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<p>It's a busy time for student-athletes looking to play football at the next level. They're hitting up junior days and spring practices. Summer visit plans are being made. </p>
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<p>The recruiting trail is busy in Iowa. Prospects fall into all of the categories listed above. Here's a look: </p>
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<p>-Bishop Heelan LB [player_tooltip player_id='1238514' first='Kasen' last='Thomas'] announced the dates for two official visits in June. He'll be at Iowa State from June 13-15 and at Iowa the following weekend. Thomas also reports scholarship offers from Arizona, Kansas State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin. </p>
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<p>-Prep Redzone Iowa's top player in 2026, Valley Athlete [player_tooltip player_id='283946' first='Jayden' last='McGregory'], added an offer from SMU last week. It came on the heels of he and his Tiger hoops teammates winning another state championship with him earning first-team all-state honors.</p>
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<p>-Miami (FL) offered dynamic Iowa City West Athlete [player_tooltip player_id='1238512' first='Julian' last='Manson'] earlier this month. He added that opportunity to ones he's picked up from Iowa, Kansas State, Minnesota, Arizona and others. </p>
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<p>-Western Illinois jumped in with electric Valley receiver [player_tooltip player_id='283945' first='Jayden' last='Brown'] on Sunday. He'd already secured offers from North Dakota, North Dakota State and South Dakota State. </p>
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<p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1240558' first='Andrew' last='Hine']'s recruitment kept a steady pace. He added an Air Force offer on March 18. </p>
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<p>-Minnesota State, Northwest Missouri State and Bemidji State came forward with opportunities for [player_tooltip player_id='1241376' first='Colton' last='McClish'] during the last few weeks. </p>
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<p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1370736' first='Joey' last='Hardy'] stayed hot on the recruiting trail. The Sergeant Bluff-Luton linebacker recently added offers from Army and South Dakota. </p>
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<p>-Air Force offered [player_tooltip player_id='283943' first='Eli' last='Robbins'] on March 19th. </p>
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<p>-<a href="https://prepredzone.com/player/keaton-mennen/">[player_tooltip player_id='1631997' first='Keaton' last='Mennen']</a> took in junior days at North Dakota and South Dakota during the last two weekends. </p>
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<p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1370695' first='Brayden' last='Hoben'] caught a spring practice at Minnesota on March 23 after stopping at Iowa in the beginning of the month. </p>
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<p>-[player_tooltip player_id='533048' first='Braylin' last='Dieken-Keahey'] has enjoyed a good couple of weeks. He picked up an offer from Northern Iowa and on Sunday visited South Dakota, which offered last month. </p>
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<p>-Ankeny teammates <a href="https://prepredzone.com/player/daniel-larmie/">[player_tooltip player_id='401669' first='Daniel' last='Larmie']</a> and [player_tooltip player_id='897474' first='Andrew' last='Brandhorst'] visited Minnesota together on March 22. </p>
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<p>-<a href="https://prepredzone.com/player/mason-goering/">[player_tooltip player_id='1234337' first='Mason' last='Goering']</a> attended a South Dakota State junior day a few weeks ago. </p>
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<p>-Minnesota State offered [player_tooltip player_id='1234328' first='Lloydson' last='Nyenow Jr']. on March 16. He visited Minnesota five days later. </p>
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<p>-Northern Iowa stepped up with an offer for <a href="https://prepredzone.com/player/bryce-kock/">[player_tooltip player_id='401668' first='Bryce' last='Kock']</a> last Wednesday. </p>
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<p>-[player_tooltip player_id='401870' first='Drake' last='DeGroote'] reported an offer from Upper Iowa on Monday. </p>
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<p>-<a href="https://prepredzone.com/player/colt-schipper-2/">[player_tooltip player_id='1240572' first='Colt' last='Schipper']</a> visited the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday. </p>
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<p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1188432' first='Mason' last='Claus'] announced an offer from Army, and visited South Dakota and South Dakota State within the last couple of weeks. </p>
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<p>-North Dakota extended a scholarship offer to [player_tooltip player_id='1630199' first='Teague' last='Cantrall'] on Saturday. </p>
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<p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1295632' first='Isaiah' last='Oliver']'s recruitment continued to ramp up with offers coming from Northern Iowa, North Dakota State and South Dakota state since March 22. </p>
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<p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1241488' first='Quinn' last='Street'] experienced a productive couple of weeks in his journey to find a college. Army and Air Force offered him scholarships, and he chose to accept a spring football visit invitation from Iowa. </p>
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<p>-Grand View offered [player_tooltip player_id='1242255' first='Caden' last='Lester'] during a junior day on Sunday. </p>
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<p>-After adding a UNI offer at the beginning of the month, [player_tooltip player_id='1238635' first='Ethan' last='Headings'] took in a junior day at South Dakota State recently.</p>
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<p>-Grand View offered [player_tooltip player_id='1354767' first='Tate' last='Doggett'] on Saturday. He visited UNI and South Dakota in recent weeks as well. </p>
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<p>-<a href="https://prepredzone.com/player/landon-blum-2/">[player_tooltip player_id='1197458' first='Landon' last='Blum']</a> has been invited to summer camps at Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Minnesota in recent weeks. </p>
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<p>-After Iowa offered <a href="https://prepredzone.com/player/will-slagle/">[player_tooltip player_id='1204515' first='Will' last='Slagle']</a> earlier in March, Minnesota and Nebraska followed suit during the second half of the month.</p>
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<p>-[player_tooltip player_id='466364' first='Tate' last='Wallace'] has a couple of big campus visits on his schedule. Georgia will play host to him on April 5, and Michigan will do the same five days later. </p>
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<p>-Michigan State, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas and Kansas State invited <a href="https://prepredzone.com/player/gavin-stecker/">[player_tooltip player_id='1609271' first='Gavin' last='Stecker']</a> to summer camps. </p>
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<p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1197445' first='Savion' last='Miller'] will check out Michigan's campus on April 10. Oklahoma invited him to summer camp. </p>
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<p>-Minnesota and Tulsa invited <a href="https://prepredzone.com/player/brayden-hanks/">[player_tooltip player_id='1584432' first='Brayden' last='Hanks']</a> to summer camps. </p>
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<p>-Nebraska offered [player_tooltip player_id='1583613' first='Carter' last='Barrett'] last week. He visited Alabama on Monday, and was schedule to be on the Ole Miss campus on Tuesday.</p>
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<p>-The Huskers also offered [player_tooltip player_id='1077234' first='Hayden' last='Shannon']. </p>
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It's a busy time for student-athletes looking to play football at the next level. They're hitting up junior days and spring practices. Summer visit plans are being made.
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