Landyn Van Kekerix
Iowa Hawkeyes
85
Great

Landyn Van Kekerix

Iowa HawkeyesContender
LEODefenseGreat
Projected Starter

Is Landyn Van Kekerix starting?

Landyn Van Kekerix is the projected starter at LEO for Iowa Hawkeyes.

Redshirt senior · #23 · 6'2", 238 lbs

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Depth at LEO · Iowa Hawkeyes

  1. 12385Landyn Van KekerixStarter
  2. 22280Derek Weisskopf

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Rock Valley, ranked #1,307 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 5 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,307 Natl2-Yr Total10 tackles · 0 sacksTeam Share1%
Rock Valley, IA
Jersey
#23
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
238 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025500
2024500

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8493
National Rank
#1307
High School
Rock Valley
Hometown
Rock Valley, IA

Why this rating?

On a 92-rated defense; 29th-percentile production (×0.97 for competition level) put them -6 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
92
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 29% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
-6 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 10WWASHTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
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 10
TKL
10
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-19

Sep 19WUNITKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-0

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

Final W 16-13

Sep 5WNIUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 40-0

Landyn Van Kekerix's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

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