Class of 2026 Recruiting Roundup April ’24
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There are a lot of great aspects of this job. Perhaps none of them are more enjoyable than seeing guys we evaluate go through the recruiting process, eventually finding college homes. Members of the Class of 2025 are verbally committed…
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Continue ReadingThere are a lot of great aspects of this job. Perhaps none of them are more enjoyable than seeing guys we evaluate go through the recruiting process, eventually finding college homes.
Members of the Class of 2025 are verbally committed to schools and others still are looking, as we wrote about recently. The goal is to update that list monthly. That’s the same plan for each class tracked, including the inaugural ’26 rundown below:
Carson Nielsen Carson Nielsen 6'7" | 285 lbs | OL Waterloo West | 2026 State IA , our top overall prospect, became the first student-athlete in the cycle to commit when he announced this week that he was headed to Iowa. He also reported scholarship offers from Penn State, Tennessee, Iowa State, Kansas State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
Second-ranked Jayden McGregory Jayden McGregory 6'2" | 180 lbs | ATH Valley WDM | 2026 State IA claims offers from Iowa State, Kansas State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee and Wisconsin. He’s visited Iowa and Minnesota on multiple occasions, and recently stopped at Iowa State and Tennessee.
DreShaun Ross DreShaun Ross 6'3" | 195 lbs | LB Fort Dodge | 2026 State IA announced an offer from Wisconsin last month. He added it to opportunities from Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Purdue and Wisconsin, and earning a spot on the USA Wrestling World Team.
Perhaps no recruit in the state has seen his stock rise more this spring than Evan Jacobson Evan Jacobson 6'7" | 220 lbs | TE Waukee | 2026 State IA . Iowa State offered a scholarship in late March, he visited Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Nebraska this spring, and has been invited to summer camps at Alabama, Texas A&M and Mississippi State.
Mason Goering Mason Goering 6'5" | 190 lbs | ATH Iowa City West | 2026 State IA took game-day visits to South Dakota State, Iowa and Wisconsin in November. He’s been invited to camp with the Jackrabbits. Eli Robbins Eli Robbins 6'0" | 195 lbs | ATH Norwalk | 2026 State IA visited Iowa multiple times last fall and held other invitations from Iowa State and Nebaska.
Iowa State and Kansas State played host to Brayton Alford Brayton Alford 6'0" | 190 lbs | WR Carroll | 2026 State IA on game-day visits last fall. Those programs along with Princeton, Penn and UNI have invited him to summer camps. Colin Whitters Colin Whitters 6'3" | 265 lbs | DL Iowa City West | 2026 State IA has visited Iowa multiple times since last summer, stopped at Wisconsin and had a junior day invitation from Missouri.
Bryce Kock Bryce Kock 6'3" | 275 lbs | OL West Lyon | 2026 State IA could raise his stock this summer with camp invites to Iowa, Iowa State, Nebraska, South Dakota State and Wisconsin. Nebraska, Northwestern, Indiana, Kansas State and Mississippi State have invited Andrew Hine Andrew Hine 6'4" | 250 lbs | OL Waukee | 2026 State IA to summer camps.
Nebraska, Iowa State, Yale and Houston handed out camp invites to Lloydson Nyenow Jr Lloydson Nyenow Jr 6'2" | 190 lbs | WR Cedar Rapids Jefferson | 2026 State IA . Jayden Brown Jayden Brown 6'1" | 175 lbs | WR Valley WDM | 2026 State IA and Leo Kirkland Leo Kirkland 6'3" | 255 lbs | OL Winterset | 2026 State IA have invitations to Kansas State’s camp. North Dakota State, Princeton and Penn, along with mega camps at Kent State and Miami (Ohio), have invited Hayden Demaray Hayden Demaray 6'1" | 210 lbs | LB Norwalk | 2026 State IA .
Quinn Street Quinn Street 6'0" | 180 lbs | ATH Osage | 2026 State IA visited Kansas State this spring and has picked up camp invites from Iowa State and South Dakota State. Nebraska played host to Evan Allie Evan Allie 5'10" | 170 lbs | RB Algona | 2026 State IA for its spring game on Saturday. The Huskers and Iowa State have invited him to camp.
Iowa played host to Jeffrey Roberts Jeffrey Roberts 5'11" | 175 lbs | WR Ames | 2026 State IA for a junior day in January, and then Kasen Thomas Kasen Thomas LB Bishop Heelan | 2026 State IA attended a Hawkeye spring practice. Drake DeGroote Drake DeGroote 6'0" | 180 lbs | QB Valley WDM | 2026 State IA visited Iowa State for a junior day this spring and has been invited to camp with Yale. Cal Jepsen Cal Jepsen 5'10" | 170 lbs | QB Sioux City East | 2026 State IA took in a Nebraska junior day in March.
Joey Nahas Joey Nahas 6'0" | 185 lbs | QB Dowling Catholic | 2026 State IA visited Iowa State spring practice, and Dawson Kreykes Dawson Kreykes 6'2" | 185 lbs | WR Sibley-Ocheyedan | 2026 State IA attended the Cyclone spring game. Jaxon Paulsrud Jaxon Paulsrud 6'1" | 180 lbs | QB Cherokee | 2026 State IA watched Iowa’s spring game at Kinnick Stadium, and has received camp invitations from Wisconsin, South Dakota State and North Dakota. Indiana and Yale sent Javaris Morgan Javaris Morgan 5'10" | 180 lbs | RB Ankeny Centennial | 2026 State IA camp invitations.
Indiana, Northwestern, UConn and Penn have asked Cael Wishman Cael Wishman 6'2" | 190 lbs | LB Baxter | 2026 State IA to camp with them. Jack Ohman Jack Ohman 6'5" | 215 lbs | TE Sioux City East | 2026 State IA has invitations from Penn, Princeton and several mega camps.
Colton McClish Colton McClish 6'3" | 295 lbs | OL Johnston | 2026 State IA has been invited to Northwestern’s big man camp this summer. Princeton has invited Ty Sanchez-Evans Ty Sanchez-Evans 6'3" | 245 lbs | TE Mason City | 2026 State IA to camp. Henry Gillies Henry Gillies 6'3" | 190 lbs | TE Bettendorf | 2026 State IA visited Harvard in November, and has been invited to camps at Yale and MIT.