<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><div class="gallery-slide--header" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; display: flex; align-items: center;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; display: flex; align-items: center;"><h2 class="gallery-slide--title" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">(Photo: Douglas DeFilice , USA TODAY Sports)</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #f8f8f8; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #f8f8f8; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The <span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-weight: 800; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-weight: 800; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Oliver-Martin-83423" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: #005695; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-href="https://247sports.com/Player/Oliver-Martin-83423" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: #005695; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Oliver Martin</a></span> transfer news dominated the Hawkeyes national news cycle recently. But it’s worth noting just how strong Iowa’s 2020 class is, at least comparably to its normal efforts. Iowa’s average recruiting ranking the last eight years is 48<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">th</span> nationally. And while I realize Iowa recruits and develops in a different way than many other programs, its 2020 effort is still a huge step forward. There’s reason to believe this top 30 or so ranking will hold. Iowa’s average recruit ranking (86.9) is usually good for around a Top 25 or 30 finish. It’d help if the Hawkeyes could soon add someone like four-star defensive end <span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-weight: 800; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-weight: 800; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Joe-Moore-46053584" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: #005695; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-href="https://247sports.com/Player/Joe-Moore-46053584" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: #005695; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Joe Moore</a></span> to the fold.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #f8f8f8; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #f8f8f8; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #f8f8f8; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #f8f8f8; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/2020-recruiting-class-rankings-five-teams-surging-five-struggling-early--132991514/#132991514_7" data-mce-href="https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/2020-recruiting-class-rankings-five-teams-surging-five-struggling-early--132991514/#132991514_7">https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/2020-recruiting-class-rankings-five-teams-surging-five-struggling-early--132991514/#132991514_7</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #f8f8f8; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #f8f8f8; line-height: 29px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></p><div data-ad="inc" class="in-content-ad advertisement" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 10px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #f7f7f7; clear: both; min-height: 150px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 10px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #f7f7f7; clear: both; min-height: 150px; text-align: center;"><div class="ad" id="mpu_flex_inc7" data-ad="mpu_flex_inc7" data-position="inc" data-sizes="300,250,fluid,11,11" data-device="desktop" data-google-query-id="CI7C49-L-eICFUy8TwodICgGig" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>