MORE: Looking back at Iowa's starters as recruits

In our Throwback Thursday feature, we are going to take a quick look back at Iowa's opponent every week and see how their starters were ranked as recruits.

OFFENSE

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QUARTERBACK

RUNNING BACK

TIGHT ENDS

WIDE RECEIVERS

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

DEFENSE (4-2-5)

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DEFENSIVE LINE (DE, DT, DT, DE)

LINEBACKERS

DEFENSIVE BACKS

NOTES:

-Average star rating on offense: 2.73

-Average star rating on defense: 2.73

-Minnesota starters Axel Ruschmeyer and Jordan Howden joined the program as a walk-ons coming out of high school.

-Benjamin St-Juste transferred from Michigan to Minnesota in May of 2019.

-Micah Dew-Treadway transferred from Notre Dame to Minnesota in January of 2019.

-Minnesota starters that had an offer from Iowa during the recruiting process: Mohamed Ibrahim and Tyler Nubin.

-Other players on Minnesota's roster that had an Iowa offer: Seth Green, Braelen Oliver, Jacob Clark, J.J. Guedet, Solomon Brown, Ky Thomas, Daniel Jackson, Jonathan Mann, Danny Striggow, Jalen Logan-Redding, and Itayvion Brown.