Iowa State Cyclones
8-4 2025 record (5-4 conf)
Title odds (#54 board)
Win total (O +136)
4% Returning starter games
67th Hardest path of 138
Coaching
All coachesJimmy Rogers Head Coach 1st year
6–6 Career · 2 seasons
Multiple Offense
Multiple 4-3 Defense
Returning production
| Unit | Ret games | Games | Depth | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skill offense | 0% | 0 / 71 | 2 / 15 | 3% |
| Offensive line | 0% | 0 / 59 | 3 / 13 | 21% |
| Defensive front | 14% | 12 / 84 | 8 / 22 | 16% |
| Secondary | 0% | 0 / 53 | 5 / 17 | 10% |
Back 20
Gone 53
Rocco Becht QB · 2,700 yds · 12g · to PSU 36%
Caleb Bacon LB · 12 havoc · 12g · to PSU 27%
Marcus Neal Jr. SAF · 4 INT+PD · 12g · to PSU 20%
Jamison Patton SAF · 4 INT+PD · 9g · to PSU 20%
Tre Bell CB · 4 INT+PD · 12g · to MSU 20%
James Neal III OT · 12g · gone 11%
New 28
Jaylen Raynor QB · 3,784 yds · 13g · from ARST 
Zane Flores QB · 1,604 yds · 9g · from OKST 
Omari Hayes WR · 515 yds · 14g · from TULN 
Cameron Pettaway RB · 504 yds · 9g · from BGSU 
Tyler Fortenberry TE · 294 yds · 13g · from ARST 
Arnold Barnes III RB · 233 yds · 12g · from TULN 2025 Percentile vs FBS
Offense
Points per game 27.4 49
Explosive play rate 10.8% 40
Red zone TD rate 66.1% 33
Line yards per carry 2.6 57
Sack rate allowed 6.1% 44
Defense
Points allowed per game 20.2 81
Explosive rate allowed 11.4% 48
Red zone score rate allowed 83.3% 51
Line yards per carry allowed 2.8 25
Sack rate 3.5% 6
2025 Margin by Game
KSU
SDAK
IOWA
ARST
ARIZ
CIN
COLO
BYU
ASU
TCU
KU
OKST
2026 schedule
67th-hardest path in FBS · 3 title-contender games · 5 road| W1 | Sat 5:00 PM | vs | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | 8 | W 38-10 | ESPN+ | |
| W2 | Sat 11:30 PM | @ |  Iowa | 9-4 | 51 | L 13-16 | NBC/Peacock |
| W3 | Sat 4:00 PM | vs |  Bowling Green | 4-8 | 22 | W 55-7 | ESPNU |
| W4 | Sat 7:30 PM | vs |  Utah | 11-2 | 51 | L 17-31 | FOX |
| W5 | Sat 4:00 PM | vs |  West Virginia | 4-8 | 30 | W 45-42 | TNT |
| W6 | Sat 2:15 AM | @ |  BYU | 12-2 | 64 | L 10-24 | ESPN |
| W8 | Sat 5:00 PM | @ |  Arizona | 9-4 | 47 | ||
| W9 | Sat 5:00 PM | vs |  Oklahoma State | 1-11 | 19 | ||
| W10 | Sat 6:00 PM | @ |  Baylor | 5-7 | 35 | ||
| W11 | Sat 6:00 PM | vs |  Cincinnati | 7-6 | 34 | ||
| W12 | Fri 11:00 PM | @ |  UCF | 5-7 | 33 | Fox Sports 1 | |
| W13 | Sat 6:00 PM | vs |  Kansas State | 6-6 | 33 |
Depth chart
Confirmed unavailable players omitted · backups promoted Transfer First year| Starter | 2nd | 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Jaylen Raynor SR · #1 |  Connor Moberly SO · #5 | Zane Flores SO · #6 |
| RB |  Aiden Flora SO · #21 | Cameron Pettaway SO · #0 | |
| WR-X |  Dominic Overby SO · #11 |  Carson Robbins SO · #23 | |
| WR-Z |  Cody Jackson SR · #2 | Jamal Polite Jr. FR · #13 | |
| TE | Tyler Fortenberry SR · #19 |  Vince Benetti JR · #37 | Christian Greenlaw JR · #88 |
| LT |  Jake Taylor JR · #79 |  Gabriel Greenlee SR · #71 | |
| LG |  DeAndre Carter SO · #78 |  Garret Rutledge SO · #65 | |
| C |  Braden Smith SO · #63 | Kingston Fotualii FR · #52 | |
| RG |  Austin Barrett JR · #72 |  Trevor Bindel FR · #55 | |
| RT |  Maasai King SR · #51 |  Colin Amick SO · #56 | |
| WR-F | Omari Hayes SR · #9 |  Ty Claiborne SR · #89 |
Roster 126
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Cameron Pettaway | RB | SO | 5'10" | 190 | Farmington Hills, MI |
| 0 |  Zaimir Hawk | DT | JR | 6'4" | 303 | Hillside, NJ |
| 1 | Jaylen Raynor | QB | SR | 6'1" | 208 | Winston-Salem, NC |
| 1 |  Keyon Washington | CB | SO | 6'1" | 190 | Waldorf, MD |
| 2 | Cody Jackson | WR | SR | 6'0" | 190 | Richmond, TX |
| 2 |  Braden Awls | SAF | SR | 6'1" | 190 | Sylvania, OH |
| 3 |  Seth Johnson | CB | SO | 5'10" | 180 | Frisco, TX |
| 3 | Arnold Barnes III | RB | SR | 5'10" | 220 | New Orleans, LA |
| 4 |  Carter Pabst | WR | SO | 6'1" | 200 | Wichita, KS |
| 4 |  Micah Harper | SAF | SR | 5'10" | 189 | Chandler, AZ |
| 5 | Connor Moberly | QB | SO | 6'4" | 214 | Altoona, IA |
| 5 |  Beni Ngoyi | CB | JR | 6'4" | 193 | Lincoln, NE |
| 6 | Zane Flores | QB | SO | 6'3" | 215 | Gretna, NE |
| 6 |  Drew Surges | SAF | JR | 6'1" | 203 | Chicago, IL |
| 7 |  Salahadin Allah | RB | JR | 6'0" | 225 | La Marque, TX |
| 7 |  Sullivan Schlimgen | LB | SO | 6'1" | 220 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| 8 |  Evan Boyd | WR | JR | 6'3" | 212 | East Lansing, MI |
| 8 | Tristan Exline | LB | SR | 6'1" | 220 | China Spring, TX |
| 9 |  Jaheim Singletary | CB | SR | 6'2" | 201 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 9 | Omari Hayes | WR | SR | 5'9" | 175 | Sarasota, FL |
| 10 |  Carson Willich | LB | SR | 6'1" | 220 | Blue Springs, MO |
| 10 |  Cash Hayden | TE | SO | 6'6" | 245 | Cincinnati, OH |
| 11 | Dominic Overby | WR | SO | 6'5" | 200 | West Jordan, UT |
| 11 | Willie Breland III | LB | JR | 6'2" | 218 | Wiggins, MS |
| 12 | Ethan Stecker | LB | FR | 6'4" | 227 | Spirit Lake, IA |
| 12 | Braden Goellner | WR | SR | 6'5" | 200 | St. Charles, MO |
| 13 | Jamal Polite Jr. | WR | FR | 5'11" | 185 | Beaufort, SC |
| 13 | Kaleb Bilal-Jones | DT | FR | 6'1" | 294 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 14 | Drake DeBaun | TE | FR | 6'6" | 255 | Overland Park, KS |
| 14 |  Damarius Russell | SAF | FR | 5'11" | 186 | Waseca, MN |
| 16 |  Malcolm Jones | LB | SR | 6'1" | 219 | Camilla, GA |
| 16 |  Wyatt Bohm | QB | JR | 6'4" | 220 | Mahomet, IL |
| 17 | Connor Welsch | LB | SO | 6'2" | 197 | Ankeny, IA |
| 17 |  Jordyn Bailey | WR | JR | 5'10" | 180 | Denton, TX |
| 18 | Hudson Kurland | QB | FR | 6'4" | 193 | Portland, OR |
| 18 |  David Coffey | CB | SO | 6'1" | 190 | Chicago, IL |
| 19 | Tyler Fortenberry | TE | SR | 6'5" | 245 | Brookhaven, MS |
| 19 |  Eddie Lemos | SAF | SR | 5'10" | 187 | Loveland, CO |
| 20 | Caleb Francois | RB | FR | 6'2" | 210 | Minnetonka, MN |
| 20 |  Trillion Sorrell | CB | FR | 6'1" | 175 | Bloomington, MN |
| 21 | Aiden Flora | RB | SO | 6'0" | 195 | Adel, IA |
| 21 |  Duhron Goodman | SAF | SR | 6'0" | 193 | Pacoima, CA |
| 22 | Xavier Martinez | SAF | JR | 6'1" | 202 | Chicago, IL |
| 22 |  Ryver Peppers | RB | FR | 5'11" | 190 | Independence, MO |
| 23 | Carson Robbins | WR | SO | 6'0" | 187 | Altoona, IA |
| 24 |  Brody Miller | SAF | FR | 6'1" | 186 | Shakopee, MN |
| 25 |  Easton Miller | RB | JR | 6'1" | 230 | Ankeny, IA |
| 26 |  Tyrone Cotton III | CB | FR | 6'1" | 178 | Chicago, IL |
| 27 | Gabriel Wilson | RB | FR | 5'9" | 190 | Houston, TX |
| 29 | Toe Sanders | CB | FR | 6'2" | 185 | New Orleans, LA |
| 31 |  Montreze Smith Jr. | LB | SO | 5'11" | 214 | Carrollton, GA |
| 32 |  Angelo Jackson | CB | SO | 6'1" | 196 | Davenport, IA |
| 33 | Brady Hummel | SAF | FR | 6'0" | 185 | Jamestown, ND |
| 33 | Zach Eskildsen | WR | FR | 6'2" | 185 | Frisco, TX |
| 34 |  Beau Goodwin | LB | JR | 6'3" | 221 | Kingsley, IA |
| 34 | Jeffrey Roberts | WR | FR | 6'0" | 193 | Ames, IA |
| 35 | Tayten Duncan | SAF | FR | 5'11" | 180 | Mustang, OK |
| 36 | Bradley Esser | LB | FR | 6'2" | 205 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| 37 | Vince Benetti | TE | JR | 6'4" | 245 | Adel, IA |
| 38 | Amiri Barnes | CB | FR | 5'11" | 185 | Katy, TX |
| 39 |  AJ Petersen | TE | JR | 6'1" | 225 | Long Grove, IA |
| 40 | Landon Kalsbeck | LB | FR | 6'2" | 217 | Littleton, CO |
| 40 | Carson Edney | TE | FR | 6'6" | 235 | Logan, IA |
| 41 |  Rylan Barnes | TE | JR | 6'3" | 230 | Britt, IA |
| 42 | Matthew McClain | SAF | FR | 6'1" | 205 | Frisco, TX |
| 43 |  Caden Matson | SAF | SR | 6'0" | 200 | Humboldt, IA |
| 44 |  Trey Verdon | DE | FR | 6'1" | 245 | Hamilton, OH |
| 44 |  Wyatt Archer | RB | JR | 5'10" | 195 | Omaha, NE |
| 45 | Gavin Proudfoot | OL | SR | 6'7" | 305 | Dresbach, MN |
| 47 | Tyler Burnstein | DE | FR | 6'4" | 243 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 48 |  Jack Bjorn | TE | SR | 6'7" | 260 | Parkville, MO |
| 50 |  Jack Limbaugh | DE | FR | 6'3" | 235 | Algona, IA |
| 51 | Maasai King | OL | SR | 6'4" | 310 | Camden, NJ |
| 52 | Kingston Fotualii | OL | FR | 6'3" | 295 | Seattle, WA |
| 53 | Jaden Weaver | DT | FR | 6'3" | 300 | Chicago, IL |
| 54 | Cade Myer | OL | SR | 6'2" | 295 | Frisco, TX |
| 55 | Trevor Bindel | OL | FR | 6'4" | 310 | Liberty, MO |
| 55 |  Jace Gilbert | DE | SO | 6'5" | 270 | Waukesha, WI |
| 56 | Caleb Schmidt | LS | JR | 6'3" | 225 | Chaska, MN |
| 56 | Colin Amick | OL | SO | 6'6" | 305 | Sammamish, WA |
| 57 | Ajibola Afuye | DE | FR | 6'5" | 250 | Stillwater, MN |
| 57 |  Gavin Schieler | LS | FR | 6'4" | 223 | Normal, IL |
| 59 | Daniel Howard | DT | FR | 6'3" | 270 | Chicago, IL |
| 60 |  Jacob Lyftogt | LS | JR | 5'11" | 235 | Waunakee, WI |
| 61 | Benji Makelela | OL | FR | 6'7" | 300 | Kinshasa,, COD |
| 62 | Braden Simonsen | OL | SR | 6'3" | 290 | Ankeny, IA |
| 63 | Braden Smith | OL | SO | 6'4" | 310 | Franklin, TX |
| 64 | Brady Harr | OL | FR | 6'8" | 275 | Hampton, IA |
| 65 | Garret Rutledge | OL | SO | 6'7" | 310 | Council Bluffs, IA |
| 66 | Derek Worden | OL | FR | 6'5" | 295 | Queen Creek, AZ |
| 68 | Makai Sat | OL | JR | 6'2" | 335 | Santa Maria, CA |
| 69 |  Dontrell Holt | OL | SO | 6'5" | 305 | Joplin, MO |
| 71 | Gabriel Greenlee | OL | SR | 6'7" | 300 | Ames, IA |
| 72 | Austin Barrett | OL | JR | 6'6" | 315 | St. Charles, IL |
| 74 |  Gavin Broscious | OL | JR | 6'5" | 303 | Surprise, AZ |
| 77 | Caden Maas | OL | JR | 6'5" | 315 | Watertown, WI |
| 78 | DeAndre Carter | OL | SO | 6'5" | 345 | Temecula, CA |
| 79 | Jake Taylor | OL | JR | 6'6" | 310 | Las Vegas, NV |
| 80 | Malcolm Watkins | WR | FR | 6'0" | 193 | Bakersfield, CA |
| 81 | Luke Galer | TE | FR | 6'6" | 240 | Loomis, CA |
| 82 | Trevor Fortenberry | WR | JR | 6'3" | 205 | Brookhaven, MS |
| 83 | Sam Zelenovich | WR | FR | 6'1" | 197 | Altoona, IA |
| 84 | Drew Byrd | TE | FR | 6'4" | 228 | Meridian, ID |
| 85 |  Keaton Roskop | TE | SO | 6'3" | 240 | Cedar Rapids, IA |
| 86 | Ray Coffey | WR | SR | 5'10" | 195 | Chicago, IL |
| 87 | Jordan Vyborny | TE | FR | 6'5" | 235 | Rockford, IL |
| 88 | Christian Greenlaw | TE | JR | 6'5" | 245 | Newport News, VA |
| 88 |  Isaac Terrell | DE | SR | 6'2" | 255 | Lehi, UT |
| 89 |  Donovan Fitzmaurice | DT | SO | 6'3" | 284 | St. Louis, MO |
| 89 | Ty Claiborne | WR | SR | 6'2" | 215 | Lenexa, KS |
| 90 |  Jareb Ramos | DT | SR | 6'4" | 284 | Centennial, CO |
| 91 | Blake Hawkins | DE | SO | 6'4" | 235 | Gretna, NE |
| 92 |  Caden Crawford | DE | SR | 6'4" | 251 | Lansing, KS |
| 93 |  Jack Janikowski | DE | JR | 6'2" | 255 | Fallbrook, CA |
| 93 | Greg Hubbard | K | FR | 6'2" | 215 | Louisville, CO |
| 94 | Jake Jones | DT | FR | 6'2" | 292 | Gilbert, AZ |
| 94 |  Chase Smith | K | SO | 5'10" | 210 | Eldridge, IA |
| 95 |  Ka'Mori Moore | DT | FR | 6'1" | 304 | Lee's Summit, MO |
| 95 | Ethan Gurney | P | FR | 6'3" | 201 | Adelaide,, AUS |
| 96 |  Chet Andrews | DE | SR | 6'3" | 245 | Huntley, IL |
| 97 |  Kyle Konrardy | K | JR | 6'1" | 204 | Dubuque, IA |
| 97 |  Max Baloun | DT | SR | 6'6" | 293 | Redfield, SD |
| 98 |  Malaki Ta'ase | DE | JR | 6'2" | 265 | Mesa, AZ |
| 98 |  Adlai Lounsbury | K/P | FR | 6'4" | 200 | Van Meter, IA |
| 99 |  Bryson Lamb | DT | SR | 6'2" | 295 | Bellingham, WA |
| 99 |  Jonah DuPont | P | SO | 5'11" | 200 | Cedar Rapids, IA |