Preston Ries
Iowa Hawkeyes
83
Good

Preston Ries

Iowa HawkeyesContender
WLBDefenseGood
2nd String / Backup

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Preston Ries is listed 2nd string at WLB for Iowa Hawkeyes.

Redshirt sophomore · #46 · 6'1", 226 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Iowa Hawkeyes

  1. 13691Jayden MontgomeryStarter
  2. 24683Preston RiesYou

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Monticello, ranked #967 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 83 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #967 NatlTeam Share1%
Monticello, IA
Jersey
#46
Class
RS SO
Height
6'1"
Weight
226 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
202570.50

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
0.8683
National Rank
#967
High School
Monticello
Hometown
Monticello, IA

Why this rating?

On a 92-rated defense; 43th-percentile production (×0.97 for competition level) put them -2 vs unit starters → 83.

Team defense (SP+)
92
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 43% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
-2 for role; −6 depth penalty

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 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
2
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-24

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

Final L 31-14

Sep 26WMICHTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-19

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

Final W 55-0

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

Final W 40-0

Preston Ries's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

7 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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