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Iowa comes into this Citrus Bowl game have gone 10-3 Straight Up while Tennessee is 8-4. Both teams are 6-6 Against The Spread coming into this one. The Vols opened as the -7.5 favorite but that line has dropped to -5.5 the hours leading up to kickoff.
Tennessee's Nico Iamaleava will be making his first career start in this game after sixth-year senior Joe Milton III opted out of the Citrus Bowl on Wednesday.
Iamaleava is a highly touted prospect who attempted 26 passes as a freshman this season. He'll have a daunting task ahead of him as Iowa's defense enters the bowl season ranked fourth in scoring defense (13.2 points per game) and fifth in total defense (274.8 yards per game).
Iamaleava's passing yard total Over/Under comes in at 178.5 for this bowl game.
"I finally get to go out there and showcase my talents as a starter. It should be fun," Iamaleava said.
"It's my first start and it's going against a top-5 defense, I'm ready for the challenge. And I'm ready to go out there and compete with my brothers."
In addition to Milton III, running backs Jaylen Wright (1,013 rushing yards) and Jabari Small (475) will be skipping this game.
Dylan Sampson (471 rushing, team-high eight total touchdowns) will be the main back.
The Hawkeyes allowed 16 or fewer points in 11 of its 13 games and allowed one touchdown or less 10 times.
Star linebacker Jay Higgins has 155 tackles, second nationally, and needs 17 to pass Andre Jackson (171 in 1972) as Iowa's single-season leader.
Rushing Yards Prop Bet
Dylan Sampson
Tennessee Volunteers
Over(66.5)
-113
Under(66.5)
-115
Leshon Williams
Iowa Hawkeyes
Over(51.5)
-113
Under(51.5)
-115
Receiving Yards Prop Bet
Addison Ostrenga
Iowa Hawkeyes
Over(31.5)
-115
Under(31.5)
-113
Kaleb Brown
Iowa Hawkeyes
Over(31.5)
-113
Under(31.5)
-115
Marquarius White
Tennessee Volunteers
Over(53.5)
-113
Under(53.5)
-115
Nico Ragaini
Iowa Hawkeyes
Over(30.5)
+100
Under(30.5)
-130
First Touchdown Prop Bet
Dylan Sampson
+390
Squirrel White
+600
Leshon Williams
+850
Nico Iamaleava
+850
Ramel Keyton
+1000
Cameron Seldon
+1200
Kaleb Johnson
+1200
McCallan Castles
+1300
Jacob Warren
+1400
Any Other Player
+1500
Addison Ostrenga
+1600
Kaleb Brown
+1600
Nico Ragaini
+1600
Iowa Defense
+1800
Kaleb Webb
+1900
Chas Nimrod
+2000
Deacon Hill
+2000
Jaziun Patterson
+2000
Khalifa Keith
+2200
Tennessee Defense
+2200
Ethan Davis
+2500
Seth Anderson
+2500
Steven Stilianos
+2800
No Touchdown Scorer
+3000
Kaden Wetjen
+4000
Zach Ortwerth
+4500
No Touchdown Scorer
+5000
- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com
