Charlie Neibergall/Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Nathan Bazata wasn't drafted after his senior season at Iowa and he didn't immediately ...

IOWA CITY Iowa — Nathan Bazata’s job doesn’t seem to be much fun. Iowa asks him to take on double teams all game long. But Matt Nelson is mesmerized by it. As the defensive end tries his hand at ...

IOWA CITY — As his college career nears an end, Nathan Bazata continues to embrace the grind. Always has. Always will. That’s a part of who Bazata is, an undersized, blue-collar defensive tackle from ...

Last August was when Nathan Bazata (6-2, 284) started to make his move. You started seeing more of the then-redshirt freshman as a No. 2 defensive tackle. The jump from eight-man football for ...

IOWA CITY — When Matt VandeBerg suffered the broken foot last fall that erased what was supposed to be his senior year, he was told that type of injury doesn't recur. So then this spring, his left ...

Nathan Bazata heard the slights directed his way in just about every imaginable social setting. At wrestling meets. At summer football camps. Even from folks in neighboring cities. Everywhere he went, ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — As Nebraska lined up for a field goal, something seemed off. Iowa’s Nathan Bazata didn’t sense it so much as see it. The eyes of the lineman lined up across from him kept wandering. It ...

Nathan Bazata moves to Iowa City in less than a month. Click inside for the latest on the future Hawkeye defensive tackle. 247Sports caught up with 2013 Iowa signee Nathan Bazata as he prepares for ...

IOWA CITY, Ia. — Nathan Bazata has been to Jack Trice Stadium before. He even remembers where he sat. Nathan was 14 years old and an eighth-grader when he joined his family for the 225-mile drive from ...