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Iowa high school football

14 Iowa high schools have produced an NFL draft pick since the 2010 signing class, out of 148 with a college signee who went on to play.

16
NFL draftees
9% of 2010–2020 signees
12
College contributors
offense skill
401
Recruits tracked
since 2010
20
Schools that produced
of 148 with a signee

What Iowa produces

Every college signee from an Iowa high school since 2010 by position group, and how many were drafted.

OT
534 NFL
EDGE
542 NFL
IOL
492 NFL
QB
232 NFL
WR
222 NFL
TE
411 NFL
ATH
371 NFL
DL
331 NFL
CB
81 NFL
LB
37
RB
16
S
16
K
6
P
4
LS
2
draftedsigned with a college program

Every school, by NFL draft picks

Every Iowa high school that has sent a player to a college football program since 2010 — 148 of them, ranked by what those players became.

#High schoolNFLRecruits
1Cedar Falls215
2Solon27
3Lewis Central19
4Dowling Catholic118
5Chariton11
6Ankeny Centennial110
7Bettendorf18
8Mount Vernon13
9Decorah12
10Sioux Center12
11Williamsburg12
12Denison11
13Lenox11
14Newman Catholic11
15Urbandale012
16Ankeny012
17Iowa City06
18Johnston06
19Mediapolis02
20West Sioux01

20 of Iowa's 148 high schools with a college signee have produced an NFL pick or a college contributor, and they are the ones ranked above; 0 have a pipeline page of their own. Search finds any of the 148.

Class by class

How many college players Iowa sent out each year — whether the state as a whole is producing more or fewer, which no class ranking measures.

4–5★ signeesall other college signees
'10
'12
'14
'16
'18
'20
'22
'24
'26
college signees per recruiting class, 20102027. Iowa

Notable alumni

The 27 biggest names out of Iowa, drafted first. A school's own page carries every one of its signees.

PlayerPosCollegeOutcome
Ross PierschbacherOTAlabamaNFL draft (2019 R5)
Thomas Fidone IITENebraskaNFL draft (2025 R7)
Amara DarbohWRMichiganNFL draft (2017 R3)
Max DugganQBTCUNFL draft (2023 R7)
Connor ColbyIOLIowaNFL draft (2025 R7)
Austin BlytheIOLIowaNFL draft (2016 R7)
Cooper DeJeanSIowaNFL draft (2024 R2)
Tristan WirfsOTIowaNFL draft (2020 R1)
Tyler LinderbaumDLIowaNFL draft (2022 R1)
Brandon ScherffOTIowaNFL draft (2015 R1)
Jack CampbellEDGEIowaNFL draft (2023 R1)
Darien PorterWRIowa StateNFL draft (2025 R3)
Cam MillerQBNorth Dakota StateNFL draft (2025 R6)
T.J. HockensonTEIowaNFL draft (2019 R1)
Ko KieftATHMinnesotaNFL draft (2022 R6)
Riley MossCBIowaNFL draft (2023 R3)
Josey JewellEDGEIowaNFL draft (2018 R4)
Spencer BrownIOLNorthern IowaNFL draft (2021 R3)
Trevor PenningOTNorthern IowaNFL draft (2022 R1)
Allen LazardWRIowa StateCollege contributor
Hunter DekkersQBIowa StateCollege contributor
Tyler MooreTEIowa StateCollege contributor
Jase BauerQBCentral MichiganCollege contributor
Jesse ErtzQBKansas StateCollege contributor
Harrison WayleeRBNorthern IllinoisCollege contributor
Mitchell BrinkmanTENorthern IllinoisCollege contributor
Andrew McNultyQBNorth TexasCollege contributor

Top current commits

RecruitPosCommitted toStars
Julian MansonMichiganAlabamaOhio StateLBIowa4★
Carson NielsenTCUNebraskaUCLAOTIowa4★
Kasen ThomasMichiganStanfordMissouriLBIowa4★
Landon BlumWRPenn State4★
Tate WallaceLBMinnesota4★
Evan JacobsonIowaNotre DameOklahomaTETexas A&M4★
Isaiah HansenRBIowa State4★
Jeffrey RobertsIowaWest VirginiaMichiganWRIowa State4★

Other states

The same read for every state with enough college signings to measure.

A recruit's state is his HOMETOWN, so this is where Iowa talent comes from rather than where it plays. Descriptive hindsight, not a forecast. Draft outcomes cover all positions (2010–2020 signing classes, each with the full five drafts behind it); the college-contributor count covers offense-skill positions (2010–21), where we have production data. How this is measured.