The Iowa Hawkeyes currently sit at ESPN’s No. 14 recruiting class for 2024 and that is largely in part to the success they are having in the state of Iowa. The Hawkeyes dominate their in-state recruiting with the best of them and that is no different here.
The 2024 class sees the Hawkeyes littered among the top 10 recruits from Iowa. The Hawkeyes have received commitments from six of the top seven prospects per 247Sports already.
#Iowa doing work in-state in 2024.
Six of the top seven recruits in the 2024 class are #Hawkeyes. https://t.co/mZl09nvNUR pic.twitter.com/AZwCThDUjp
— Sean Bock (@SBock247) April 16, 2023
With the new era of NIL deals and the transfer portal, recruiting high school talent has not only become immensely different than it was just five years ago, but even a bit more difficult. Now, there is competition among transfers, junior college players, and the always present NIL money involved.
Throughout all of that, Iowa and Kirk Ferentz have navigated the recruiting in Iowa and excelled at it. Here is a look at the top commits from the state of Iowa.