again, as of Jan 3 2013 post:
Iowa has signed 8 of the 11 4-Star rated players from Iowa HS. ISU 1. Mich 2.
Iowa has signed 59 of the 77 3-Star Iowa HS players (77%), ISU 10, Others 8 (TN, STANFORD, OR, ND, MSU, MIAMI, MO, KSU).
Iowa has signed 27 of the 78 NR/ 2-Star Iowa HS players (35%), ISU 40 (58%), Others 6 (CO, WI, STANFORD, MN, KU).
2012 AMARAH DARBOH 4-STAR - MICHIGAN
2011 CHRISTIAN FRENCH 3-STAR - OREGON
2010 MATT HOCH 3-STAR - MISSOURI
2010 JAKE FARLEY 2-STAR - KANSAS
2009 DAVID BARRENT 3-STAR MSU
2008 ZACH DAVISON - UNRATED - WISCONSIN
2007 MATT BENTLER - 2-STAR - STANFORD
2006 DORIAN DAVIS - 3-STAR - TENNESEE
2005 MATT PIPHO - 3 STAR - MIAMI
2005 CHRIS MENSEN 2-STAR - MINNESOTA
2004 ADRIAN ARRINGTON - 4-STAR - MICHIGAN
2004 JARED PARKER - 3-STAR - KSU
2004 MAURICE CANTRELL 2-STAR - COLORADO
2003 ZACH HOOD 2-STAR -KANSAS
2002 JON COCHRAN 3-STAR - STANFORD
The only ones on the list I recall giving Hawk fans alot of heartburn were Arrington, Darboh, French and Barrent.
Fans seemed split on French IIRC as a raw athlete, but the fact that Oregon thought he was worthy of scholie got alot of people ticked we didn't get him. 6'5" 242 lb DE for the Ducks with 12 career TKLs as a RS FR. We could use him....
Barrent flipped to MSU after some off-field transgressions by Hawkeye players gave Dantonio some negative recruiting opportunities. His career was cut short.
Davis IIRC was considered not a good fit for Iowa with non-football baggage. He was dismissed from Vols team for rules violations, landed at Cincy were he was also dismissed....
Matt Pipho was probably a casualty of Iowa having a top 10 class in 2005 with 5-Stars Dan Doering, Dace Richardson. 4-Star Rafael Eubanks, plus Marshall Yanda (Pro Bowler), and 3-Stars Andy Kuempel, Kyle Calloway all in that class. Played sparingly until his SR yr at Miami, went on to med school so might have been a great Hawk too. Good article here
Excellent post! It gives a clear picture of how hard it is to win at Iowa. According to your information, Iowa has had 88 three star or better prospects since '02. Ohio produces more than that in one year.