Iowa State Cyclones' Off-Season Program (Season 1)
- Larkdight Studios
- Jul 31
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Larkdight Studios Iowa State Cyclones' Program Rebuild (Season 1) July 31, 2025 5:00PM CST
The Iowa State Cyclones enter the Off-Season Program as the 2024 National Champions. They will be losing key pieces of their Championship core, including RB Jaylon Jackson, WR Jayden Higgins, WR Daniel Jackson, T Jalen Travis, and CB Darien Porter to the NFL Draft, but they do return some great pieces that are only going to get better with more experience in guys like QB Rocco Becht, RB Abu Sama III, TE Benjamin Brahmer, ED Kenard Snyder, LB Jack Sadowsky V, and S Malik Verdon. It will be interesting to see how well HC Axel Armani can navigate his first-ever Transfer Portal, after landing a couple five-star recruits during the season. Let's get into HC Armani's 2025 Off-Season Program!
DEPARTURES (-35)
NFL DRAFT (-8)
RB Jaylon Jackson
WR Jayden Higgins
WR Daniel Jackson
T Jalen Travis
C Jarrod Hufford
DT JR Singleton
CB Darien Porter
S Beau Fryler
GRADUATION (-5)
WR Jaylin Noel
TE Stevo Klotz
T Tyler Miller
ED Joey Peterson
CB Myles Purchase
TRANSFER PORTAL (-22)
QB Tanner Hughes (Playing Time)
QB Connor Moberly (Playing Time)
WR Eli Green (Playing Time)
WR Brett Eskildsen (Playing Time)
TE Tyler Moore (Playing Time)
TE Drake Knobloch (Playing Time)
TE Keaton Roskop (Playing Time)
TE Andrew Keller (Playing Time)
T Todd Livings (Playing Time)
G Dontrell Holt (Playing Time)
ED Trent Jones II (Playing Time)
ED Jace Gilbert (Playing Time)
LB Jacob Ellis (Playing Time)
LB John Klosterman (Playing Time)
LB Kooper Ebel (Playing Time)
LB Beau Goodwin (Playing Time)
CB Matthew Bess (Playing Time)
S Ta’Shawn James (Playing Time)
S Cam Smith (Playing Time)
S Marcus Neal (Playing Time)
S Danny Iglis (Playing Time)
P Drew Blaney (Playing Time)
ADDITIONS (+30)
IN-SEASON COMMITMENTS (+7)
WR Josh Karapateas, 5*
WR Dennis Laborn, 4*
TE Gordon Rugamba, 3*
TE Jesse Bourgeois, 3*
C Jonathan Cooper, 4*
DT Cliff Yeast, 5*
ED Bobby Francis, 3*
LATE COMMITMENTS (+13)
QB Kona Little, 3*
QB Keke Zakelj, 3*
WR Kofi Funk, 4*
WR James Byler, 4*
TE Quentin Fuller, 4*
TE Luis Beede, 4*
T Quincy Ejiya, 3*
C Sateki Cookus, 4*
ED Deandre Proctor, 3*
LB Danny Kimble, 4*
LB DaQuan Reece, 3*
CB Demetrious Winbush, 4*
S Britton LaBeau, 3**
TRANSFER PORTAL (+10)
QB Avery Johnson (Kansas State)
RB Jalen Buckley (Western Michigan)
WR Lewis Bond (Boston College)
WR TJ Moore (Clemson)
WR Kendrick Bell (Michigan)
WR Kaevion Mack (Western Michigan)
G Jack Walsh (Wyoming)
DT Kendry Charles (Duke)
ED Jordan Allen (Kansas State)
CB Jojo Johnson (Indiana)
COMPLETE LIST OF SEASON 2 (2025) COMMITMENTS (9TH OVR CLASS)
QB Avery Johnson, 4*
QB Kona Little, 3*
QB Keke Zakelj, 3*
RB Jalen Buckley, 4*
WR Josh Karapateas, 5*
WR Dennis Laborn, 4*
WR Lewis Bond, 4*
WR Kofi Funk, 4*
WR James Byler, 4*
WR TJ Moore, 3*
WR Kendrick Bell, 3*
WR Kaevion Mack, 3*
TE Quentin Fuller, 4*
TE Luis Beede, 4*
TE Gordon Rugamba, 3*
TE Jesse Bourgeois, 3*
T Quincy Ejiya, 3*
G Jack Walsh, 4*
C Jonathan Cooper, 4*
C Sateki Cookus, 4*
DT Cliff Yeast, 5*
DT Kendry Charles, 3*
ED Deandre Procter, 3*
ED Jordan Allen, 3*
ED Bobby Francis, 3*
LB Danny Kimble, 4*
LB DaQuan Reece, 3*
CB Demetrious Winbush, 4*
CB Jojo Johnson, 3*
S Britton LaBeau, 3*
ADDITIONAL NEWS
HC Axel Armani has turned down offers from Toledo, Colorado State, Bowling Green, Purdue, West Virginia, TCU, Ohio State, and Notre Dame to remain the Head Coach at Iowa State
Iowa State manages to hold on to both coordinators, gearing up to make another run at the National Championship behind their Junior quarterback and two Senior edge rushers
A total of 27 programs have exited their conferences to join others they deem more beneficial to their future:
AAC has acquired Jacksonville State and Air Force
ACC has acquired FIU, West Virginia, Liberty, and Memphis
C-USA has acquired Texas Tech, Houston, Arkansas State, Troy, North Texas, UTSA, and Rice
SEC has acquired UCF, Clemson, and Florida State
MT-WEST has acquired California
Sun Belt has acquired East Carolina and Kennesaw State
BIG 10 has acquired Oregon State
BIG 12 has acquired Colorado State, Oklahoma, Kentucky, SMU, Western Kentucky, Missouri, and Utah State
New-Look Big 12 Conference:
Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Baylor, Cincinnati, Colorado, Colorado State, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, SMU, TCU, Utah, Utah State, and Western Kentucky
PROGRAM REBUILD GOAL UPDATE (4/8, 50%)
Have at least 3 winning seasons (1/3) (S1 16-0)
Recruit a Top 10 Class (1/1) (S1 9th)
Have 5 players drafted (8/5) (S1 RB Jackson, WR Higgins, WR Jackson, T Travis, C Hufford, DT Singleton, CB Porter, S Fryler)
Win the Heisman Award (0/1)
Win the Coach of the Year Award (0/1)
Win a National Championship (1/1) (S1 def Ole Miss 35-14)
Land at least 3 5* Recruits (2/3) (S1 WR Marciano, DT Yeast)
Reach #1 in the AP Polls (1/1) (S1)
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