Now that national signing day has come and gone, Iowa football’s 2025 signing class is officially finalized.
The Hawkeyes added two more players on national signing day, inking defensive back Jacob Wallace to a scholarship offer and wide receiver Dylan Stecker as a preferred walk-on.
With 16 scholarship additions and five walk-on adds, Iowa is bringing in 21 fresh faces into its locker room this spring and summer.
As the dust settles on the 2025 cycle, ESPN shared its final team recruiting rankings. Iowa checks in at No. 48 nationally in ESPN’s team recruiting rankings.
ESPN rates tight end Thomas Meyer as the Hawkeyes’ top offensive signee and defensive end Iose Epenesa as Iowa’s top defensive addition.
The Hawkeyes’ class features a familiar name in Iose Epenesa
A.J. Epenesa
Thomas Meyer
Lucas Allgeyer
Joey VanWetzinga
Craig Haubert, ESPN
Epenesa is the clear headliner of the class. With Iowa’s legacy tie-in, the Epenesa recruitment felt like one Iowa needed to win. The Hawkeyes got that accomplished and addressed a number of other needs across the board.
While it won’t get a ton of national acclaim, it feels like a vintage Iowa signing class where a re-rank in several seasons’ time will tell a much different story.
Iowa’s 2025 signing class is ranked as the nation’s No. 33 class per On3, as the No. 38 class per 247Sports, and as the No. 54 class per Rivals.
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