ICYMI: 2022 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Redzone Iowa updated our 2022 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 416 college prospects with a top five of Xavier Nwankpa Xavier Nwankpa 6'3" | 190 lbs | DB Southeast Polk | 2022 State IA , Eli Raridon Eli Raridon 6'6" | 230 lbs | TE Valley | 2022 State IA , Aaron Graves Aaron Graves 6'5" | 260 lbs | DL Southeast Valley | 2022 State IA , Gabe Burkle Gabe Burkle 6'7" | 240 lbs | TE Cedar Rapids Prairie | 2022 State IA , and Hunter Deyo Hunter Deyo 6'3" | 270 lbs | DL Lewis Central | 2022 State IA !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Iowa 2022 Rankings!
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Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Redzone Iowa prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school and college coaches who watch a ton of Iowa football. We put a lot of time and energy into it and we are as diligent as we can possibly be to get it right. We never intentionally set out to bury a kid or leave them off the list. We try not to be biased, other than favoring athletes with talent and a desire to get better. We work hard at being fair.
Most importantly, this list is about college potential, not current performance. Let us repeat that: This list is about college potential, not current performance. This is the big one, the factor that causes the most consternation, the most misunderstanding, especially among keenly interested parents. With that in mind, getting your film online and attending offseason events matters greatly. It is a reality, that players who do not have accessible tape and do not play in offseason events that are highly attended by other collegiate prospects are diminishing their opportunity to get noticed and distinguish themselves as a recruit and therefore make the rankings.