{"id":247594,"date":"2026-04-26T21:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247594\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T21:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:00:14","slug":"iowa-football-qb-mark-gronowski-signs-with-miami-dolphins-as-udfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247594\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa football QB Mark Gronowski signs with Miami Dolphins as UDFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 25, 2026, 8:14 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The winningest collegiate quarterback of all time is getting his shot in the NFL, and it is taking him south. After commanding the <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Iowa Hawkeyes<\/a> and South Dakota State Jackrabbits, Mark Gronowski is getting his chance to shine at the next level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After the conclusion of the 2026 NFL Draft, a flurry of undrafted free agents began signing, and Gronowski was among those finding out his new home. Mark Gronowski is headed to Florida, as he agreed to terms with the Miami Dolphins, where he will head in hopes of making an NFL roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mark Gronowski heads to Miami with a class of draft picks that features Kadyn Proctor, the Alabama offensive lineman, who spurned <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/iowa-hawkeyes\/3434\/\" data-autotag=\"6610c59f-1f25-4371-9123-fabf609c6911\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Iowa<\/a> twice during his recruitment and the transfer portal process. Gronowski will join a Dolphins quarterback room that has undergone an overhaul this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He joins a room featuring Malik Willis, Quinn Ewers, and Cam Miller as he attempts to make the roster or stick on the practice squad with his versatility in the running and passing game, traits he commonly displayed at Iowa and South Dakota State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hawkeyeswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@HawkeyesWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hawkeyeswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/iowa-hawkeyes\/3434\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Iowa<\/a>\u00a0news, notes and opinions.\u00a0Follow Riley on X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rileydonald7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@rileydonald7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 25, 2026, 8:14 p.m. CT The winningest collegiate quarterback of all time is getting his shot in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,123,125,124,108704,303,298,4857,4844,299,43,35031,35033,35306,342,49,300,34],"class_list":["post-247594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-accessfree","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-sstssportscollegehawkeyesfootball","tag-sstsnfootball","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbig-10-hub","tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagfacebook","tag-tagiowa","tag-tagiowa-hawkeyes","tag-tagiowa-hawkeyes-football","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}