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The Iowa Hawkeyes are quietly building a solid recruiting class for the class of 2026 and starting to stack talent on top of talent with the bunch they brought in as part of the 2025 class.
Looking ahead to the class of 2026, the Hawkeyes are already hitting the recruiting trail hard and have landed some key recruits from in-state, the territory they own, and outside of Iowa in other Big Ten territories.
Their recruiting successes so far have their 2026 class among the top in the country. ESPN ranks Iowa’s class as the No. 23 in college football right now.
23. Iowa Hawkeyes
ESPN 300 commits: 1Top offensive prospect: Carson NielsenTop defensive prospect: Marcello Vitti
So far the Hawkeyes are sticking to their tried-and-true blueprint of identifying and developing in the trenches. Their class already has four offensive linemen, headlined by 6-7 Iowa native Carson Nielsen. He has elite length and a solid combination of flexibility, quickness and play strength for the Hawkeyes to develop.
They also landed a pair of commitments on the same day from 300-pound interior linemen Hudson Parliament and Colin Whitters. Iowa also pulled three-star quarterback Cash Herrera out of California early in the cycle. – Craig Haubert, ESPN
As mentioned, the current headliners of the class are Carson Nielsen and Marcello Vitti.
Nielsen, a 6-foot-7, 275-pound four-star offensive lineman from Waterloo, Iowa, is staying home to join the Hawkeyes. He currently rates as the No. 24 offensive tackle in the class and the No. 3 player in the state of Iowa, per 247Sports.
Moving outside the state, Iowa has landed a commitment from Marcello Vitti, a product of Divine Child High School in Dearborn, Michigan. The four-star athlete is rated as the No. 19 athlete and No. 6 recruit out of Michigan in the class of 2026, per 247Sports.
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Publish date : 2025-04-09 11:45:00
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