Broderick Binns became the fourth Iowa football player to have some trouble with the law this summer as he was picked up for drunk driving early this morning. Binns was pulled over for going straight while in a turn lane he then tried to deny that he was drinking, finally admitted it, then blew a .101...well above the legal limit of .08. To top that off, he is still 2 weeks away from being 21. Scott Doctherman has the full police report. All in all, it was a very dumb move by Binns.

The commits keep rolling in as Iowa added another player to the 2011 recruiting class Wednesday. Jake Duzey is a wide receiver/tight end/H-back from Michigan and became the 9th commit for Iowa. He is also the 3rd tight end in the class that now has 8 offensive players and just 1 on defense. He's rated 3-stars by both Scout and Rivals.

Duzey in High School

Duzey plays for Troy Athens High School in Troy Michigan. (Side note: Take a look at the Athens Redhawks logo and you'll see why Duzey was destined to play for the Hawkeyes.) The Redhawks were not very good last year, winning just 2 games. Duzey played all over the field his junior year. He mostly line up as a receiver, either in the slot or out wide, but played tight end/H-back on some downs as well. On defense he played safety. He was definitely the star of the team last year earning offensive player of the week, defensive player of the week, and "Big Stick" of the week multiple times as awarded by the team's coach on the Athens Football blog.

Stats:

• Offense - 37 receptions, 535 yards, 6 TDs; 2 rushing TDs
• Defense - 2 interceptions

I did a Q&A session with Tim from Linebacker U, a fine Penn State blog, as part of their Inside The Bloggers' Unwashed, Unshaven, Studio series. I talk some football, a little basketball, and throw in a "love it or leave it" for good measure. The meatiest part of the Q&A deals with managing the high expectations and hype around the team this year.

The team knows that their margin for error is slim, and more importantly knows how to perform in the 4th quarter when the game is on the line. And, unless the offense really takes off this year, or Ricky Stanzi figures out a way to reverse his trend of keeping both teams in the game at the same time, there are going to be plenty of close games this year too.

Read the full Q&A here on Linebacker U.

The roster on hawkeyesports.com has been updated to include the incoming freshmen. I have updated the Iowa Football Roster on this site accordingly. There wasn't anything too striking on the roster update, though Austin Vier is listed as a tight end when before there was talks of him having a shot at quarterback. You can also try to read something into the numbers, though most of the freshmen have their own. Shumpert shares 8 with Mossbrucker, Mullings shares 9 with Sash, Vier shares 11 with Nordmann, Johnson shares 30 with Greenwood, and Martin-Manley shares 89 with Audlehelm...though I don't think that means any of these freshmen are necessarily red-shirting this year. I did notice though, that it's mostly offensive players that have a shared number. Ferentz did say back in February on signing day that linebackers, defensive backs, and defensive linemen (basically anyone on defense) has a shot at playing time this year.

Anyway, here are all the freshmen numbers...I think they are fun to see.

Jake Rudock was the third player to commit to Iowa last Wednesday, after John Raymon and Ray Hamilton, becoming the eighth player overall in Iowa's 2011 recruiting class. Rudock is a pro-style quarterback from Florida and is rated 3-stars by Rivals, but only 2 by Scout.

Rudock in High School

Rudock plays for one of the premier high school football programs in the country: St. Thomas Aquinas. The Raiders were National champs in 2008 and have been Florida state champions 5 times. Last year, the team started the season 13-0 under Rudock's arm and was ranked #1 in the nation before getting upset in the semi-finals of the state playoffs.

Throughout the season, Rudock played consistently well. In 4 different games he completed at least 80% of his passes, including an 11 of 12 outing against Cypress Bay. He was good throwing the ball down field too, and in every game but one completed a pass of 25 yards or greater.

Stats:

• Offense - 128 of 197 passing, 1945 yards, 34 TDs, 5 INTs, 199.79 QB Rating