Logan Jones captures Iowa football Duke Slater Golden Gavel

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While No. 23 Iowa football (8-4, 6-3 Big Ten) prepares for its ReliaQuest Bowl matchup vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt (10-2, 6-2 SEC), Hawkeyes' graduate senior center Logan Jones was named as the 2025 recipient of the Duke Slater Golden Gavel.

For the second consecutive year in the award's five-year existence, only one vote separated this year's winner (Jones) from the runner-up (Mark Gronowski). Others receiving final votes from local media include cornerback T.J. Hall, running back Kamari Moulton, and defensive backs Zach Lutmer and Koen Entringer.

According to the award's description, “The Golden Gavel will go to the Iowa football player, who not only is most cooperative with local media, but exhibits themself with professional integrity in all interactions.”

The 6-foot-3, 302-pound native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, joins inaugural winner Kaevon Merriweather (2021), Spencer Petras (2022), and linebackers Jay Higgins (2023) and Nick Jackson (2024) among Golden Gavel honorees.

“Throughout this process, Iowa’s media corps had strong opinions about who should win, but several members split nominations because they thought there were so many deserving candidates,” said Scott Dochterman, a college football writer with The Athletic who presented Jones with the Golden Gavel.

“Logan Jones was one vote shy of sharing honors with Nick Jackson last year, and his earnest, honest and thoughtful answers no matter the situation has made him a favored interview throughout his career.”

The award is named after Duke Slater, a former Iowa All-American tackle who was a charter member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 1953 and a posthumous inductee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020.

Slater earned his law degree from the University of Iowa while playing in the NFL and became the first African-American elected to the Cook County Superior Court. The playing surface at Kinnick Stadium has also been adorned with his name since 2021.

The aforementioned ReliaQuest Bowl will take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., on Dec. 31. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. CT and will be broadcast on ESPN.

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