Teams Iowa 2026 Roster ← 2025 2026 Iowa roster 111 players: 25 freshmen, 24 sophomores, 32 juniors, 30 seniors. From 19 states and 1 other country; the most from Iowa (39) and Illinois (13). The 2026 season .
Quarterbacks 5 Running backs 7 Receivers 14 Tight ends 9 Offensive line 19 Defensive line 19 Linebackers 13 Defensive backs 19 Specialists 6
Running backs 7 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 28 Kamari Moulton RB Sr. 5′9″ 211 Fort Lauderdale, FL 519 rushing yards, 4 TD 5 Nathan McNeil RB So. 5′11″ 202 Tampa, FL 128 rushing yards, 2 TD 26 Xavier Williams RB Jr. 5′10″ 228 Schererville, IN 170 rushing yards, 3 TD 22 Braeden Jackson RB So. 5′11″ 206 Ankeny, IA 170 rushing yards, 2 TD 21 L.J. Phillips Jr. RB Transfer from South Dakota Sr. 5′8″ 211 Wichita, KS 63 rushing yards 15 O’Lontae Dean RB So. 6′0″ 212 Plant City, FL 43 rushing yards 23 Brevin Doll RB Jr. 6′0″ 213 Adel, IA −3 rushing yards
Receivers 14 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 14 Tony Diaz WR Transfer from Texas–Rio Grande Valley Jr. 5′10″ 184 San Marcos, TX 28 catches, 329 yards, 1 TD 8 Evan James WR Transfer from Furman 3★ 3-star recruit So. 5′10″ 170 Apopka, FL 12 returns, 176 yards 2 Reece Vander Zee WR Jr. 6′4″ 220 Rock Rapids, IA 16 catches, 247 yards, 3 TD 0 Jarriett Buie WR Jr. 6′2″ 198 Tampa, FL 5 catches, 63 yards 7 Dayton Howard WR Sr. 6′5″ 215 Kansas City, MO 1 catch, 11 yards 1 K.J. Parker WR Jr. 5′10″ 191 Bellwood, IL 6 Xavier Stinson WR Fr. 6′2″ 202 Port Saint Lucie, FL 11 Brody Schaffer WR Fr. 6′1″ 195 Winneconne, WI 12 Diondre Smith WR Fr. 5′10″ 160 Jacksonville, FL 17 Alex Eichmann WR Sr. 6′2″ 210 Sussex, WI 83 Jackson Naeve WR Jr. 6′0″ 195 Iowa City, IA 84 Apollo Payne WR So. 6′3″ 214 Swisher, IA 88 Lance Beeghley WR Transfer from SMU Jr. 6′2″ 197 New Braunfels, TX 89 Isaiah Oliver WR Fr. 5′11″ 199 Clive, IA
Tight ends 9 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 81 D.J. Vonnahme TE Jr. 6′4″ 241 Breda, IA 18 catches, 219 yards, 2 TD 87 Addison Ostrenga TE Sr. 6′4″ 249 Sun Prairie, WI 8 catches, 75 yards, 1 TD 48 Zach Ortwerth TE Sr. 6′4″ 247 Saint Louis, MO 4 catches, 41 yards 85 Thomas Meyer TE 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′4″ 248 Clear Lake, IA 3 catches, 19 yards 19 Mason Woods TE So. 6′2″ 230 Coralville, IA 2 catches, 22 yards 18 Luke Brewer TE Fr. 6′4″ 239 Norwalk, IA 80 Michael Burt TE Jr. 6′5″ 252 Omaha, NE 82 Dylan Stecker TE So. 6′4″ 233 Spirit Lake, IA 86 Eli Johnson TE So. 6′5″ 250 River Falls, WI
Offensive line 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 52 Will Hahn OL So. 6′1″ 294 Decorah, IA 53 Michael Myslinski OL Sr. 6′2″ 299 Jacksonville, FL 58 Kade Pieper OL Sr. 6′3″ 298 Norfolk, NE 59 Trevor Lauck OL 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 6′5″ 314 Indianapolis, IN 60 Lucas Allgeyer OL So. 6′5″ 297 St. Louis, MO 61 Cael Winter OL Sr. 6′3″ 294 Waukee, IA 63 Josh Janowski OL Jr. 6′2″ 294 Frankfort, IL 64 Leighton Jones OL 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′2″ 288 Brownsburg, IN 65 Trent Wilson OL Transfer from James Madison So. 6′3″ 290 Southlake, TX 68 Will Nolan OL 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′6″ 313 Arlington Heights, IL 70 Hudson Parliament OL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′4″ 313 Brandon, SD 71 Jack Dotzler OL Sr. 6′6″ 309 Waunakee, WI 72 Owen Linder OL Fr. 6′6″ 294 Chanhassen, MN 73 Colin Whitters OL Fr. 6′3″ 329 Iowa City, IA 74 Bodey McCaslin OL Jr. 6′6″ 303 St. Charles, IL 75 Cannon Leonard OL Sr. 6′8″ 309 Gilman, IL 77 George Nahas OL Sr. 6′3″ 295 West Des Moines, IA 78 Gene Riordan OL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′5″ 302 Hinsdale, IL 79 Carson Nielsen OL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′7″ 311 Waterloo, IA
Defensive line 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 96 Bryce Hawthorne DL 2★ 2-star recruit Sr. 6′3″ 298 Osseo, MN 19 tackles, 2.5 sacks 43 Kahmari Brown DL Transfer from Elon Jr. 6′2″ 259 Jacksonville, NC 11 tackles, 1.5 sacks 84 Joseph Anderson DE 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′6″ 241 St. Louis, MO 5 tackles, 3 sacks 51 Luke Gaffney DL Sr. 6′2″ 288 Robins, IA 12 tackles 13 Drew Campbell DE Jr. 6′4″ 252 Cedar Falls, IA 7 tackles, 1.5 sacks 57 Will Hubert DL Sr. 6′3″ 291 Omaha, NE 10 tackles 97 Iose Epenesa DL 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′3″ 269 Glen Carbon, IL 9 tackles 40 Chima Chineke DE Jr. 6′4″ 262 Plano, TX 3 tackles, 1 sack 44 Kenneth Merrieweather DL Sr. 6′3″ 270 Detroit, MI 6 tackles 92 Brice Stevenson DL Transfer from Holy Cross Sr. 6′0″ 287 Tampa, FL 6 tackles 91 Devan Kennedy DL Jr. 6′3″ 281 Glendale, AZ 3 tackles, 0.5 sacks 42 David Fason DL Fr. 6′0″ 268 Marion, IA 2 tackles 45 Jack Janda DL Fr. 6′5″ 272 Livonia, MI 2 tackles 88 Emmanuel Olagbaju DL Transfer from North Dakota Sr. 6′2″ 314 Osseo, MN 1 tackle 32 Sawyer Jezierski DL Fr. 6′3″ 285 Edina, MN 50 Will Lockhart DL So. 6′3″ 250 Denver, IA 56 Maddux Borcherding-Johnson DL Sr. 6′3″ 299 Norwalk, IA 95 Lance Ingold DL Transfer from Northern Illinois Jr. 6′5″ 251 Rochester, IL 99 Brad Fitzgibbon DL So. 6′3″ 288 Chicago, IL
Linebackers 13 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 33 Cam Buffington LB 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 238 Winfield, IA 52 tackles, 2 sacks 36 Jayden Montgomery LB Sr. 5′11″ 227 Suamico, WI 35 tackles, 2 sacks 23 Landyn Van Kekerix LB Sr. 6′2″ 238 Rock Valley, IA 20 tackles, 0.5 sacks 46 Preston Ries LB Jr. 6′1″ 226 Monticello, IA 7 tackles, 2.5 sacks 4 Julian Manson LB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 225 North Liberty, IA 7 tackles, 1 sack 31 Nolan DeLong LB Sr. 6′0″ 231 Durant, IA 6 tackles 22 Derek Weisskopf LB 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 233 Victor, IA 5 tackles 10 Burke Gautcher LB 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′3″ 231 Sycamore, IL 4 tackles 12 Billy Weivoda LB Fr. 6′2″ 226 Atlanta, GA 1 tackle 15 Carson Cooney LB 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′3″ 222 Oswego, IL 1 tackle 47 Jack Laughlin LB Sr. 6′1″ 224 Carlisle, IA 1 tackle 9 Kasen Thomas LB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′2″ 230 Sioux City, IA 37 Brayton Alford LB Fr. 6′0″ 211 Carroll, IA
Defensive backs 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 6 DB Sr. 6′1″ 203 Rock Rapids, IA 34 tackles 8 Deshaun Lee DB Sr. 5′10″ 189 Belleville, MI 18 tackles, 2 INT 11 Jacob Wallace DB So. 5′10″ 186 Upper Marlboro, MD 19 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT 3 Jaylen Watson DB Jr. 5′11″ 187 Detroit, MI 17 tackles 18 Xavier Styles DB Transfer from Robert Morris Jr. 6′1″ 207 Lakewood, OH 13 tackles 2 Tyler Brown DB Transfer from James Madison Jr. 5′10″ 201 Annapolis, MD 11 tackles 7 Rashad Godfrey Jr. DB Jr. 6′1″ 202 Plant City, FL 5 tackles, 1 INT 1 Darion Jones DB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′1″ 181 Omaha, NE 9 tackles 5 Anthony Hawkins DB Transfer from Villanova Jr. 6′3″ 202 Annapolis, MD 8 tackles 20 Ty Hudkins DB Jr. 6′0″ 201 Grand Rapids, MI 8 tackles 0 Cody Haddad DB Transfer from Ohio State So. 5′11″ 186 Cleveland, OH 1 tackle 14 Alex Mota DB 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′0″ 195 Marion, IA 1 tackle 21 Marcello Vitti DB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 5′10″ 201 Detroit, MI 1 tackle 26 Eli Robbins DB Fr. 6′0″ 193 Des Moines, IA 1 tackle 16 Ronnie Hill DB Fr. 5′11″ 192 Eastpointe, MI 19 Kyler Gerardy DB Jr. 6′0″ 199 Eldridge, IA 29 Noah Daniel DB Fr. 6′0″ 197 Fort Dodge, IA 30 Eli Kampman DB Fr. 6′2″ 197 Solon, IA 34 Drew MacPherson DB So. 6′1″ 204 Glenview, IL
Zach Ortwerth, Matty McLaughlin, Lucas Allgeyer, Joseph Anderson Jarriett Buie, Nathan McNeil, Brice Stevenson Darion Jones, Will Hubert, Michael Burt Jaylen Watson, Marcello Vitti, Kenneth Merrieweather Julian Manson, Eli Kampman, Apollo Payne Luke Brewer, Maddux Borcherding-Johnson, George Nahas Mason Woods, Colin Whitters, Jackson Naeve Brevin Doll, Tanner Philpott, Cael Winter K.J. Parker, Gene Riordan Reece Vander Zee, Zach Lutmer Tyler Brown, Anthony Hawkins Rashad Godfrey Jr., O’Lontae Dean Diondre Smith, Michael Myslinski Alex Mota, David Fason Emmanuel Olagbaju, Bryce Hawthorne Cody Haddad Jimmy Sullivan Tradon Bessinger Xavier Stinson Dayton Howard Deshaun Lee Evan James Hank Brown Kasen Thomas Burke Gautcher Jeremy Hecklinski Jacob Wallace Billy Weivoda Drew Campbell Tony Diaz Carson Cooney Ronnie Hill Ryan Fitzgerald Alex Eichmann Xavier Styles Kyler Gerardy Ty Hudkins L.J. Phillips Jr. Braeden Jackson Landyn Van Kekerix Eli Ozick Eli Robbins Xavier Williams Kamari Moulton Noah Daniel Nolan DeLong Sawyer Jezierski Drew MacPherson Brayton Alford Chima Chineke Kahmari Brown Jack Janda Preston Ries Will Lockhart Will Hahn Kade Pieper Trevor Lauck Josh Janowski Leighton Jones Trent Wilson Will Nolan Ike Speltz Hudson Parliament Jack Dotzler Owen Linder Bodey McCaslin Cannon Leonard Carson Nielsen Dylan Stecker Thomas Meyer Eli Johnson Addison Ostrenga Lance Beeghley Isaiah Oliver Devan Kennedy Caden Buhr Lance Ingold Iose Epenesa Brad Fitzgibbon IA 39 IL 13 FL 10 MI 7 MO 6 Hometowns of the 2026 Iowa roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).
Where the roster comes from By state Iowa 39 Illinois 13 Florida 10 Michigan 7 Missouri 6 Wisconsin 6 Nebraska 4 Indiana 4 Top counties Johnson County, Iowa pop. 157,000 6 Cook County, Illinois pop. 5.2 million 5 Wayne County, Michigan pop. 1.8 million 5 Hillsborough County, Florida pop. 1.5 million 5 Polk County, Iowa pop. 503,000 5 Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size .
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2026 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.
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