Scouting Reports: Iowa 2027s You Need to Know

Get 30% off your first billing cycle with code: howe30 in the coupon code area   We enter the middle of March a step closer to the 2025 season. Prep Redzone has continued preparations for it by rifling through student-athletes' highlight videos and churning out evaluations.   If you don't yet have highlights on your Hudl page, interested college coaches will be looking for them on there and elsewhere. Ask for help if you need it in compiling a video with any clips you have.   Here's another batch of fresh reports:    We're going on a year since the last time we check in with an evaluation of Lindgren on Prep Redzone Iowa. It's definitely time to find out how his junior season of 2025 went down at Lawton-Bronson. A second-team all-district selection would indicate that it went pretty well for the two-way lineman. While he contributed a pair of solo tackles, a half tackle for loss and half of a sack, Lindgren did his best work on the offensive side of the trench. We can witness that performance when watching his <a href="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/21270448/6968318ae26c3652c254cfa8" id="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/21270448/6968318ae26c3652c254cfa8">11th-grade highlight video</a>. It's smooth operation from the center position. He gets the ball where it needs to go and carries out his blocking assignments with authority. A good athlete with mobility, Lindgren easily reaches blocks in space. Those skills and balance work well at defensive tackle, where he's been disruptive when given the opportunity.     Johnson delivered all around the field when given opportunities in 2025. The junior rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown, and caught two passes for 16 yards. He posted 6.0 tackles, and had a tackle for loss and a half of a sack. During his <a href="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/19675393/690b89003f391c1961fdbdb7" id="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/19675393/690b89003f391c1961fdbdb7">11th-grade highlight video</a>, we see how Johnson finds success. He's a versatile performer with the ball in his hands. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley gets creative in doing that, and Johnson has a good feel for finding yards from wherever he starts. He's a long strider that chews up turf in a hurry and power helps in breaking tackles. Johnson's frame can take on good weight and strength, which gives him a chance to reach his potential of playing on the next level.     Prep Redzone Iowa last wrote about Swager back in August. Since then, the talented Sioux Center athlete put a productive junior season on his recruiting resume. He piled up 44.0 tackles, 25 of which were solo stops. Swager led the Warriors with eight passes defended and he picked off a pair of throws. He flashed versatility by returning kicks and punting. Swager's <a href="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/19838683/6917cacbdc5adf429dee1e1f" id="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/19838683/6917cacbdc5adf429dee1e1f">11th-grade highlight video</a> impresses. There's a natural comfortability when lining up a free safety. He diagnoses the opponent's intentions quickly and puts himself in position to deliver plays. Swager brings size to the position and a level of physicality needed at the spot. He caught six passes for 38 yards and flashes potential as a receiver. Swager would be an asset on special teams at the next level no matter where he lines up on offense or defense.     Oswald lost game-time due to circumstances out of his control, but the junior delivered when he was on the field. He rushed for 696 yards (11.0 YPC) and 13 touchdowns, caught a 12-yard pass, threw for three scores and accounted for a pair of two-point conversions. Oswald supplied 28.0 tackles on defense. Seventeen of those stops were solo, and he recorded 8.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and a fumble recovery. Oswald returned two kicks for 83 yards, taking one of them to the house, and averaged 19.0 yards on a couple punt returns. He also punted four times, averaging 33.0 yards. When we pop on Oswald's 11th-grade highlight video, we witness the broad base of skills and athleticism that allows for contributions in so many areas. Dangerous with the ball in his hands, the Crusader standout combines speed and elusiveness to make opponents miss in space. His traits also work well in the secondary, where smooth hip movements lead to stickiness in coverage and an appetite for physicality results in success in run support.     A long-limbed athlete, Armstrong sticks out on the basketball court and gridiron. As a junior in 2025, he led Lincoln Central with 342 receiving yards and tied for the team-high with 22 catches. A pair of touchdown receptions were the second most on the squad. Armstrong also racked up 40.0 tackles, 29 of which were solo stops. He recorded 1.5 tackles for loss as well. Evidence of how Armstrong achieves success on the field can be found in his <a href="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/19680609/68f698b7960816f8ff3c0c56" id="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/19680609/68f698b7960816f8ff3c0c56">11th-grade highlight video</a>. The first clip has him reading and reacting at free safety before dropping a receiver in his tracks. On the second cut, Armstrong lines up on the outside and hauls in a touchdown over the top of two defenders at the goal line. A projectable frame and athleticism give him a sizable ceiling and make Armstrong one to watch this coming fall.

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