Program file · Big Ten · 2026 depth chart

Iowa

101 players scouted One-pager

02.24.46.78.910

Draft Caliber 4 UDFA 68 Developmental 29

4Draft caliber 1Round 1 154★ / 5★ 22Transfers in

Full roster on the board

Top Prospects

Room Strength · vs FBS pool average

3.5avg · 4 −0.0 Hank Brown 4.0

3.7avg · 7 +0.1 Kamari Moulton 5.3

3.4avg · 14 −0.1 Evan James 4.6

4.4avg · 7 +1.2 DJ Vonnahme 7.6

3.5avg · 11 +0.0 Jayden Montgomery 4.3

Bar = room average grade · tick = FBS pool average at the position · chip = room's top prospect

Depth Chart · 2026

Offense

1st string2nd string3rd string

3.9 Jeremy Hecklinski So

4.0 Hank Brown Jr

3.2 Jimmy Sullivan R-Fr

QB reserves Ryan Fitzgerald 3.1

5.3 Kamari Moulton Jr

3.3 Lendon Phillips, Jr. Jr

4.0 Xavier Williams So

RB reserves Nathan McNeil 3.5 O’Lontae Dean 3.3 Braeden Jackson 3.3 Brevin Doll 3.2

4.6 Evan James So 4.5 Reece Vander Zee Jr 4.4 Tony Diaz So

3.7 Dayton Howard Jr 3.5 KJ Parker So 3.3 Jarriett Buie Jr

Open

WR reserves Terrence Smith 3.5 Xavier Stinson 3.4 Dylan Stecker 3.2 Diondre Smith 3.2 Lance Beeghley 3.1 Alex Eichmann 2.6 Jackson Naeve 2.4 Apollo Payne 2.4

7.6 DJ Vonnahme So

4.9 Addison Ostrenga Sr

4.3 Zach Ortwerth Sr

TE reserves Thomas Meyer 4.0 Eli Johnson 3.4 Michael Burt 3.3 Mason Woods 3.2

9.0 Kade Pieper Jr 8.2 Trevor Lauck Jr 4.7 Jack Dotzler Sr 4.6 Leighton Jones Jr 4.1 Trent Wilson So

3.9 Will Nolan So 3.8 Michael Myslinski Gr 3.7 Cannon Leonard Jr 3.6 Lucas Allgeyer R-Fr 3.3 Cael Winter Jr

Open

OL reserves Carson Nielsen 3.6 Hudson Parliament 3.6 Gene Riordan 3.5 Bodey McCaslin 3.4 Josh Janowski 3.3 Owen Linder 3.3 George Nahas 3.0 Will Hahn 2.4

Defense

1st string2nd string3rd string

4.5 Iose Epenesa R-Fr 4.0 Kenneth Merrieweather Jr 4.0 Bryce Hawthorne Jr 3.9 Brice Stevenson Sr

5.0 Kahmari Brown Jr 3.9 Joseph Anderson So 3.4 Emmanuel Olagbaju Jr 3.3 Will Hubert Sr

Open

DL reserves Lance Ingold 3.5 Chima Chineke 3.4 Drew Campbell 3.3 Maddux Borcherding-Johnson 3.3 Brad Fitzgibbon 3.3 Jack Janda 3.3 Devan Kennedy 3.2 Sawyer Jezierski 3.2 Luke Gaffney 2.7 Will Lockhart 2.4

4.3 Jayden Montgomery Sr 3.6 Landyn Van Kekerix Sr

3.8 Cam Buffington So 3.6 Derek Weisskopf So 3.4 Preston Ries So

Open

LB reserves Julian Manson 3.8 Burke Gautcher 3.6 Carson Cooney 3.6 Billy Weivoda 3.4 Nolan DeLong 3.2 Jack Laughlin 2.5

8.4 Zach Lutmer Jr 5.7 Deshaun Lee Sr 4.9 Tyler Brown Jr 4.7 Anthony Hawkins So 3.9 Jaylen Watson Jr

3.8 Xavier Styles So 3.6 Rashad Godfrey, Jr. So 3.2 Ty Hudkins Jr 3.2 Jacob Wallace R-Fr

Open

DB reserves Darion Jones 3.4 Marcello Vitti 3.3 Cody Haddad 3.2 Alex Mota 2.8 Kyler Gerardy 2.8 Drew MacPherson 2.7 Ronnie Hill 2.7 Eli Robbins 2.3

Special Teams

1st string2nd string3rd string

5.5 Eli Ozick Jr

2.4 Caden Buhr R-Fr

Open

3.0 Tanner Philpott Jr

3.4 Boston Everitt Fr

Open

2.4 Ike Speltz So

Open