Week 1 · 2026
Northern Illinois at 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
0–2
Iowa
40
2–0
Attendance
—
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 Carolina4yr289 Pass yds1 TD2 Int75.6 Cmp%-35 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB14Jalen Macon5yr20 Pass yds0 TD1 Int38.5 Cmp%-1 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB2Brady Davidson2yrcareer 384 Pass yds3 TD3 Int46.0 Cmp%-23 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB10Bryshawn Brown1yr
- 33-star recruitQB16Asa Johnson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB15Ean Hamric1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB18Cole Latimer1yr
IOWAQuarterbacks1 blue chip5
- 33-star recruitQB9Hank Brown4yr320 Pass yds1 TD0 Int66.0 Cmp%34 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB10Jeremy Hecklinski3yr76 Pass yds1 TD1 Int43.8 Cmp%16 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB3Jimmy Sullivan2yr13 Pass yds0 TD0 Int50.0 Cmp%15 Rush yds
- 44-star recruitQB4Tradon Bessinger1yr
- 33-star recruitQB16Ryan Fitzgerald2yr
NIUOffensive lineNo blue chips21
- 33-star recruitOL70Chevy Trask6yr
- 33-star recruitOL63Landon Hron4yr
- 33-star recruitOL53Luke Skartvedt4yr
- 33-star recruitOL78Jacob Welch4yr
- 33-star recruitOL61Ben Gustafson3yr
- 33-star recruitOL58Ross Liegel3yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Lane Mahnesmith3yr
- 33-star recruitOL62Grey Rumohr3yr
- 33-star recruitOL76Tyler Chambers2yr
- 33-star recruitOL67Tyler Rindels2yr
- 33-star recruitOL79Kellen Gamble1yr
- 33-star recruitOL50Brendan Grabot1yr
- 33-star recruitOL71Cian Mahoney1yr
- 33-star recruitOL72Mason Markel1yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Braden Petzel1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL68Samir Senenat3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL69Logan Gross2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL74Erik Murray2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL77Daine Hanson ← Texas-Permian Basin1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL55Ty Mead1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Chevy Trask1yr
IOWADefensive line2 blue chips19
- 44-star recruitDE84Joseph Anderson3yr2 Tackles1.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE13Drew Campbell3yr2 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE40Chima Chineke3yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL96Bryce Hawthorne3yr9 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL51Luke Gaffney5yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL43Kahmari Brown ← Elon2yr4 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL97Iose Epenesa2yr3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL44Kenneth Merrieweather4yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL91Devan Kennedy3yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL92Brice Stevenson ← Holy Cross4yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL57Will Hubert5yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL88Emmanuel Olagbaju ← North Dakota2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL95Lance Ingold ← Northern Illinois3yrcareer 17 Tackles2.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL56Maddux Borcherding-Johnson4yrcareer 3 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL99Brad Fitzgibbon2yr
- 33-star recruitDL45Jack Janda1yr
- 33-star recruitDL32Sawyer Jezierski1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL50Will Lockhart2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL42David Fason1yr
NIUDefensive lineNo blue chips23
- 33-star recruitDE18Jay'shon Thomas4yr6 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE93Fawzy Omotoso2yr3 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE87Micah Cook2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE97JT King1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE19James Bradley2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE90Kole Sneed2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE53Charles Brooks III2yr
- 33-star recruitDE45Trenton Nixon2yr
- 33-star recruitDE24Darrius Summers III1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE56Joseph Nnamuchi1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE13Mathias Smith-Davis ← Central State1yr
- 33-star recruitDT11Amari Washington2yr5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT50Matthew Scarlett1yr5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT92Jacob McGhee1yr3 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT55Jordan Bellamy2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDT0Montrel Canion2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT58Christopher Allen5yrcareer 5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT54Zach Morrisroe2yr
- 33-star recruitDT94Brendan Alexander1yr
- 33-star recruitDT95Ryan Hassett1yr
- 33-star recruitDT91Jvon Hatcher1yr
- 33-star recruitDT72Terry Robinson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT64Eli Valencia1yr
IOWAOffensive line5 blue chips19
- 44-star recruitOL59Trevor Lauck4yr
- 44-star recruitOL68Will Nolan3yr
- 44-star recruitOL79Carson Nielsen1yr
- 44-star recruitOL70Hudson Parliament1yr
- 44-star recruitOL78Gene Riordan1yr
- 33-star recruitOL53Michael Myslinski6yr
- 33-star recruitOL71Jack Dotzler5yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Leighton Jones4yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Cannon Leonard4yr
- 33-star recruitOL58Kade Pieper4yr
- 33-star recruitOL63Josh Janowski3yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Bodey McCaslin3yr
- 33-star recruitOL60Lucas Allgeyer2yr
- 33-star recruitOL65Trent Wilson ← James Madison2yr
- 33-star recruitOL72Owen Linder1yr
- 33-star recruitOL73Colin Whitters1yr
- 22-star recruitOL77George Nahas4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL61Cael Winter4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL52Will Hahn2yr
NIUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips15
- 33-star recruitRB45Telly Johnson Jr.3yr30 Car99 Rush yds1 TD3.3 Rush avg4 Rec13 Rec yds3.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB24Elijah Porter3yr8 Car41 Rush yds0 TD5.1 Rush avg2 Rec9 Rec yds4.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB20Jaidaun Cranford1yr4 Car16 Rush yds0 TD4.0 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB8Triston White2yr2 Car2 Rush yds0 TD1.0 Rush avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB11Romelo Ware3yrcareer 2 Car1 Rush yds0 TD0.5 Rush avg1 Rec9 Rec yds9.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB30Da'sean Howard1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB32Reginald Craig2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE83Jason Fowler3yr2 Rec25 Rec yds0 TD12.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE84Glen Weber1yr3 Rec15 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE85Joe Stein3yr
- 33-star recruitTE49Devin Habermehl2yr
- 33-star recruitTE87Liam Russo2yr
- 33-star recruitTE89Tyler Klaner1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE82Caleb Haack2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE86Brady Hasquin1yr
IOWALinebackers6 blue chips13
- 44-star recruitLB33Cam Buffington3yr21 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB36Jayden Montgomery5yr6 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB23Landyn Van Kekerix5yr6 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB4Julian Manson1yr4 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB10Burke Gautcher2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB31Nolan DeLong4yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB22Derek Weisskopf3yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB15Carson Cooney2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB46Preston Ries3yr1 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB12Billy Weivoda1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB9Kasen Thomas1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB47Jack Laughlin4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB37Brayton Alford1yr
NIULinebackersNo blue chips10
- 33-star recruitLB57Kimar Nelson2yr19 Tackles1.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB44Jack Murray1yr18 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB25Brady Kerperin1yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB8Cooper Mau1yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB27Trey Porter5yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB15Broderick Windham2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB47Eliot Hummer2yr
- 33-star recruitLB23Deacon King1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB6Jashawn Nelson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB33Ross Odgen1yr
IOWABacks & tight ends1 blue chip16
- 33-star recruitRB28Kamari Moulton4yr26 Car240 Rush yds2 TD9.2 Rush avg6 Rec31 Rec yds5.2 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB22Braeden Jackson2yr3 Car30 Rush yds0 TD10.0 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB5Nathan McNeil2yr9 Car17 Rush yds0 TD1.9 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB26Xavier Williams3yr9 Car11 Rush yds0 TD1.2 Rush avg2 Rec12 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB15O'Lontae Dean2yr1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB21L.J. Phillips Jr. ← South Dakota4yr4 Car5 Rush yds0 TD1.3 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB23Brevin Doll3yr1 Car-3 Rush yds0 TD-3.0 Rush avg
- 22-star recruitTE81DJ Vonnahme3yr6 Rec67 Rec yds0 TD11.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE87Addison Ostrenga5yr3 Rec20 Rec yds0 TD6.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE48Zach Ortwerth4yr1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE85Thomas Meyer2yr1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE80Michael Burt3yr
- 33-star recruitTE86Eli Johnson2yr
- 33-star recruitTE82Dylan Stecker2yr
- 33-star recruitTE19Mason Woods2yr
- 33-star recruitTE18Luke Brewer1yr
NIUReceiversNo blue chips14
- 33-star recruitWR0La'Don Bryant3yr6 Rec89 Rec yds0 TD14.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR1DeAree Rogers2yr12 Rec77 Rec yds1 TD6.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR19Kelan McInerney1yr3 Rec55 Rec yds0 TD18.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR9George Dimopoulos3yr3 Rec26 Rec yds0 TD8.7 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR7Cam Thompson5yr1 Rec0 Rec yds0 TD0.0 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR4Kenji Lewis5yrcareer 40 Rec495 Rec yds4 TD12.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR3Rickey Taylor Jr.3yrcareer 9 Rec134 Rec yds1 TD14.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR80Braylon Agee1yr
- 33-star recruitWR81Justin Faulkner1yr
- 33-star recruitWR21Jermaine Green Jr.1yr
- 33-star recruitWR88Zaire McKinney1yr
- 22-star recruitWR6Afy Ibekwe2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR12Tavaris Coles1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Kevin Holmes Jr.1yr
IOWADefensive backs2 blue chips19
- 33-star recruitDB6Zach Lutmer4yr7 Tackles4 PD
- 33-star recruitDB8Deshaun Lee5yr5 Tackles1 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB3Jaylen Watson3yr5 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB11Jacob Wallace2yr5 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB5Anthony Hawkins ← Villanova2yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB20Ty Hudkins3yr3 Tackles0 PD
- 44-star recruitDB1Darion Jones1yr2 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB18Xavier Styles ← Robert Morris2yr2 Tackles1 PD
- 44-star recruitDB21Marcello Vitti1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB14Alex Mota4yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB7Rashad Godfrey Jr.3yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB2Tyler Brown ← James Madison3yrcareer 84 Tackles5 PD1 Int
- 22-star recruitDB19Kyler Gerardy3yrcareer 2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB0Cody Haddad ← Ohio State2yr
- 33-star recruitDB34Drew MacPherson2yr
- 33-star recruitDB16Ronnie Hill1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB29Noah Daniel1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB30Eli Kampman1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB26Eli Robbins1yr
NIUDefensive backsNo blue chips20
- —No recruiting profile foundCB29Romelo Walker3yr5 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundCB5Yassine Falke1yr5 Tackles0 PD2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB3Liam Lindo3yr3 Tackles0 PD
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedCB20Marshall Washington3yr3 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitCB9Dev'ion Reynolds3yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitCB4James Little IV2yrcareer 2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitCB35Cristian Harkins1yr
- 33-star recruitCB28Omar Williams Jr.1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB—Jalen Carter1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB2Avery Jones ← Lafayette3yr11 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB12Aaron Warren1yr7 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB21Austin Tillman2yr
- 33-star recruitDB17Justus Donahoo1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedS16Kyon Conyers3yr14 Tackles1 PD
- 22-star recruitS14Malik Armstrong5yr10 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS30Andruw Ellis2yr1 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitS31Champ Smith III1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedS7Justin Harris3yrcareer 2 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS22Keagan Ruane-Martino2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS26Tyrese Stanley ← Morehouse1yr
IOWAReceiversNo blue chips14
- —No recruiting profile foundWR14Tony Diaz ← Texas-Rio Grande Valley2yr15 Rec179 Rec yds1 TD11.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2Reece Vander Zee3yr5 Rec64 Rec yds0 TD12.8 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR0Jarriett Buie4yr2 Rec22 Rec yds0 TD11.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR8Evan James ← Furman2yr1 Rec3 Rec yds0 TD3.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR7Dayton Howard4yrcareer 12 Rec152 Rec yds2 TD12.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR1KJ Parker3yrcareer 3 Rec18 Rec yds1 TD6.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR17Alex Eichmann5yrcareer 1 Rec2 Rec yds0 TD2.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR88Lance Beeghley ← SMU3yr
- 33-star recruitWR11Brody Schaffer1yr
- 33-star recruitWR12Diondre Smith1yr
- 33-star recruitWR6Xavier Stinson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR83Jackson Naeve2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR84Apollo Payne2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR89Isaiah Oliver1yr
NIUKickersNo blue chips2
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK33JJ Schlenhardt2yr1 FG1 FGA40 Long6 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK39Ryan Short4yrcareer 26 FG30 FGA45 Long132 Pts64 Punts37.8 Avg21 In 20
IOWAKickersNo blue chips2
- —No recruiting profile foundPK92Caden Buhr2yr5 FG6 FGA45 Long20 Pts
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK25Eli Ozick ← North Dakota State4yrcareer 19 FG22 FGA54 Long122 Pts
NIUPuntersNo blue chips2
- —No recruiting profile foundP36Jake Ference2yr16 Punts42.3 Avg0 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP35Carter Klementzos1yr
IOWAPuntersNo blue chips2
- 33-star recruitP49Boston Everitt1yr9 Punts43.9 Avg6 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP35Tanner Philpott ← Simpson College1yr
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
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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