2025-26 Iowa Western Football Roster

Roster
No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School
0 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 240 Hometown/High School: St. Louis, MO / Lafayette
1 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 5'6 Wt.: 170 Hometown/High School: Miami, FL / Miami Northwestern
2 Pos.: Quarterback Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: Dallas, TX / Waxahachie
3 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 195 Hometown/High School: Peoria, IL / Peoria
4 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: So Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: Miami, FL / Northwestern
5 Pos.: Quarterback Cl.: So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 170 Hometown/High School: Charlotte, NC / South Pointe
6 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: Fr Ht.: 5'9 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: Johnston, IA / Johnston
7 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 5'10 Wt.: 225 Hometown/High School: Lousiville, KY / Louisville Male
8 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: Ypsilanti, MI / Ann Arbor Huron
9 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 205 Hometown/High School: Norman, OK / Norman
10 Pos.: Quarterback Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: North Liberty, IA / Liberty
11 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: Fr Ht.: 5'7 Wt.: 150 Hometown/High School: Miami, FL / Miami Central
12 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 185 Hometown/High School: Valdosta, GA / Valdosta
13 Pos.: Quarterback Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 195 Hometown/High School: Omaha, NE / Omaha Skutt
14 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 200 Hometown/High School: Cedar Rapids, IA / Kennedy
15 Pos.: Quarterback/Punter Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: Papillion, NE / Lincoln Northstar
16 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: New Orleans, LA / Warren East
17 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 160 Hometown/High School: Chicago, IL / W.T. White
18 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 200 Hometown/High School: Miami, FL / Miami Central
19 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: Des Moines, IA / Johnston
20 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 190 Hometown/High School: Louisville, KY / Louisville Male
21 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: So Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 185 Hometown/High School: Prince George's, MD / Patuxent
22 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: So Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 175 Hometown/High School: Tiffin, IA / Clear Creek-Amana
23 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 5'10 Wt.: 175 Hometown/High School: Hoffman Estates, IL / Hoffman Estates
24 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: Fr Ht.: 5'8 Wt.: 185 Hometown/High School: Des Moines, IA / Roosevelt
25 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 170 Hometown/High School: Chicago, IL / Kenwood Academy
26 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 5'9 Wt.: 185 Hometown/High School: Waseca, MN / Waseca
27 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: So Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 205 Hometown/High School: Cedar Rapids, IA / Prairie
28 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: Rs-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: West Palm Beach, FL / Cardinal Newman
29 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 195 Hometown/High School: Lincoln, NE / Lincoln Southwest
30 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: Papillion, NE / Papillion La Vista
31 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 195 Hometown/High School: Avoca, IA / AHSTW
32 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: So Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 220 Hometown/High School: Iowa City, IA / Iowa City West
33 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 195 Hometown/High School: Memphis, TN / Memphis University School
34 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 230 Hometown/High School: Iowa City, IA / Iowa City High
35 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: South Sioux City, NE / South Sioux City
36 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: Wichita, KS / Rose Hill
37 Pos.: Tight End Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 220 Hometown/High School: Council Bluffs, IA / St. Albert
38 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: Iowa City, IA / Iowa City High
39 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 185 Hometown/High School: Gilbert, IA / Gilbert
40 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 240 Hometown/High School: Gretna, NE / Gretna
41 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: North Liberty, IA / Liberty
42 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 220 Hometown/High School: Detroit, MI / Southfield
43 Pos.: Long Snapper Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: Humboldt, IA / Humboldt
44 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 225 Hometown/High School: Chicago, IL / Prospect
45 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 265 Hometown/High School: Webster City, IA / Webster City
46 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 195 Hometown/High School: Dubuque, IA / Hempstead
47 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 225 Hometown/High School: Jefferson City, MO / Blair Oaks
48 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 170 Hometown/High School: Red Oak, IA / Red Oak
49 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 190 Hometown/High School: Omaha, NE / Millard South
50 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 235 Hometown/High School: Deland, FL / Deland
51 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 240 Hometown/High School: Papillion, NE / Papillion LaVista South
52 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 295 Hometown/High School: Kansas City, MO / Platte County
53 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 310 Hometown/High School: Chicago, IL / Homewood Flossmoor
54 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 310 Hometown/High School: Charleston, SC / Goose Creek
55 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 310 Hometown/High School: Granitevville, SC / Midland Valley
56 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 295 Hometown/High School: Crystal Lake, IL / Crystal Lake South
57 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 295 Hometown/High School: Chicago, IL / Iowa City West
58 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 300 Hometown/High School: Davenport, IA / Davenport Assumption
59 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: Belleville, MI / Huron
63 Pos.: Long Snapper Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: Carroll, IA / Carroll
67 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 335 Hometown/High School: Fort Valley, GA / Peach County
70 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 250 Hometown/High School: North Liberty, IA / Liberty
71 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 305 Hometown/High School: Brandon, SD / Brandon Valley
73 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 305 Hometown/High School: Chicago, IL / Mount Carmel
74 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 300 Hometown/High School: Polk City, IA / North Polk
75 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'6 Wt.: 275 Hometown/High School: Paulina, IA / Spirit Lake
77 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 330 Hometown/High School: Iowa City, IA / Iowa City High
79 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 300 Hometown/High School: Kansas City, MO / Staley
80 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 5'9 Wt.: 175 Hometown/High School: Mesa, AZ / Mesa
81 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: Indianapolis, IN / Warren Central
82 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: Fr Ht.: 5'10 Wt.: 155 Hometown/High School: Omaha, NE / Millard South
83 Pos.: Tight End Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 225 Hometown/High School: Castle Pine, CO / Rock Canyon
84 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 190 Hometown/High School: Garden City, KS / Garden City
86 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 185 Hometown/High School: Iowa City, IA / Iowa City High
87 Pos.: Tight End Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 260 Hometown/High School: Dubuque, IA / Dubuque
88 Pos.: Tight End Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 250 Hometown/High School: Winterset, IA / Winterset
89 Pos.: Tight End Cl.: So Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 255 Hometown/High School: Hampton, IA / Hampton-Dumont-CAL
90 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 280 Hometown/High School: Champaign, IL / Centennial
92 Pos.: Kicker Cl.: So Ht.: 5'9 Wt.: 170 Hometown/High School: Underwood, IA / Underwood
93 Pos.: Kicker/Punter Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: Kearney, NE / Kearney
94 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 250 Hometown/High School: Charlotte, NC / Forest Hills
95 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 270 Hometown/High School: Omaha, NE / Omaha Burke
96 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 275 Hometown/High School: St. Louis, MO / Desmett Jesuit
97 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 290 Hometown/High School: Rock Island, IL / Assumption
98 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 270 Hometown/High School: Sergeant Bluff, IA / Sergeant Bluff-Luton
99 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 225 Hometown/High School: Sioux City, IA / Sioux City East
Coaching Staff
Mike Blackbourn

Defensive Coordinator / Academic Coordinator / LB Coach

Aaron Terry

Defensive Line/ Recruiting Coordinator

Tristan Speer

Offensive Coordinator/O-Line

Vaughn VanDame

Wide Receivers/Head Strength Coach

Jeff Monthei

Assistant Defensive Line

Kendrick Davis

Offensive Line

Zac Gradoville

Kickers/Punters

Darius Moore

Defensive Backs

Riley Harms

Tight Ends

Brant Anderson

Running Backs

Reese Baumgartner

Director of Operations

Landon Marshall

Team Manager

Jarren Hightower

Offensive Line

  • Scott Strohmeier - Head Coach
  • Mike Blackbourn - Defensive Coordinator / Academic Coordinator / LB Coach
  • Aaron Terry - Defensive Line/ Recruiting Coordinator
  • Tristan Speer - Offensive Coordinator/O-Line
  • Vaughn VanDame - Wide Receivers/Head Strength Coach
  • Jeff Monthei - Assistant Defensive Line
  • Kendrick Davis - Offensive Line
  • Zac Gradoville - Kickers/Punters
  • Darius Moore - Defensive Backs
  • Riley Harms - Tight Ends
  • Chris Kolarevic - Linebackers
  • Brant Anderson - Running Backs
  • Reese Baumgartner - Director of Operations
  • Landon Marshall - Team Manager
  • Jarren Hightower - Offensive Line