Class of 2025 Recruiting Roundup April ’24

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Like the last few recruiting cycles, Iowa's Class of 2025 is flush with college talent. It's definitely a golden era for the state's prospect production.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Some of the top recruits have verbally committed to schools. That group included Iowa pledges [player_tooltip player_id='252328' first='Joey' last='VanWetzinga'] and [player_tooltip player_id='847937' first='Thomas' last='Meyer'], Iowa State verbals [player_tooltip player_id='847795' first='Xzavion' last='Robinson'], [player_tooltip player_id='847962' first='Will' last='Tompkins'], [player_tooltip player_id='252334' first='Jack' last='Limbaugh'] and [player_tooltip player_id='252221' first='Alex' last='Manske'], and Kansas commitment [player_tooltip player_id='245544' first='Malachi' last='Curvey'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='847892' first='Nick' last='Brooks'] is a four-star prospect that reports scholarship offers from Georgia, Alabama, Michigan, USC, Texas and just about every other major college program. The Cedar Rapids Kennedy offensive tackle and one-time Hawkeye pledge is scheduled to officially visit Georgia, Iowa, Texas and USC between May 31 and June 21.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='847948' first='Mason' last='Woods'], son of Iowa assistant coach LeVar Woods, reports scholarship offers from the Hawkeyes, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and others. He is connected with all of those schools, having visited them. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Iowa State, Army, North Dakota State, UNI, South Dakota, North Dakota and Western Illinois have offered [player_tooltip player_id='252329' first='Brody' last='Clubb'] scholarships. Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Wisconsin and Illinois have played host to him on campus visits.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kansas State reportedly has a scholarship offer out to [player_tooltip player_id='1278802' first='Wisdom' last='Fode']. The Des Moines North product visited Iowa for spring practice earlier this month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='252314' first='Will' last='Hawthorne'] lists offers from Northern Illinois, Army, Air Force, Miami (Ohio), Ohio and others. He's logged visits to Northern Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Nebraska, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota and more. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Indiana, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Miami (Ohio), Toledo, UNI and others are among [player_tooltip player_id='604773' first='Louden' last='Grimsley']'s offers. He visited Illinois this spring, and reports game/camp/junior day invites from the Illini, Iowa, Iowa State, Nebraska, Kansas State, Minnesota and more.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1278806' first='Ethan' last='Wood'] claims an offer from Boise State. The Mount Vernon athlete is receiving interest from Iowa and Iowa State, both of whom played host to him at games last season, South Dakota State, North Dakota State and UNI, among others. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1206077' first='Axel' last='Ramazani'] recently reported a scholarship opportunity from Washington State. He also claimed offers from Wyoming, North Dakota State, UNI, North Dakota, Western Illinois and Illinois State. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1278812' first='Manasse' last='Kasongo'] Malu, a prospect in basketball, reports offers from Nebraska and Northern Iowa as an edge on the gridiron. He visited Iowa for a game last season and has heard from North Dakota State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lindenwood offered [player_tooltip player_id='245592' first='Jozef' last='Reisz'] this spring. He also took visits to South Dakota State, Wyoming, Kansas State, UNI, North Dakota State and South Dakota.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Quick-Hitters</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1209595' first='Marcus' last='McGregor'] reported his first Division I offer on March 29 during a UNI campus visit and then Wyoming offered on April 29. He also stopped at Iowa State, Iowa, Northern Illinois, Lindenwood, North Dakota, Wyoming and North Dakota State. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-South Dakota became the first Division I program to offer [player_tooltip player_id='848057' first='Rayce' last='Heitman'] when it did so on April 7. He's received interest from Iowa, Iowa State, South Dakota State and Wayne State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1277283' first='Elijah' last='Hoyt'] added his first Division I offer in early March, when UNI came forward with the opportunity. He's visited Iowa and Iowa State on multiple occasions, and also stopped at Kansas State and Northern Illinois. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-UNI also offered [player_tooltip player_id='1278273' first='Sam' last='Zelenovich'] this month. He visited Iowa, Iowa State and Missouri recently. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='847998' first='Rashawd' last='Davis'] is hearing from quite a few programs. He visited Minnesota for a game last season and has been invited to junior day/camp at Iowa State, Nebraska, South Dakota State, North Dakota State and others. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Iowa State and Missouri played host to [player_tooltip player_id='1123309' first='Javon' last='Sanders'] for game-day visits last season. He's been invited to Iowa, North Dakota State and Lindenwood. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='252230' first='Jamison' last='Poe'] has received campus invites for junior days and camps from Iowa State, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota State and North Dakota State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Iowa invited [player_tooltip player_id='1278782' first='Dylan' last='Manning'] to spring practice and its Elite Camp this summer. He camped with the Hawkeyes last year and visited for a game in the fall. He's also been invited to Iowa State, Northwestern, South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Northern Illinois and more. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='983337' first='Parker' last='Sutherland'] attended an Iowa State game last fall. His recent travels took him to spring practices/junior days at Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, Illinois, UNI, North Dakota State and South Dakota State. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='245608' first='Jack' last='Wallace'] is a three-year starter at Iowa City West with offseason visits to South Dakota State, St. Thomas, UNI and Dartmouth behind him.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='847811' first='Vincenzo' last='Gianforte'] has made spring campus tops at Western Illinois and UNI. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='332995' first='Jacob' last='Doyle'] visited Iowa with his Kennedy teammates earlier this month. UNI and Yale played host to him on a visits this spring.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='342733' first='Braylon' last='Edwards'] has enjoyed a busy spring of campus visits. He stopped at South Dakota State, South Dakota, Northern Iowa, Western Illinois and Illinois State. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Schools are interested in [player_tooltip player_id='245555' first='Harrison' last='Tripp']. The Norwalk linebacker visited Iowa, Iowa State, South Dakota State, UNI and Northern Illinois. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='628968' first='Drew' last='Francois'] saw campuses and facilities at South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Northern Illinois and UNI. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Iowa, South Dakota State, North Dakota State, UNI and Northern Illinois saw Derek Ellen stop on campus this spring.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='252340' first='Gavin' last='Sleezer'] attended games at Iowa State, Iowa, Kansas State and North Dakota State last season. This spring, he's made his way to Northern Illinois and South Dakota State, and back to Kansas State and North Dakota State. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Minnesota played host [player_tooltip player_id='252315' first='Tiernan' last='Vokes'] last summer and again for a game in the fall. He's been invited to Iowa State, Nebraska and North Dakota State. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='252341' first='Myles' last='Gardner'] stopped at Iowa State for a game last September. This offseason, he visited the South Dakota State, North Dakota State, UNI, Western Illinois and Wayne State campuses. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Iowa, Iowa State, South Dakota State, North Dakota State and South Dakota brought [player_tooltip player_id='1277245' first='Lathan' last='McDaniel'] to campus this spring. He's also hearing from Kansas State, the service academies and others. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='847993' first='Darius' last='Mason'] visited Lindenwood and St. Thomas this spring. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->