Iose Epenesa
Iowa Hawkeyes
91
Elite

Iose Epenesa

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RDEDefenseElite
Projected Starter

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Iose Epenesa is the projected starter at RDE for Iowa Hawkeyes.

Redshirt freshman · #97 · 6'3", 269 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Iowa Hawkeyes

  1. 19791Iose EpenesaStarter
  2. 21379Drew Campbell

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 Edwardsville, ranked #36 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 1 tackles, 1 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit4★ · #36 NatlTeam Share0%
Glen Carbon, IL
Jersey
#97
Class
RS FR
Height
6'3"
Weight
269 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025110

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
0.9822
National Rank
#36
High School
Edwardsville
Hometown
Edwardsville, IL

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 33th-percentile production (×0.97 for competition level) put them -1 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 33% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 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 24LMINNTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 13-10

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

Final W 41-24

Oct 3LOSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-14

Sep 26WMICHTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-19

Sep 12WISUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 16-13

Sep 5WNIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 40-0

Iose Epenesa's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 1 TFL · 0 sacks
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