Iowa’s high-mileage tackling machine with All-Big Ten instincts
In the 2017 season, Josey Jewell led the Big Ten and ranked fourth nationally with 136 tackles, plus 13.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, 11 pass breakups, and two interceptions for Iowa[1][4][14]. He built his reputation on processing speed, downhill violence, and rare consistency—he topped Iowa in tackles for three straight seasons and finished with 437 career tackles, one of the most productive runs in program history[1][12][14]. He’s the kind of linebacker who makes a defense feel organized, urgent, and annoyingly hard to move on Sundays[5][10].
