| Quarterbacks | Yr | H/W | Passing | Rushing | Pass Grade | Run Grade | Pass PPA | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #11 Mark Gronowski (QB) | SR (0) | 6'3"/230 | 194/322 (60%), 2570 Yds, 21 TD / 7 INT | 93 Car, 376 Yds, (4 YPC), 8 TD, 0 FUM | A- | A- | 825 (63.6%) | 0.87 | SDSU ('25) | |
| #15 Hank Brown (QB) | SO ('2) | 6'4"/208 | 27/43 (63%), 403 Yds, 6 TD / 3 INT | 3 Car, 10 Yds, (3.3 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM | C | C- | #175 | 94 (7.2%) | 0.85 | AUB ('25) |
| #19 Jackson Stratton (QB) | JR ('2) | 6'4"/193 | 21/35 (60%), 219 Yds, 1 TD / 0 INT | 6 Car, 4 Yds, (0.7 YPC), 0 TD, 1 FUM | B- | F | #194 | 130 (17%) | 0.86 | CSU ('24) |
| #12 Jeremy Hecklinski (QB) | SO ('3) | 6'0"/175 | 0/0 (0%), 0 Yds, 0 TD / 0 INT | 0 Car, 0 Yds, (0 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 3 (0%) | 0.86 | WAKE ('25) | |||
| #00 Jimmy Sullivan (QB) | FR ('3) | 6'2"/180 | 0 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #00 Ryan Fitzgerald (QB) | FR ('3) | 6'3"/205 | 0 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| Running Backs | Yr | H/W | Rushing | Receiving | Run Grade | Rec Grade | Rush PPA | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #28 Kamari Moulton (RB) | SO ('2) | 5'9"/197 | 84 Car, 473 Yds, (5.6 YPC), 3 TD, 1 FUM | 1 Rec, 12 Yds, (12 YPR), 0 TD | B+ | F | #209 | 151 (20%) | 0.85 | 3* HS ('23) |
| #9 Jaziun Patterson (RB) | JR ('2) | 5'10"/195 | 63 Car, 309 Yds, (4.9 YPC), 2 TD, 0 FUM | 1 Rec, 3 Yds, (3 YPR), 0 TD | B- | C | #231 | 92 (12%) | 0.87 | 3* HS ('22) |
| #8 T. Washington Jr. (RB) | SO ('2) | 5'11"/206 | 12 Car, 34 Yds, (2.8 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 6 Rec, 33 Yds, (5.5 YPR), 1 TD | C | C | #462 | 65 (9%) | 0.86 | 3* HS ('23) |
| #23 Brevin Doll (RB) | SO ('2) | 6'0"/200 | 0 | 0.88 | 3* HS ('24) | |||||
| #26 Xavier Williams (RB) | SO ('2) | 5'10"/230 | 0 | 0.87 | 3* HS ('24) | |||||
| #00 Nathan McNeil (RB) | FR ('3) | 5'11"/195 | 0 | 0.87 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| Wide Receivers | Yr | H/W | Receiving | Rushing | Rec Grade | Block Grade | Rec PPA | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #5 Jacob Gill (WR) | SR ('1) | 6'0"/185 | 35 Rec, 411 Yds, (11.7 YPR), 2 TD, 0 FUM | 5 Car, 13 Yds, 0 TD | B+ | C- | #236 | 602 (66%) | 0.84 | NW ('24) |
| #15 Reece Vander Zee (WR) | SO ('3) | 6'4"/207 | 14 Rec, 176 Yds, (12.6 YPR), 3 TD, 0 FUM | 0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD | B | C | #318 | 350 (38%) | 0.87 | 3* HS ('24) |
| #00 Jarriett Buie (WR) | SO ('2) | 6'1"/200 | 9 Rec, 94 Yds, (10.4 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD | D+ | A- | #604 | 373 (41%) | 0.85 | 3* HS ('23) |
| #6 Seth Anderson (WR) | SR ('1) | 6'0"/180 | 5 Rec, 106 Yds, (21.2 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 2 Car, 8 Yds, 0 TD | D+ | F | #697 | 141 (15%) | 0.78 | IOWA ('23) |
| #7 Dayton Howard (WR) | SO ('2) | 6'4"/204 | 4 Rec, 61 Yds, (15.3 YPR), 1 TD, 0 FUM | 0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD | B- | B | #568 | 162 (18%) | 0.86 | 3* HS ('23) |
| #21 Kaden Wetjen (WR) | GR (0) | 5'10"/196 | 3 Rec, 46 Yds, (15.3 YPR), 0 TD, 1 FUM | 4 Car, 33 Yds, 0 TD | C | B- | #779 | 80 (9%) | 0 | NA |
| #17 Alex Eichmann (WR) | JR ('2) | 6'2"/207 | 0 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD | C+ | C | 25 (3%) | 0 | NA | |
| #84 KJ Parker (WR) | SO ('3) | 5'10"/175 | 0 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD | B- | 1 (0%) | 0.87 | 3* HS ('24) | ||
| #00 Terrence Smith (WR) | FR ('3) | 6'3"/185 | 0 | 0.89 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #14 Alex Mota (WR) | SO ('2) | 6'0"/193 | 0 | 0.88 | 3* HS ('23) | |||||
| Tight Ends | Yr | H/W | Receiving | Rec Grade | Run Block Grade | Pass Block Grade | Rec PPA | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #87 Addison Ostrenga (TE) | SR ('1) | 6'4"/251 | 15 Rec, 114 Yds, (7.6 YPR), 1 TD, 0 FUM | A- | D+ | D+ | 265 (20%) | 0.85 | 3* HS ('22) | |
| #48 Zach Ortwerth (TE) | JR ('2) | 6'3"/240 | 11 Rec, 133 Yds, (12.1 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | A- | D+ | A- | 172 (13%) | 0.87 | 3* HS ('23) | |
| #81 DJ Vonnahme (TE) | SO ('3) | 6'3"/217 | 0 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | C | 2 (0%) | 0 | NA | |||
| #80 Michael Burt (TE) | SO ('3) | 6'5"/228 | 0 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | C+ | 4 (0%) | 0.87 | 3* HS ('24) | |||
| #00 Thomas Meyer (TE) | FR ('3) | 6'5"/210 | 0 | 0.91 | 4* HS ('25) | |||||
| #00 Eli Johnson (TE) | FR ('3) | 6'5"/225 | 0 | 0.87 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| Offensive Lineman | Yr | H/W | Snaps | Grade | Run Block | Pass Block | Rating | Origin | ||
| #67 Gennings Dunker (T) | SR ('1) | 6'5"/316 | 588 (76%) | A+ | A+ (54%) | A- (46%) | 0.87 | 3* HS ('21) | ||
| #59 Trevor Lauck (T) | SO ('2) | 6'5"/302 | 23 (3%) | A- | A- (91%) | B+ (9%) | 0.89 | 4* HS ('23) | ||
| #71 Jack Dotzler (T) | JR ('2) | 6'6"/305 | 16 (2%) | A+ | A+ (88%) | B+ (13%) | 0.86 | 3* HS ('22) | ||
| #70 Beau Stephens (G) | SR ('1) | 6'6"/322 | 612 (73%) | A- | A- (59%) | B (41%) | 0.89 | 4* HS ('21) | ||
| #58 Kade Pieper (G) | SO ('2) | 6'3"/275 | 108 (13%) | A+ | A+ (68%) | A+ (31%) | 0.84 | 3* HS ('23) | ||
| #53 Michael Myslinski (G) | SR ('1) | 6'3"/285 | 25 (3%) | A | A+ (92%) | D (8%) | 0.86 | 3* HS ('21) | ||
| #64 Leighton Jones (G) | SO ('2) | 6'2"/286 | 19 (2%) | A+ | A+ (89%) | B+ (11%) | 0.88 | 3* HS ('23) | ||
| #65 Logan Jones (C) | GR (0) | 6'3"/293 | 666 (98%) | A+ | A+ (58%) | A- (42%) | 0.91 | 4* HS ('20) | ||
| FR ('3) | 6'2"/255 | 0 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||||
| #00 Lucas Allgeyer (IOL) | FR ('3) | 6'6"/260 | 0.88 | 3* HS ('25) | ||||||
| #74 Bodey McCaslin (OL) | SO ('2) | 6'5"/266 | 0.88 | 3* HS ('24) | ||||||
| #72 Kale Krogh (OL) | JR ('1) | 6'5"/302 | 0.87 | 3* HS ('22) | ||||||
| #69 Cade Borud (OL) | JR ('1) | 6'2"/303 | 0.87 | UND ('24) | ||||||
| #63 Josh Janowski (OL) | SO ('2) | 6'2"/281 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('24) | ||||||
| #75 Cannon Leonard (OL) | SO ('2) | 6'8"/306 | 0.85 | 3* HS ('23) | ||||||
| #79 Cody Fox (OL) | SO ('2) | 6'4"/289 | 0.9 | 4* HS ('24) | ||||||
| #68 Will Nolan (OL) | SO ('2) | 6'5"/287 | 0.91 | 4* HS ('24) | ||||||
| Defensive Line | Yr | H/W | Defensive Stats | Pass Defense | Run D | Pass Rush | Cov | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #49 Ethan Hurkett (DE) | GR (0) | 6'3"/260 | 56 Tac, 32 Solo, 12 TFL, 7 Sacks, 2 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | A- (42%) | A (56%) | A (1%) | 660 (69%) | 0.86 | 3* HS ('20) |
| #48 Max Llewellyn (DE) | SR ('1) | 6'5"/258 | 22 Tac, 14 Solo, 8 TFL, 6 Sacks, 7 QB Hur | 3 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | A- (27%) | A+ (70%) | A- (3%) | 290 (30%) | 0.88 | 3* HS ('21) |
| #90 Brian Allen (DE) | JR ('2) | 6'4"/260 | 17 Tac, 13 Solo, 5 TFL, 3 Sacks, 2 QB Hur | 1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | D+ (31%) | C+ (67%) | B (2%) | 255 (27%) | 0.88 | 3* HS ('22) |
| #44 K. Merrieweather (DE) | SO ('2) | 6'3"/255 | 1 Tac, 0 Solo, 1 TFL, 1 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | C (29%) | B+ (71%) | 7 (1%) | 0.87 | 3* HS ('23) | |
| #40 Chima Chineke (DE) | SO ('2) | 6'4"/240 | 0 | 0.89 | 3* HS ('24) | |||||
| #84 Joseph Anderson (DE) | SO ('2) | 6'5"/224 | 0 | 0.89 | 4* HS ('24) | |||||
| #13 Drew Campbell (DE) | SO ('2) | 6'4"/238 | 0 | 0.88 | 3* HS ('24) | |||||
| #91 Jonah Pace (DT) | SR ('1) | 6'5"/270 | 34 Tac, 19 Solo, 11 TFL, 4 Sacks, 6 QB Hur | 2 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B+ (46%) | A (54%) | B (0%) | 585 (46.8%) | 0.87 | CMU ('25) |
| #95 Aaron Graves (DT) | SR ('1) | 6'4"/300 | 33 Tac, 17 Solo, 8 TFL, 6 Sacks, 2 QB Hur | 3 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B+ (44%) | A (55%) | B- (0%) | 612 (82%) | 0.95 | 4* HS ('22) |
| #55 Jeremiah Pittman (DT) | SR ('1) | 6'3"/293 | 17 Tac, 9 Solo, 2 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | C- (51%) | D+ (49%) | C+ (0%) | 247 (33%) | 0.87 | 3* HS ('21) |
| #57 Will Hubert (DT) | JR ('2) | 6'3"/285 | 4 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | A- (51%) | B+ (49%) | 51 (7%) | 0.83 | 3* HS ('22) | |
| #51 Luke Gaffney (DT) | JR ('2) | 6'2"/274 | 1 Tac, 0 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B+ (42%) | A- (58%) | C+ (0%) | 24 (3%) | 0 | NA |
| #00 Iose Epenesa (DL) | FR ('3) | 6'3"/230 | 0 | 0.98 | 4* HS ('25) | |||||
| #00 Brad Fitzgibbon (DL) | FR ('3) | 6'4"/280 | 0 | 0.87 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #99 Devan Kennedy (DL) | SO ('2) | 6'2"/265 | 0 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('24) | |||||
| #56 M. Borcherding-Johnson (DL) | SO ('2) | 6'2"/290 | 0 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('23) | |||||
| Linebackers | Yr | H/W | Defensive Stats | Pass Defense | Run D | Pass Rush | Cov | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #43 Karson Sharar (LB) | SR ('1) | 6'2"/232 | 12 Tac, 7 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | A- (46%) | B+ (6%) | C- (48%) | 50 (8%) | 0.84 | 3* HS ('21) |
| #41 Jaden Harrell (LB) | SR ('1) | 6'2"/237 | 8 Tac, 4 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 1 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B- (54%) | D+ (4%) | C- (42%) | 97 (16%) | 0.87 | 3* HS ('21) |
| #12 Jaxon Rexroth (LB) | SR ('1) | 6'2"/226 | 7 Tac, 3 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | D (71%) | B+ (8%) | D+ (21%) | 24 (4%) | 0 | NA |
| #23 Landyn Van Kekerix (LB) | JR ('2) | 6'1"/234 | 5 Tac, 4 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | C (100%) | 1 (0%) | 0.85 | 3* HS ('22) | ||
| #42 Zach Twedt (LB) | SR ('0) | 6'3"/240 | 1 Tac, 0 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | 0 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('21) | |||
| #25 Kelby Telander (LB) | SR ('1) | 6'4"/239 | C (100%) | 1 (0%) | 0 | NA | ||||
| #00 Burke Gautcher (LB) | FR ('3) | 6'3"/200 | 0 | 0.91 | 4* HS ('25) | |||||
| #00 Carson Cooney (LB) | FR ('3) | 6'3"/215 | 0 | 0.91 | 4* HS ('25) | |||||
| #22 Derek Weisskopf (LB) | SO ('2) | 6'3"/218 | 0 | 0.9 | 4* HS ('24) | |||||
| #33 Cam Buffington (LB) | SO ('2) | 6'3"/234 | 0 | 0.9 | 4* HS ('24) | |||||
| #46 Preston Ries (LB) | SO ('2) | 6'2"/218 | 0 | 0.87 | 3* HS ('24) | |||||
| #35 Devan Van Ness (LB) | SO ('2) | 6'0"/218 | 0 | 0.85 | 3* HS ('20) | |||||
| #36 Jayden Montgomery (LB) | JR ('1) | 5'10"/225 | 0 | 0.84 | 3* HS ('22) | |||||
| Secondary | Yr | H/W | Defensive Stats | Pass Defense | Run D | Pass Rush | Cov | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #8 Deshaun Lee (CB) | JR ('2) | 5'10"/187 | 42 Tac, 28 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 4 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS) | D (43%) | B- (57%) | 517 (61%) | 0.88 | 3* HS ('22) | |
| #2 TJ Hall (CB) | SR ('1) | 6'1"/187 | 19 Tac, 13 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 2 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS) | A+ (38%) | B- (62%) | 452 (54%) | 0.88 | 3* HS ('22) | |
| #3 Jaylen Watson (CB) | SO ('3) | 5'10"/174 | 5 Tac, 3 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B+ (44%) | F (56%) | 32 (4%) | 0.86 | 3* HS ('24) | |
| #00 Charles Bell (CB) | FR ('3) | 6'1"/170 | 0 | 0.87 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #1 Xavier Nwankpa (S) | SR ('1) | 6'2"/215 | 41 Tac, 29 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B (41%) | C (0%) | A- (59%) | 461 (38%) | 0.98 | 4* HS ('22) |
| #4 Koen Entringer (S) | JR ('2) | 6'0"/207 | 18 Tac, 10 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 1 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS) | C+ (34%) | A (66%) | 265 (22%) | 0.88 | 3* HS ('22) | |
| #6 Zach Lutmer (S) | SO ('2) | 6'0"/202 | 14 Tac, 11 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS) | B+ (33%) | D+ (2%) | C+ (65%) | 155 (13%) | 0.86 | 3* HS ('23) |
| #26 Kael Kolarik (S) | JR ('2) | 6'0"/209 | 4 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B (50%) | D+ (50%) | 28 (2%) | 0 | NA | |
| #25 Ty Hudkins (S) | SO ('3) | 5'11"/185 | 1 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | D (100%) | 9 (0.6%) | 0.85 | PUR ('25) | ||
| #00 Drew MacPherson (S) | FR ('3) | 6'1"/190 | 0 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #00 Jacob Wallace (S) | FR ('3) | 5'10"/170 | 0 | 0.85 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #17 Rashad Godfrey Jr. (DB) | SO ('2) | 6'0"/195 | 0 | 0.87 | 3* HS ('24) | |||||
| #5 Teegan Davis (DB) | SO ('2) | 6'0"/187 | 0 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('23) | |||||
| Kickers | Yr | H/W | Field Goals | XPs | Points | FG Grade | Kickoffs | Rating | Origin | |
| #18 Drew Stevens (K) | SR ('1) | 6'0"/205 | 20/23 (87%), Long 54 Yds | 40/40 | 100 Pts | A+ | A- | 0 | NA | |
| Punters | Yr | H/W | Punts | Acc | Grade | Rank | Rating | Origin | ||
| #9 Rhys Dakin (P) | SO ('3) | 6'0"/222 | 64, 2822 YDS (44.1 YPP), Long 61 YDS | 29 In 20, 5 TB | A+ | D | 0.81 | 3* HS ('24) | ||
| #99 Ty Nissen (P) | GR (0) | 5'11"/192 | 0 | NA | ||||||
| FR ATH - No Position Yet | Yr | H/W | Rating | Origin | ||||||
| #00 Mason Woods (ATH) | FR ('3) | 6'2"/218 | 0.87 | 3* HS ('25) | ||||||
| #00 O'Lontae Dean (ATH) | FR ('3) | 6'0"/200 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('25) |
Total Team Talent for '25 is: 832, #38 in CFB. 0.87 Avg Per Player. Blue Chip Ratio 11.96%
Breakdown - Offense: 348.18 (45) Defense: 348.3 (42) ST: 6.48 (3)
92 Total players, 9 from Transfer Portal. 8.2% of roster is from the Portal.
9 from the '25 Transfer Portal. 8.2% of roster is from this years Portal, 24 players left via portal after '24.
Roster Breakdown: 2 elite players, 1 great players, 8 very good players, 56 good players, 15 JAGS, 1 low JAGS, 0 JAG- players
Snaps by class: FR: 0 (0%), SO: 2155 (16%), JR: 2052 (16%), SR: 7249 (55%), GR: 1654 (13%)
18 players have no stats and no recruiting/portal ratings excluded from totals.
QB Exp: (87.8%), Prod: (100%) Iowa lost their starting QB from last year. Mark Gronowski & Jeremy Hecklinski from the Portal could compete for the job.
RB Exp: (41%), Prod: (43%) lost their lead Rusher, but returns their #2 Kamari Moulton, from last year.
Iowa returns leading WR Jacob Gill, but lost their #2 from last year.
WR Exp: (95%), Prod: (70%) OL Experience: T: (41%): G: (46%): C: (98%):
Iowa OL: 3 starters back, 0 with multi game experience, 1 more with some game experience.
Portal OL: 0 potential OL starters from '25 Portal, 0 more Portals have experience.
DL Experience: DE: (64%) DT: (86%)
LB Experience: (9%)
Secondary Experience: CB: (60%) S: (38%)
Kicker Experience: (100%), Punter: (100%)
Return Experience - QB 87.8%, Skill Players 51%, Off Line 62%, Front Seven 53%, Secondary 49% | Offense 61% - Defense 51%
Return Off Production - Pass Yds: 100%, Rush Yds: 43%, Rec Yds: 70%,
Return Def Production - Tackles: 43%, Sacks: 88%, QB Hurries: 52%, TFLs: 71%, Pass Def: 40%, INTs: 25%