THIRD AND DATA

Week 1 · 2026

Northern Illinois at #22 Iowa

Sat 09/05/2026 04:15 PMKinnick StadiumIowa pregame98% — Pregame win probability: 98% for Iowa. Iowa favored, and won.

93°Partly Cloudy9 mph ENE · 60% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station

Northern Illinois

0

0–8

#22 Iowa

40

6–2

Attendance

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not yet reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2026, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

NIUQuarterbacksNo blue chips7
  • 33-star recruitQB5Taron Dickens ← Western Carolina5'11"·1804yr
    1,617 Pass yds8 TD6 Int63.6 Cmp%64 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB2Brady Davidson6'5"·2302yr
    27 Pass yds0 TD0 Int66.7 Cmp%
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB14Jalen Macon6'5"·2305yr
    20 Pass yds0 TD1 Int38.5 Cmp%-1 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB10Bryshawn Brown6'6"·2001yr
  • 33-star recruitQB16Asa Johnson6'4"·2101yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB15Ean Hamric6'1"·2001yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB18Cole Latimer6'4"·2001yr
IOWAQuarterbacks1 blue chip5
  • 33-star recruitQB9Hank Brown6'4"·2184yr
    1,190 Pass yds8 TD3 Int64.5 Cmp%33 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB10Jeremy Hecklinski5'11"·2013yr
    472 Pass yds4 TD2 Int61.2 Cmp%5 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB3Jimmy Sullivan6'1"·2052yr
    13 Pass yds0 TD0 Int50.0 Cmp%15 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB4Tradon Bessinger6'5"·2131yr
  • 33-star recruitQB16Ryan Fitzgerald6'2"·2212yr
NIUOffensive lineNo blue chips21
IOWADefensive line2 blue chips19
  • 33-star recruitDE13Drew Campbell6'4"·2523yr
    10 Tackles3.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE84Joseph Anderson6'6"·2413yr
    7 Tackles4.0 TFL4.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE40Chima Chineke6'4"·2623yr
    3 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL96Bryce Hawthorne6'3"·2983yr
    28 Tackles7.0 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL51Luke Gaffney6'2"·2885yr
    16 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL43Kahmari Brown ← Elon6'2"·2592yr
    15 Tackles2.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL57Will Hubert6'3"·2915yr
    14 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL97Iose Epenesa6'3"·2692yr
    12 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL44Kenneth Merrieweather6'3"·2704yr
    11 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL92Brice Stevenson ← Holy Cross6'0"·2874yr
    8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL91Devan Kennedy6'3"·2813yr
    4 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL45Jack Janda6'5"·2721yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL42David Fason6'0"·2681yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL88Emmanuel Olagbaju ← North Dakota6'2"·3142yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL95Lance Ingold ← Northern Illinois6'5"·2513yr
    career 17 Tackles2.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL56Maddux Borcherding-Johnson6'3"·2994yr
    career 3 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL99Brad Fitzgibbon6'3"·2882yr
  • 33-star recruitDL32Sawyer Jezierski6'3"·2851yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL50Will Lockhart6'3"·2502yr
NIUDefensive lineNo blue chips23
IOWAOffensive line5 blue chips19
NIUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips15
  • 33-star recruitRB45Telly Johnson Jr.5'11"·2153yr
    103 Car574 Rush yds5 TD5.6 Rush avg
    12 Rec45 Rec yds3.8 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB24Elijah Porter5'11"·2023yr
    54 Car233 Rush yds2 TD4.3 Rush avg
    6 Rec27 Rec yds4.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB20Jaiduan Cranford5'9"·1901yr
    9 Car67 Rush yds0 TD7.4 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB8Triston White5'10"·2142yr
    2 Car2 Rush yds0 TD1.0 Rush avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB11Romelo Ware5'9"·2003yr
    career 2 Car1 Rush yds0 TD0.5 Rush avg
    1 Rec9 Rec yds9.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB30Da'sean Howard6'1"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB32Reginald Craig5'11"·2102yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE83Jason Fowler6'5"·2523yr
    3 Rec25 Rec yds0 TD8.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE84Glen Weber6'6"·2601yr
    4 Rec22 Rec yds0 TD5.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE87Liam Russo6'5"·2502yr
    2 Rec15 Rec yds0 TD7.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE85Joe Stein6'6"·2523yr
    1 Rec8 Rec yds0 TD8.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE49Devin Habermehl6'1"·2552yr
  • 33-star recruitTE89Tyler Klaner6'4"·2601yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE82Caleb Haack6'9"·2502yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE86Brady Hasquin6'6"·2301yr
IOWALinebackers6 blue chips13
  • 44-star recruitLB33Cam Buffington6'3"·2383yr
    70 Tackles8.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB36Jayden Montgomery5'11"·2275yr
    46 Tackles7.0 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB23Landyn Van Kekerix6'2"·2385yr
    25 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB46Preston Ries6'1"·2263yr
    9 Tackles2.5 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB4Julian Manson6'3"·2251yr
    7 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB22Derek Weisskopf6'3"·2333yr
    6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB31Nolan DeLong6'0"·2314yr
    6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB10Burke Gautcher6'3"·2312yr
    4 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB15Carson Cooney6'3"·2222yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB12Billy Weivoda6'2"·2261yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB47Jack Laughlin6'1"·2244yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB9Kasen Thomas6'2"·2301yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB37Brayton Alford6'0"·2111yr
NIULinebackersNo blue chips10
  • 33-star recruitLB44Jack Murray6'2"·2361yr
    59 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB25Brady Kerperin6'2"·2301yr
    55 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB6Jashawn Nelson6'2"·2202yr
    46 Tackles3.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB8Cooper Mau6'1"·2251yr
    6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB27Trey Porter6'0"·2115yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB33Ross Odgen6'3"·2151yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB15Broderick Windham6'2"·2202yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB47Eliot Hummer6'2"·2302yr
  • 33-star recruitLB23Deacon King6'1"·2271yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB6Jashawn Nelson6'2"·2301yr
IOWABacks & tight ends1 blue chip16
  • 33-star recruitRB28Kamari Moulton5'9"·2114yr
    86 Car541 Rush yds4 TD6.3 Rush avg
    9 Rec31 Rec yds3.4 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB26Xavier Williams5'10"·2283yr
    45 Car265 Rush yds3 TD5.9 Rush avg
    6 Rec51 Rec yds8.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB22Braeden Jackson5'11"·2062yr
    23 Car178 Rush yds2 TD7.7 Rush avg
    7 Rec82 Rec yds11.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB5Nathan McNeil5'11"·2022yr
    21 Car128 Rush yds2 TD6.1 Rush avg
    5 Rec40 Rec yds8.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB21L.J. Phillips Jr. ← South Dakota5'8"·2114yr
    34 Car115 Rush yds0 TD3.4 Rush avg
    3 Rec16 Rec yds5.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB15O'Lontae Dean6'0"·2122yr
    11 Car43 Rush yds0 TD3.9 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB23Brevin Doll6'0"·2133yr
    1 Car-3 Rush yds0 TD-3.0 Rush avg
  • 22-star recruitTE81DJ Vonnahme6'4"·2413yr
    29 Rec304 Rec yds3 TD10.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE87Addison Ostrenga6'4"·2495yr
    10 Rec90 Rec yds1 TD9.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE48Zach Ortwerth6'4"·2474yr
    4 Rec41 Rec yds0 TD10.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE19Mason Woods6'2"·2302yr
    2 Rec22 Rec yds0 TD11.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE85Thomas Meyer6'4"·2482yr
    5 Rec21 Rec yds0 TD4.2 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE80Michael Burt6'5"·2523yr
  • 33-star recruitTE86Eli Johnson6'5"·2502yr
  • 33-star recruitTE82Dylan Stecker6'4"·2332yr
  • 33-star recruitTE18Luke Brewer6'4"·2391yr
NIUReceiversNo blue chips14
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR1DeAree Rogers5'11"·2002yr
    64 Rec633 Rec yds5 TD9.9 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR0La'Don Bryant6'4"·2043yr
    26 Rec324 Rec yds1 TD12.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR9George Dimopoulos6'2"·2003yr
    18 Rec241 Rec yds1 TD13.4 Rec avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR7Cam Thompson6'0"·2005yr
    16 Rec164 Rec yds1 TD10.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR19Kelan McInerney6'2"·1701yr
    4 Rec60 Rec yds0 TD15.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR3Rickey Taylor Jr.6'1"·1803yr
    5 Rec57 Rec yds0 TD11.4 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR88Zaire McKinney6'4"·1951yr
    3 Rec26 Rec yds0 TD8.7 Rec avg
  • 22-star recruitWR6Afy Ibekwe6'1"·2002yr
    1 Rec13 Rec yds0 TD13.0 Rec avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR4Kenji Lewis6'1"·2005yr
    1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR80Braylon Agee6'4"·2001yr
  • 33-star recruitWR81Justin Faulkner6'1"·1701yr
  • 33-star recruitWR21Jermaine Green Jr.6'0"·1951yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR12Tavaris Coles6'3"·1901yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR13Kevin Holmes Jr.6'6"·2021yr
IOWADefensive backs2 blue chips19
  • 33-star recruitDB6Zach Lutmer6'1"·2034yr
    48 Tackles4 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB8Deshaun Lee5'10"·1895yr
    25 Tackles5 PD3 Int
  • 33-star recruitDB3Jaylen Watson5'11"·1873yr
    24 Tackles7 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB11Jacob Wallace5'10"·1862yr
    23 Tackles1 PD2 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB18Xavier Styles ← Robert Morris6'1"·2072yr
    18 Tackles3 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB2Tyler Brown ← James Madison5'10"·2013yr
    11 Tackles0 PD
  • 44-star recruitDB1Darion Jones6'1"·1811yr
    10 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB20Ty Hudkins6'0"·2013yr
    8 Tackles2 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB5Anthony Hawkins ← Villanova6'3"·2022yr
    8 Tackles1 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB7Rashad Godfrey Jr.6'1"·2023yr
    5 Tackles0 PD1 Int
  • 44-star recruitDB21Marcello Vitti5'10"·2011yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB14Alex Mota6'0"·1954yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB0Cody Haddad ← Ohio State5'11"·1862yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB26Eli Robbins6'0"·1931yr
    1 Tackles1 PD
  • 22-star recruitDB19Kyler Gerardy6'0"·1993yr
    career 2 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB34Drew MacPherson6'1"·2042yr
  • 33-star recruitDB16Ronnie Hill5'11"·1921yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB29Noah Daniel6'0"·1971yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB30Eli Kampman6'2"·1971yr
NIUDefensive backsNo blue chips20
IOWAReceiversNo blue chips14
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR14Tony Diaz ← Texas-Rio Grande Valley5'10"·1842yr
    33 Rec461 Rec yds2 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR2Reece Vander Zee6'4"·2203yr
    25 Rec367 Rec yds4 TD14.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR0Jarriett Buie6'2"·1984yr
    5 Rec63 Rec yds0 TD12.6 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR8Evan James ← Furman5'10"·1702yr
    7 Rec58 Rec yds0 TD8.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR7Dayton Howard6'5"·2154yr
    2 Rec28 Rec yds0 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR1KJ Parker5'10"·1913yr
    career 3 Rec18 Rec yds1 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR17Alex Eichmann6'2"·2105yr
    career 1 Rec2 Rec yds0 TD2.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR88Lance Beeghley ← SMU6'2"·1973yr
  • 33-star recruitWR11Brody Schaffer6'1"·1951yr
  • 33-star recruitWR12Diondre Smith5'10"·1601yr
  • 33-star recruitWR6Xavier Stinson6'2"·2021yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR83Jackson Naeve6'0"·1952yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR84Apollo Payne6'3"·2142yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR89Isaiah Oliver5'11"·1991yr
NIUKickersNo blue chips2
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK33JJ Schlenhardt5'11"·1852yr
    6 FG11 FGA46 Long32 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK39Ryan Short6'0"·1854yr
    career 26 FG30 FGA45 Long132 Pts
    64 Punts37.8 Avg21 In 20
IOWAKickersNo blue chips2
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK92Caden Buhr5'10"·2032yr
    13 FG15 FGA54 Long62 Pts
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK25Eli Ozick ← North Dakota State5'11"·1994yr
    career 19 FG22 FGA54 Long122 Pts
NIUPuntersNo blue chips2
  • —No recruiting profile foundP36Jake Ference6'0"·1952yr
    36 Punts42.4 Avg8 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP35Carter Klementzos5'11"·1801yr
IOWAPuntersNo blue chips2
  • 33-star recruitP49Boston Everitt6'0"·1991yr
    36 Punts43.7 Avg21 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP35Tanner Philpott ← Simpson College6'1"·2101yr

Previous 10 meetings vs. Northern Illinois

Iowa 9–1 vs Northern Illinois

  • 2018 · wk 1Northern Illinois 7 @ Iowa 33
  • 2013 · wk 1Northern Illinois 30 @ Iowa 27
  • 2012 · wk 1Iowa 18 @ Northern Illinois 17
  • 2007 · wk 1Iowa 16 @ Northern Illinois 3
  • 2006 · wk 9Northern Illinois 14 @ Iowa 24
  • 1999 · wk 4Northern Illinois 0 @ Iowa 24
  • 1993 · wk 11Northern Illinois 20 @ Iowa 54
  • 1991 · wk 5Northern Illinois 7 @ Iowa 58
  • 1986 · wk 4Northern Illinois 3 @ Iowa 57
  • 1985 · wk 4Northern Illinois 20 @ Iowa 48

Previous 6 meetings vs. Kirk Ferentz

Northern Illinois 1–5 vs Kirk Ferentz

  • 2018 · wk 1Northern Illinois 7 @ Iowa 33
  • 2013 · wk 1Northern Illinois 30 @ Iowa 27
  • 2012 · wk 1Iowa 18 @ Northern Illinois 17
  • 2007 · wk 1Iowa 16 @ Northern Illinois 3
  • 2006 · wk 9Northern Illinois 14 @ Iowa 24
  • 1999 · wk 4Northern Illinois 0 @ Iowa 24

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