Monday, June 27, 2016

2017 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Recruiting

The Iowa Hawkeyes are benefitting from a great 2015 football season with a fantastic start in recruiting. Brand new football facilities have also played a great part. The Hawkeyes currently have 14 commits for their class, which will be a rather small one, somewhere between 17-20 recruits most likely.

Class Rankings by Website
247 Sports: #4 Big Ten/#17 Overall
Scout: #6 Big Ten/#22 Overall
Rivals: #4 Big Ten/#19 Overall

Peyton Mansell 6'2" 189 QB
High Rating: 3* #17 PSQB 979 Overall
Offers: Iowa, FAU, UNM, NMSU, N. Texas, San Diego St

Eno Benjamin 5'10" 204 RB
High Rating: 4* #7 RB 99 Overall
Offers: Iowa, Arizona, ASU, Baylor, Boise, Cal, Colorado, Duke, Houston, Ill, Iowa St, Kansas, Miami, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, N. Tex, Northwestern, Ok State, San Diego St, SMU, Texas Tech, Tulane, Utah, Vandy, WV

Ivory Kelly-Martin 5'11" 195 RB
High Rating: 3* #43 RB 821 Overall
Offers: Iowa, Arizona, Bowling Green, C. Mich, Ill, Miami OH, UNM, N. Ill, Toledo, Vandy, W. Mich

Brandon Smith 6'3" 205 WR
High Rating: 3* #69 WR 768 Overall
Offers: Iowa, Ark St, UL-Monroe, MTSU, S. Miss, Toledo

Gavin Holmes 5'11" 178 WR
High Rating: 3* #165 WR
Offers: Iowa, Air Force, Army, Boise, BYU, CSU, Duke, Kansas, MTSU, Nevada, N. Texas, Ohio, Syracuse, Tulane, Utah, Wisconsin

Jacob Coons 6'4" 225 TE/LB
High Rating: 3* #40 ATH 506 Overall
Offers: Iowa

Tristan Wirfs 6'5" 290 OL
High Rating: 4* #22 T 136 Overall
Offers: Iowa, ISU

Mark Kallenberger 6'6" 250 OL
High Rating: 4* #31 T 223 Overall
Offers: Iowa, CSU, E. Mich, ISU, Kan St, Neb

A.J. Epenesa 6'5" 260 DE
High Rating: 5* #1 SSDE 4 Overall
Offers: Iowa, Alabama, FSU, Ill, Ind, Miami, Mich, Mich St, Mizzou, Neb, ND, Ohio St, Okla, Ok St, Ole Miss, Ore, Ore St, Pur, Tenn, UCLA, USC, Utah, Vandy, Wash St, Wis

Coy Kirkpatrick 6'5" 260 DL
High Rating: 3* #43 SSDE 968 Overall
Offers: Iowa

Levi Duwa 6'3" 230 DL
High Rating: 3* #32 SSDE 740 Overall
Offers: Iowa, E. Mich, Minn

Djimon Colbert 6'1" 210 DB
High Rating: 4* #26 CB 286 Overall
Offers: Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska

Camron Harrell 5'11" 181 CB
Offers: Iowa

Matt Hankins 6'0" 158 CB
High Rating: 3* #42 CB 788 Overall
Offers: Iowa, Duke, Houston, Texas Tech, Colorado, CSU, UCONN, Illinois, Kansas, UL-M, MTSU, Mizzou, Nevada, UNM, SMU, S. Miss, Toledo, Tulane, Utah St


Here are some other names to watch:
Tayon Fleet-Davis 6'0" 215 RB just named Iowa to his top 4
Oliver Martin 6'1" 190 WR just offered, Iowa City native
Camron Buckley 6'1" 186 WR just visited, could commit soon
Shamond Greenwood 6'3" 203 WR Iowa and Miss. St lead
Andrew Van Ginkel 6'4" 230 DE Juco loves Iowa, but haven't heard much about him lately
Damion Daniels 6'1" 315 DT Iowa is in top 12
Josh Turner 6'0" 175 CB just offered, Iowa is in top 5
Scott Nelson 6'2" 190 S has Iowa in top 5, just visited
Kobe Boyce 6'0" 170 CB Texas commit, but likes Iowa
Josiah Scott 5'10" 165 CB top 3
Chevin Calloway 5'10" 180 CB top 100 recruit, just visited