Iowa Hawkeyes 2023 Snapshot Profile: No. 30 Quinn Schulte
Quinn Schulte is one of the best success stories of this Iowa football team.
Schulte was an unranked player coming out of high school in 2019. A former two-time state champion quarterback at nearby Cedar Rapids Xavier High School, Schulte walked on with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Three years later, he earned both a full football scholarship as well as the starting role at free safety.
The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native is the feel-good story that we all love in sports. Undervalued and overlooked coming out of high school, the safety pounded on the door at Iowa until they could ignore him no longer. The Xavier School product is much more than a nice story, though. He is an integral part of Iowa’s defense.
The 6-foot-1, 209 pound safety was a revelation for the Hawkeyes last season. Relatively unknown outside of inner Hawkeye circles, Schulte impressed right away in the black and gold. He racked up four pass breakups in his first start for Iowa against South Dakota State. The hard-hitting safety continued to impress all season long and finished as one of the top-graded safeties in the conference.
The goal for Schulte is a bit different now in 2023. He is no longer the unknown former walk-on looking to impress and prove that he belongs. Now a redshirt senior and a second-year starter, Phil Parker will depend on Schulte to be a rock in the defensive backfield and a core leader for the defense.
Here is a look at Iowa starting safety Quinn Schulte.
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Quinn Schulte's Preseason Player Profile
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ht: 6-1
Wt: 209
Class in 2023: Sr
Recruiting
Unranked in the class of 2019
Before Iowa
One of three finalists for Des Moines Register Player of the Year for all classes as a senior
Finalist for Gatorade Player of the Year for all classes
First-team all-state as at-large/utility player as a senior
Career Stats
Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FR | DB | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
SO | DB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
SR | DB | 13 | 43 | 29 | 72 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Provided by CFB at Sports Reference: View Original Table
Generated 7/28/2023.
Depth Chart Overview
Now a veteran starter, Schulte returns to his role as the starting free safety. There’s a really interesting role reversal for him this year. Last season, he was alongside veteran leader Kaevon Merriweather. Now, Schulte steps into that leadership role next to dynamic sophomore Xavier Nwankpa.
Alongside Iowa’s starting cornerbacks in Cooper DeJean and Jermari Harris, Schulte and Nwankpa should be a terrific combination at safety. Mix in Sebastian Castro at CASH and the Hawkeyes have another talented group of secondary starters.
Schulte registered 71 tackles, seven passes defensed and one interception last season with the Hawkeyes.
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