Cam Buffington
Iowa Hawkeyes
91
Elite

Cam Buffington

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Projected Starter

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Cam Buffington is the projected starter at MLB for Iowa Hawkeyes.

Redshirt sophomore · #33 · 6'3", 238 lbs

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Depth at MLB · Iowa Hawkeyes

  1. 13391Cam BuffingtonStarter
  2. 23178Nolan DeLong

Iowa Starting Lineup

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Up next for Iowa

Iowa plays Northwestern away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 4-star recruit out of Winfield-Mt. Union, ranked #398 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 7 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit4★ · #398 NatlTeam Share1%
Winfield, IA
Jersey
#33
Class
RS SO
Height
6'3"
Weight
238 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025700

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.8966
National Rank
#398
High School
Winfield-Mt. Union
Hometown
Winfield, IA

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 38th-percentile production (×0.97 for competition level) put them +0 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 38% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
+0 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WWISTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-0

Oct 24LMINNTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
8
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 13-10

Oct 10WWASHTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
6
SACK
2
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-24

Oct 3LOSUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-14

Sep 26WMICHTKL 11
TKL
11
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-19

Sep 19WUNITKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-0

Sep 12WISUTKL 15
TKL
15
SOLO
9
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 16-13

Sep 5WNIUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 40-0

Cam Buffington's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

7 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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