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Barkley Hill leaving Iowa for UNI

Barkley Hill leaving Iowa for UNI

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Written by Rick Coleman, Sports Director - bio | email
Former Cedar Falls football star, Barkley Hill, is leaving the Iowa Hawkeyes and returning to the Cedar Valley to play for the University of Northern Iowa...

A UNI spokesman confirmed that Hill has enrolled in classes at Northern Iowa ---

Barkley Hill was an all-state running back for the CF Tigers before signing with Hawkeyes in 2012. Hill redshirted in the fall of that year after suffering a knee injury during the preseason.

Today Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz released a statement that Hill was leaving the Hawkeye Football program ---

 Hill would be eligible to play immediately for the Panthers, and would have three years of eligibility remaining.

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