Throwback Thursday: Looking back at Iowa's starters as recruits

In our Throwback Thursday feature, we are going to take a look back at the Iowa starters, and their opponents week by week, and see how they were ranked as recruits.

OFFENSE

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QUARTERBACK

RUNNING BACK

FULLBACK

WIDE RECEIVERS

TIGHT END

OFFENSIVE LINE (LT, LG, C, RG, RT)

DEFENSE (4-2-5)

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DEFENSIVE LINE (LE, LT, RT, RE)

LINEBACKERS (MLB, WLB)

DEFENSIVE BACKS (CASH, LC, RC, SS, FS)

SPECIAL TEAMS

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SPECIALISTS (PK, P, LS)

NOTES:

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-Average star rating on offense: 2.27

-Average star rating on defense: 2.27

-Monte Pottebaum, Kyler Schott, Nick DeJong, Jack Koerner, and Caleb Shudak originally joined the Iowa football program as walk-ons coming out of high school.

-Zach VanValkenburg (Hillsdale) came to Iowa as a grad transfer in 2019.

-Iowa starters that had a Minnesota offer coming out of high school: Noah Shannon, John Waggoner, Jack Plumb, Logan Lee, Jack Campbell, Dane Belton, and Connor Colby.

-Other players on Iowa's roster that had a Minnesota offer: Cody Ince, Dallas Craddieth, Justin Britt, Tyler Endres, Jestin Jacobs, Sebastian Castro, Elijah Yelverton, Luke Lachey, Logan Jones, Yahya Black, Deontae Craig, Lukas Van Ness, AJ Lawson, David Davidkov, Beau Stephens, Griffin Liddle, Jeff Bowie, Jeremiah Pittman, and Justice Sullivan.