When you’re Rivals.com’s No. 79 player in the country, and No. 11 offensive tackle, and you commit to your home-state school 13 months before signing day 2014, you know it’s not over. Since committing to the Hawkeyes, Cedar Falls’ O-lineman Ross Pierschbacher has received offers from Wisconsin, Nebraska, Stanford and, just yesterday, Alabama. Yes, the [...]

The national signing period starts next Wednesday. Here is where Iowa sits: – The Hawkeyes have 16 known commitments and have between one and four known scholarship openings. – Don’t be shocked if Iowa ends up with 20 or 21 signees. – Don’t be shocked if Iowa’s class is rated 10th or lower in the [...]

Junior days are critical to the recruiting efforts of FBS teams in this this accelerated zoom that has become recruiting. (Remember, Iowa has had the core of its class in place since August.) But junior days have gone from fringe to an absolute. Iowa has had its for several years. And it’s not just an [...]

This is a recruiting dead period. That means: “ Institutional staff members may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has been admitted for midyear enrollment, provided the prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent or other offer of admission and/or financial aid to attend the institution and is required to be on campus to [...]

Believe it or not, it’s nearly two months until the national signing period begins. As you know, Iowa has 15 commitments and is very near the 85 scholarship limit for next season. How many more? My guess would be 20 or 21 on the high end and 18 or 19 on the low. Yes, I [...]

Here’s the weekly post from HawkeyeReport.com publisher Tom Kakert. Recruiting is the topic. Tom got this to me before he left for Cancun and the Moon Palace, but I wanted to give it a little room to breathe because the posts have been fast and furious. Without further adieu . . . Iowa fans are [...]

Sorry for the lateness. I got this Thursday night and just stayed away from the computer on Friday. Apologies. Some of the info is from the past weekend. One thing I have seen on HawkeyeReport.com is 2014 commit/grayshirt Matt VandeBerg will visit Wisconsin this weekend. It’s also in this post from the Sioux Falls (SD) [...]

Kirk Ferentz said on his radio show last night that recruiting has moved heavily into 2014. That doesn’t mean the ’13 class is finished, but O-line, QB and “all defensive positions” are on the shopping list for ’14. Of course, there’s always the possibility of de-commit among the 15 recruits Iowa has for 2013, but [...]

One of the first questions after last Saturday night’s dirge was how the 30 recruits Iowa played host to would react to the 38-14 score, the nearly empty stadium at around 10:30 p.m. and, oh yeah, the booing. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz touched on that last night during his radio show. Here were his general [...]

No, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz wasn’t surprised the Hawkeyes suffered their first de-commitment this week. The Hawkeyes picked up 16 commitments before the season started. The problem with commitments before the Feb. 6 signing period begins is that they are non-binding. A player isn’t officially in at a university until they fax or mail or [...]