Recruiting
IowaHawkeyes
Class
Class of 2026
Class rank
26
228.6 points
Signees
19
10 states
Blue chips
8
0× 5★ · 8× 4★
Average rating
0.8904
11× 3★
Transfers in
15
from 14 schools
34 players19 signed · 15 transferred
Quarterbacks1
- 4QBTradon Bessinger0.9370
Running backs1
- 3RBL.J. Phillips Jr. ← South Dakota0.8500
Receivers6
- 3WRBrody Schaffer0.8800
- 3WRXavier Stinson0.8800
- 3WRDiondre Smith0.8700
- 3WREvan James ← Furman0.8500
- 3WRTony Diaz ← Texas-Rio Grande Valley0.8500
- 3WRLance Beeghley ← SMU0.8300
Tight ends2
- 3TELuke Brewer0.8878
- 3TEJack Janda0.8744
Offensive line6
- 4OTCarson Nielsen0.9076
- 4IOLHudson Parliament0.9031
- 4IOLGene Riordan0.8972
- 3IOLColin Whitters0.8867
- 3OTOwen Linder0.8867
- 3IOLTrent Wilson ← James Madison0.8500
Defensive line5
- 3DLSawyer Jezierski0.8722
- 3DLEmmanuel Olagbaju ← North Dakota0.8700
- 3EDGELance Ingold ← Northern Illinois0.8700
- 3EDGEKahmari Brown ← Elon0.8600
- 3DLBrice Stevenson ← Holy Cross0.8300
Linebackers3
- 4LBJulian Manson0.9226
- 4LBKasen Thomas0.9075
- 3LBBilly Weivoda0.8878
Defensive backs6
- 4CBDarion Jones0.9321
- 3SRonnie Hill0.8733
- 3SAnthony Hawkins ← Villanova0.8600
- 3SCody Haddad ← Ohio State0.8600
- 3STyler Brown ← James Madison0.8600
- 3SXavier Styles ← Robert Morris0.8500
Specialists3
- 3PBoston Everitt · Intl0.8200
- —KEli Ozick ← North Dakota State—
- —PTanner Philpott ← Simpson College—
Athletes1
- 4ATHMarcello Vitti0.8922
Recruiting footprint
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19 signees · 10 states1 international
Class rank
Lower number is better, so the axis is flipped: higher on the chart is a stronger class.average #39.5 across 16 ranked classes