Friday will be an emotional day for the small tight-knit senior class as well as the Hawkeye coaching staff. This small group of 14 seniors has endured a lot of success during their time donning the black and gold.

Six of Iowa's 14 seniors started off as walk-ons and they all ended up making significant contributions to the Hawkeyes including being the leading tackler, leaders of the offensive line, the starting middle linebacker and left a legacy of a group of guys that left Iowa in a better place than they found it.

This senior group combined for a 35-16 record and were a part of the legendary 12-0 regular season in 2015. The Hawkeyes are known as a 'home-state' program and this class shows why as 10 of the 14 seniors are from Iowa.

There's little doubt that this group helped set the new Iowa standard and have been great mentors to a lot of upcoming young talent and the future looks bright especially since most of the talent from this season will return next year. Let's take a closer look at each of the seniors and what they accomplished.

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