Smith projects as a guard or center for the Cyclones when he arrives on campus. Before Iowa State travels down to Orlando on Dec. 28 to battle No. 14 Notre Dame in the Camping World Bowl, Matt Campbell and the rest of … — Hawkeye Football (@HawkeyeFootball) September 19, 2020 Starting the season, on the road, at Purdue, who has given Iowa fits the entire Jeff Brohm era, is a challenge. He’s a special young man.”. After entering the spring with no Power 5 offers, Dekkers ended up receiving ones from Indiana, Purdue and Kansas State before Iowa State came in. “Brock (Purdy) came in, in June and was able to have great success here. He came to camp and demanded a scholarship. The Hawkeye logo is seen on the 50 yard line at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. Position: ReceiverRank: 3-star (247Sports Composite: 0.8424)High School: Steinbrenner (Fla.)Recruiting Coach: Nate ScheelhaaseOverview: Aidan Bitter rounds out Iowa State’ four-member receiver group in the 2020 recruiting class and he’s an intriguing one. Position: QuarterbackRank: 3-star (247Sports Composite: 0.8726)High School: Buffalo (Minn.)Recruiting Coach: Joel GordonOverview: Aidan Bouman was the first commit of the 2020 recruiting class way back in the summer of 2018. “I don’t know if you could be more blessed to have two guys like this come into your football program in terms of the quality of people, their character, winning, leadership,” Campbell said. Rengert completes Iowa State’s four-man offensive line haul in 2020. “We’ve had guys on both ends of the spectrum,” Campbell said. Defensive tackle is another position where one player is enrolling in January and another is waiting for the summer and both are highly talented. Position: ReceiverRank: 3-star (247Sports Composite: 0.8560)JUCO: Blinn College (Texas)Recruiting Coach: Alex Golesh and Nate ScheelhaaseOverview: Iowa State believes Xavier Hutchinson is arguably the top JUCO receiver in the 2020 class and the continued offers appear to agree. Tyrese Hunter. He’s an elite competitor. While signal-callers Hunter Dekkers and Aidan Bouman lead the group of offensive signees, the rest of the group is highlighted by new protection and weapons with five offensive linemen and four receivers. That came following a junior season in which he caught 37 passes for 769 yards and six touchdowns. He’s a guy that’s persevered through it and a guy that has a strong purpose with what he does. The Sunshine State prospect also held offers from several of the military academies in addition to FAU, USF and several others. During his senior season, Tampa caught 30 passes for 554 yards and nine touchdowns. Aiden is a guy we’ve really believed in since we got to watch him throw as a junior. There was a problem saving your notification. “I don’t know if anybody’s had as good of a football camp as Hunter Dekkers did. Two years ago the staff took Mitchell and Purdy at the quarterback position and last year they signed Breece Hall and Jirehl Brock at running back. The first is Junior College Defensive Player of the Year Latrell Bankston, who’s enrolling early. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. It’s not any different at Iowa State. 30 prospect in the talent-rich state of Ohio, eventually committed to the Cyclones over offers from the likes of West Virginia, Purdue, Rutgers, Virginia and others. Here's a look at what Iowa State signed on the offensive side. Here are the 2020 prospects that have signed with the Iowa Hawkeyes this morning. The Hawkeyes are expected to sign 20 players today and have two more recruits in February. It was more balanced in the 2020 class, but the Hawkeyes still had an edge. © 2005-2020 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. We’re really anxious to get him here to see where and how he fits into our wide receiver group.”. 4, 6, 7 and 10. The Kansas native is regarded as the No. 74 overall JUCO in the country. It won't be the case one week from today, but things are pretty calm at the top of my ballot for this week's Associated Press college football poll. “He led his team to the Illinois state championship, he was the defensive player of the year in Illinois as a defensive tackle. The Cyclones wasted little time once they saw him in-person, giving him an offer that he accepted nearly immediately. He’s a 4-star recruit, ranked as the seventh best dual-threat quarterback in the nation by 247Sports. Here are the 2020 prospects that have signed with the Iowa Hawkeyes this morning. “Hunter is a guy that came to our camp as a junior and grew 2 inches from his junior year to his senior year,” Campbell said.