. Brady Reiff	DT	215	71.1
7. Nick Niemann	LB	376	67.8
8. Cedrick Lattimore	DT	268	66.2
9. Barrington Wade	LB	33	65.3
10. Riley Moss	CB	333	65.2
11. Kristian Welch	LB	268	64.2
12. Chauncey Golston	DE	412	63.7
13. Amani Jones	LB	81	61.2
14. Djimon Colbert	LB	597	57.1