Reece Vander Zee
Iowa Hawkeyes
84
Good

Reece Vander Zee

Iowa HawkeyesContender
WR-XOffenseGood
Projected Starter

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Reece Vander Zee is the projected starter at WR-X for Iowa Hawkeyes.

Junior · #2 · 6'4", 220 lbs

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Depth at WR-X · Iowa Hawkeyes

  1. 1284Reece Vander ZeeStarter
  2. 2072Jarriett Buie

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Central Lyon, ranked #1,008 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 15 catches, 219 yards, 2 TD. That's 12% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 84 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,008 Natl2-Yr Total29 rec · 395 yds · 5 TDTeam Share12%
Rock Rapids, IA
Jersey
#2
Class
JR
Height
6'4"
Weight
220 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
2025152192
2024141763

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
0.8672
National Rank
#1008
High School
Central Lyon
Hometown
Rock Rapids, IA

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated offense; 68th-percentile production (×0.97 for competition level) put them +2 vs unit starters → 84.

Team offense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 68% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 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 10WWASHYDS 69
REC
3
YDS
69
AVG
23.0
TD
1

Final W 41-24

Oct 3LOSUYDS 35
REC
2
YDS
35
AVG
17.5
TD
0

Final L 31-14

Sep 26WMICHYDS 66
REC
5
YDS
66
AVG
13.2
TD
2

Final W 20-19

Sep 19WUNIYDS 13
REC
1
YDS
13
AVG
13.0
TD
0

Final W 55-0

Sep 12WISUYDS 32
REC
3
YDS
32
AVG
10.7
TD
0

Final W 16-13

Sep 5WNIUYDS 32
REC
2
YDS
32
AVG
16.0
TD
0

Final W 40-0

Reece Vander Zee's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

15 rec · 219 yds · 2 TD
Usage / Involvement26%
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