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August 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s biggest concern could be at kicker. And punter. Iowa opens on Saturday against Northern Iowa with a remarkably settled depth chart. Aside from the kicking game and a bit of jostling at linebacker, the Hawkeyes already know exactly who they’ll be counting on in 2014.

Marshall Koehn will open the season as Iowa’s kicker, and junior college transfer Dillon Kidd will start at punter. As long as Iowa stays healthy, it appears to have enough depth and experience to contend for the Big Ten West title.