Kirk Ferentz updates health of WR room, includes one serious injury

Kirk Ferentz spoke to the media on Friday, giving updates on how the WR room is looking. There was some good and bad news for the Hawkeyes.

The bad news is that Diante Vines has a wrist injury, and will not be available until at least the middle of the season according to Chad Leistikow of the Des Moines Register and Iowa City Press-Citizen.

WR Diante Vines (wrist) will not be available for Iowa’s season opener. “He’d been really practicing well.” Not season-ending but probably out till mid-season, per Ferentz.

— Chad Leistikow (@ChadLeistikow) August 12, 2022

The good news is that Keagan Johnson and Brody Brecht are very close to making a full recovery from their injuries. Ferentz did not disclose what the injuries, but is very hopeful about their recoveries according to David Eickholt of 247Sports and CBS Sports.

Some good WR News: Kirk Ferentz says that Keagan Johnson won’t do a lot of work tomorrow, but is ‘very, very close.’

Same with Brody Brecht.

Kirk believes that they’ll both be ready by next week.

— David Eickholt (@DavidEickholt) August 12, 2022

It looks like the receivers at Iowa are almost at full capacity.