With two more receivers entering the transfer portal Iowa sophomore Diante Vines hopes to step up in the Music City Bowl against Kentucky. The native of Danbury, Connecticut, missed the first six games of the season after suffering a fractured wrist in fall camp and was limited to eight catches for 71 yards in the final six games of the season.

Vines says he is not using the wrist brace he had on during the season.

Four Iowa receivers have transferred in the last year but Vines is confident that Iowa remains the place for him.