Highest-rated Class of 2022 football recruits from Iowa
Every year college football teams and fans wait for high school recruits to reveal which school they will attend and which team they will play for in the following academic year.
In the Class of 2021, Alabama and Ohio State both signed three of the top 10 recruits while USC signed the #1 overall recruit, defensive lineman Korey Foreman. Alabama has signed the highest-rated class in three of the last four years. Only two teams ranked within the top 50 recruiting classes in 2021 were not in Power 5 conferences: Cincinnati (#44) and Memphis (#47) of the American Athletic Conference.
Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated Class of 2022 football recruits from Iowa using data from 247sports.
Keep reading to find out who you will likely be watching play college football in 2022.
#15: Ben Reiland (ATH)
- High school: Waukee Senior (Waukee, IA)
- National ranking: 1,460 (3 stars, 0.8004 rating)
- Position ranking: #140 (ATH)
- Offers: Arizona State, Arkansas State, Memphis, Southern Miss
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#14: Trey Porter (ATH)
- High school: Ankeny Centennial (Ankeny, IA)
- National ranking: 1,454 (3 stars, 0.8054 rating)
- Position ranking: #139 (ATH)
- Offers: Northern Illinois, Buffalo
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#13: Corey Phillips (TE)
- High school: Ames (Ames, IA)
- National ranking: 1,380 (3 stars, 0.8254 rating)
- Position ranking: #84 (TE)
- Offers: Kansas, Northern Iowa, UCF
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#12: Brayden Loftin (TE)
- High school: Lewis Central (Council Bluffs, IA)
- National ranking: 1,275 (3 stars, 0.8366 rating)
- Position ranking: #80 (TE)
- Offers: Kansas State, Air Force, Army, Bowling Green, Buffalo
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#11: Gabe Burkle (TE)
- High school: Prairie (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- National ranking: 1,219 (3 stars, 0.8366 rating)
- Position ranking: #76 (TE)
- Offers: Iowa State, Indiana, Buffalo, Kansas State, Michigan State
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#10: Jahsiah Galvan (ATH)
- High school: West Liberty (West Liberty, IA)
- National ranking: 1,051 (3 stars, 0.8466 rating)
- Position ranking: #94 (ATH)
- Offers: Air Force, Army, Buffalo, Dartmouth, Nebraska
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#9: Spruceton Buddenhagen (OT)
- High school: Clarke Community (Osceola, IA)
- National ranking: 806 (3 stars, 0.8577 rating)
- Position ranking: #75 (OT)
- Offers: Iowa State, Nebraska
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#8: Kale Krogh (OT)
- High school: Ballard (Huxley, IA)
- National ranking: 762 (3 stars, 0.8593 rating)
- Position ranking: #70 (OT)
- Offers: Iowa, Bowling Green, Columbia, Dartmouth, Eastern Michigan
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#7: Jaxon Dailey (QB)
- High school: Southeast Polk (Des Moines, IA)
- National ranking: 691 (3 stars, 0.8646 rating)
- Position ranking: #45 (QB)
- Offers: Arkansas State, Buffalo, Iowa State, Michigan, Princeton
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#6: Will McLaughlin (LB)
- High school: Harlan Community (Harlan, IA)
- National ranking: 664 (3 stars, 0.8667 rating)
- Position ranking: #68 (LB)
- Offers: Iowa State, Air Force, Buffalo, Iowa, Kansas State
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#5: Jacob Imming (LB)
- High school: Sergeant Bluff-Luton (Sergeant Bluff, IA)
- National ranking: 546 (3 stars, 0.8739 rating)
- Position ranking: #54 (LB)
- Offers: Iowa State, Iowa, Kansas State, Nebraska
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#4: Eli Raridon (TE)
- High school: Valley (West Des Moines, IA)
- National ranking: 451 (3 stars, 0.883 rating)
- Position ranking: #19 (TE)
- Offers: Notre Dame, Arizona State, Auburn, Buffalo, California
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#3: Hunter Deyo (DL)
- High school: Lewis Central (Council Bluffs, IA)
- National ranking: 273 (4 stars, 0.9025 rating)
- Position ranking: #37 (DL)
- Offers: Iowa, Iowa State, Arkansas, Kansas State, Minnesota
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#2: Aaron Graves (DL)
- High school: Southeast Valley (Gowrie, IA)
- National ranking: 104 (4 stars, 0.9554 rating)
- Position ranking: #17 (DL)
- Offers: Iowa
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#1: Xavier Nwankpa (S)
- High school: Southeast Polk (Altoona, IA)
- National ranking: 54 (4 stars, 0.9766 rating)
- Position ranking: #5 (S)
- Offers: Notre Dame, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Arizona State, Clemson
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