MORE: Looking back at Illinois' 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

WIDE RECEIVERS

TIGHT ENDS

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 (K, P, LS)

NOTES:

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-Average star rating on offense: 3.00

-Average star rating on defense: 2.27

-Nick DeJong, Joe Evans, Quinn Schulte, Drew Stevens, and Luke Elkin originally joined the Iowa football program as walk-ons coming out of high school.

-Iowa starters that had an Illinois offer coming out of high school: Logan Lee.

-Other players on Iowa's roster that had an Illinois offer: Dallas Craddieth, Tyler Elsbury, Lukas Van Ness, David Davidkov, Michael Myslinski, Jeremiah Pittman, Jacob Bostick, Brian Allen Jr., and Xavier Nwankpa.