In a story for tomorrow, @SethWEmerson and I examined the uptick in drafted TEs (21) and some of the factors why.
As part of it, we looked at the 7 or so schools that are considered the top TE producers over the last 10 drafts. Here are their combined NFL stats.
The Iowa Hawkeyes had 4 more players taken in the 2026 NFL Draft than Iowa State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin COMBINED.
Iowa - 7
Minnesota - 1
Nebraska - 1
Iowa State - 1
Wisconsin - 0
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Q: “Would you vote Ben McCollum to be the Governor of Iowa?”
Tavion Banks: “Oh hell yeah.”
Bennett Stirtz: “Yeah I’d do it too.”
Alvaro Folgeurias: “I didn’t understand it.”
McCollum: “… Governor is like the President of Iowa.”
Folgeurias: “I’ll vote for you … I’m an immigrant, I don’t have a vote.”
Xavier Nwankpa is a SS prospect in the 2026 draft class. He scored an unofficial 9.95 RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 7 out of 1242 SS from 1987 to 2026.
Pending agilities and bench, splits projected.
https://t.co/tPlxHZ8QYx
Karson Sharar is a LB prospect in the 2026 draft class. He scored an unofficial 9.54 RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 150 out of 3215 LB from 1987 to 2026.
Splits projected, all times unofficial, agilities left to run, bench tomorrow.
https://t.co/tsk0rL2Vns
2027 Top-20 overall recruit Cayden Daughtry discusses his visit to Michigan and says he'd like to take trips to Iowa, Miami, and Florida State.
Read (+): https://t.co/a4vyxquZOb