Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Iowa
Ethan Hurkett
DL • 6'3" • 259 lbs • Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ethan Hurkett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Ethan Hurkett built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Cedar Rapids, IA wearing No. 49, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Ethan Hurkett's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Ethan Hurkett, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Iowa. Ethan Hurkett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 162
- TFL
- 30
- Sacks
- 15
- QB hurries
- 9
Quick Answers
Ethan Hurkett quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · DL
- Career Tackles
- 162
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 50 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Iowa
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Xavier · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Xavier · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 49 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 35 tackles · DL 91st (top 9%) · Big Ten 134th (top 18%) · National 1,112th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 28.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 18.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 13 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 42.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 13 | 55 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 59.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Iowa | 13 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 67.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa | 13 | 33 | 8.5 | 6 | 2 | - | 0 | 67.4 |
Related Context
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Ethan Hurkett played DL for Iowa. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ethan Hurkett recorded 162 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Iowa paired 19.5 primary output with 26.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 26.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Iowa
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
26.2
Usage
10.3
Consistency
60.3
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 3. UAlbany: 0. Iowa State: 1.5. Massachusetts: 2. Rutgers: 2. Indiana: 1. Wisconsin: 0. Penn State: 2. Minnesota: 2. Oregon: 0. USC: 2. Michigan State: 4. Nebraska: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Vanderbilt: 2 by 38.3. UAlbany: 1 by 4.2. Iowa State: 4 by 31.7. Massachusetts: 1 by 24.2. Rutgers: 2 by 28.3. Indiana: 6 by 35. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 3 by 32.5. Minnesota: 3 by 32.5. Oregon: 4 by 16.7. USC: 2 by 28.3. Michigan State: 3 by 52.5. Nebraska: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 9 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan State
Best efficiency game
52.5 vs Michigan State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | @ VanderbiltSplash game | W 34-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | @ Nebraska | W 40-16 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Michigan StateSplash game | W 20-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ USCSplash game | L 21-26 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Oregon | L 16-18 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs MinnesotaSplash game | W 41-3 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Penn StateSplash game | W 25-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Wisconsin | W 37-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Indiana | L 15-20 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ RutgersSplash game | W 38-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs MassachusettsSplash game | W 47-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Iowa State | L 13-16 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs UAlbany | W 34-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ethan Hurkett story
Ethan Hurkett built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Cedar Rapids, IA wearing No. 49, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Ethan Hurkett's career was his defensive production: 162 tackles, 30 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, and 1 interception across 50 career games in the available record. That gives Ethan Hurkett's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Iowa
2020-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 1.5 | 15.9 | 4.8 | 1.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 4 | 11.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 10 | 24.4 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa | 20 | 33.3 | 9.9 | 10 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 20 | 33.3 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Iowa | 19.5 | 26.2 | 10.3 | -0.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa | 19.5 | 26.2 | 10.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nebraska
Week 14 · W 13-10 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
95.8 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Maryland
Week 13 · W 29-13 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Troy
Week 3 · W 38-21
5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Nebraska
Week 13 · W 13-10 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 82 Michigan State
Week 13 · W 20-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Iowa
19.5 primary output · 26.2 efficiency · 10.3 usage
67.4
#2
2025 Regular Season · Iowa
67.4
19.5 primary · 26.2 efficiency · 10.3 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Iowa
59.1
20 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 9.9 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
15
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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