2008 Iowa State roster

32 players. From 8 states; the most from Iowa (8) and Texas (5). The 2008 season.

Our source’s roster for 2008 is partial: 32 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Quarterbacks 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
4	Austen Arnaud QB3-star recruit		6′3″		Ames, IA	2,792 passing yards, 15 TD

Running backs 3

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
33	Alexander Robinson RB3-star recruit	5′9″	Minneapolis, MN	703 rushing yards, 6 TD
	Jason Scales RB			185 rushing yards, 5 TD
	Jamicah Bass RB4-star recruit		Longwood, FL	130 rushing yards, 1 TD

Receivers 6

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
	R.J. Sumrall WR2-star recruit			Winter Park, FL	57 catches, 750 yards, 7 TD
6	Darius Darks WR	6′1″		Austin, TX	49 catches, 477 yards, 1 TD
15	Houston Jones WR	6′0″	194	Oklahoma City, OK	32 catches, 384 yards
82	Marquis Hamilton WR3-star recruit	6′3″		Oklahoma City, OK	26 catches, 301 yards, 3 TD
2	Sedrick Johnson WR4-star recruit	6′3″		Troup, TX	18 catches, 188 yards, 3 TD
17	Joel Zitek WR	6′1″		Ulysses, NE	7 catches, 68 yards

Tight ends 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
84	Derrick Catlett TE3-star recruit		6′4″		Fort Collins, CO	20 catches, 230 yards
88	Collin Franklin TE		6′5″		Simi Valley, CA	15 catches, 258 yards, 2 TD

Offensive line 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
71	Carter Bykowski OL		6′8″		Eden Prairie, MN	3 catches, 21 yards

Defensive line 3

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
96	Austin Alburtis DL	6′1″	266	Dallas, TX	1 INT
91	Patrick Neal DE	6′0″	250	West Des Moines, IA	2 catches, 23 yards, 1 TD
26	Taylor Mansfield DE	6′1″		Decorah, IA	1 catch, 22 yards

Linebackers 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
43	Fred Garrin LB3-star recruit		6′1″		Shepherd, TX	2 INT
24	Derec Schmidgall LB		6′1″		Lincoln, NE	1 INT

Defensive backs 6

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
23	Leonard Johnson DB	5′10″		Clearwater, FL	2 INT
37	Michael O’Connell DB	5′11″		Iowa City, IA	10 returns, 77 yards
9	Devin McDowell DB	5′9″	181	Garland, TX	1 INT
12	Allen Bell DB	6′0″	192	Tallahassee, FL	1 INT
2	James Smith DB	5′8″		Council Bluffs, IA
3	Zac Sandvig DB	5′10″		West Des Moines, IA

Specialists 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
21	Grant Mahoney PK		6′0″		Marion, IA	17 of 25 field goals
13	Mike Brandtner P		6′0″		Bettendorf, IA	51 punts, 41.6 average

Athletes and others 6

Player	Hometown	2008
Michael Bibbs		2 INT
Phillip Bates 3-star recruit	Omaha, NE	166 rushing yards
Kurtis Taylor		1 INT
Jason Harris	Clearwater, FL	78 rushing yards, 1 TD
Euseph Messiah		1 catch, 7 yards
Rickey Thompson Jr.		2 rushing yards

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2008 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.