RECRUITING: 2025's top in-state prospect Thomas Meyer recaps visit

[Connor_Ferguson]

RECRUITING: Iowa State hosted the top in-state prospect in the 2025 class in @thomasmeyer0 during the Cy-Hawk game last weekend.

@cfchangs9 caught up with him to recap the visit.

RECRUITING: Top in-state prospect recaps visit to Ames

Iowa State hosted the top in-state prospect in the 2025 recruiting class last weekend in Thomas Meyer, a two-way star out of Clear Lake, as he was in town for the Cy-Hawk football game. Rated as the No. 1 prospect in Iowa for his class, the 6-foot-5, 205-pound recruit knows he's a priority target

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[BCClone]

Pulling the top players from clear lake will be tough with their coach.

 

[Peter]

Iowa bound I'm sure. Losing to the Hawks every year is a huge drag on instate recruiting.

 

[Cyhig]

Iowa bound I'm sure. Losing to the Hawks every year is a huge drag on instate recruiting.

I guess Iowa State will never be able to land top talent in state since they constantly lose to Iowa. I mean look at the top 10 2023 in state recruits and where they committed to

Player	School
Kayden Proctor	Alabama
Andrew Depaepe	Michigan State
Ben Kueter	Iowa
JJ Kohl	Iowa State
Abu Sama	Iowa State
David Caulker	Iowa State
Jamison Patton	Iowa State
Jaxon Smolik	Penn State
Asa Newsom	Kansas State
Alex Mota	Iowa

Iowa landed 2 of the top 10 recruits last year to Iowa State's 4. Yeah,,, losing to Iowa is certainly a huge drag on instate recruiting

 

[BCClone]

Iowa bound I'm sure. Losing to the Hawks every year is a huge drag on instate recruiting.

No, their coach pushing him there would be a bigger thing.

 

[CyFanInChiLand]

I thought that OL kid from CR was the clear cut #1 kid in that class?

 

[tyler24]

I guess Iowa State will never be able to land top talent in state since they constantly lose to Iowa. I mean look at the top 10 2023 in state recruits and where they committed to

Player	School
Kayden Proctor	Alabama
Andrew Depaepe	Michigan State
Ben Kueter	Iowa
JJ Kohl	Iowa State
Abu Sama	Iowa State
David Caulker	Iowa State
Jamison Patton	Iowa State
Jaxon Smolik	Penn State
Asa Newsom	Kansas State
Alex Mota	Iowa

Iowa landed 2 of the top 10 recruits last year to Iowa State's 4. Yeah,,, losing to Iowa is certainly a huge drag on instate recruiting

You're definitely cherry picking information. Iowa routinely wipes us in recruiting in state.

 

[Cyhig]

You're definitely cherry picking information. Iowa routinely wipes us in recruiting in state.

Top 10 recruits from Iowa by year

2023: Iowa State 4, Iowa 2
2022: Iowa State 4, Iowa 4
2021: Iowa State 1, Iowa 5
2020: Iowa State 4, Iowa 4

Data taken from 247 sports. I wouldn’t say that constitutes as “routinely wiping us”.

 

[demoncore1031]

Top 10 recruits from Iowa by year

2023: Iowa State 4, Iowa 2
2022: Iowa State 4, Iowa 4
2021: Iowa State 1, Iowa 5
2020: Iowa State 4, Iowa 4

Data taken from 247 sports. I wouldn’t say that constitutes as “routinely wiping us”.

Look at the 2024 class though. Iowa has almost every top 10 in-state player. We have zero.

 

[Cytown12]

Look at the 2024 class though. Iowa has almost every top 10 in-state player. We have zero.

Well not hard for them to do when most of them are from eastern iowa

 

[Cyhig]

Look at the 2024 class though. Iowa has almost every top 10 in-state player. We have zero.

Which is an anomaly for the past 4 years. To say Iowa consistently recruits better in Iowa isn’t really accurate.

 

[tyler24]

Top 10 recruits from Iowa by year

2023: Iowa State 4, Iowa 2
2022: Iowa State 4, Iowa 4
2021: Iowa State 1, Iowa 5
2020: Iowa State 4, Iowa 4

Data taken from 247 sports. I wouldn’t say that constitutes as “routinely wiping us”.

They wipe us. Especially when it's kids that have committable offers to both schools.

 

[cytor]

They wipe us. Especially when it's kids that have committable offers to both schools.

Let's wait to judge after their playing careers are over, then rank them.

 

[Cyhig]

They wipe us. Especially when it's kids that have committable offers to both schools.

Thanks for your opinion. I’ll use data to support my claim. Where’s your data?

Edit: and remember, Ferentz went on record a few years ago that Iowa only sends offers to kids they feel they have a realistic chance at landing. So if a player they believe is a heavy ISU lean, and Iowa feels they don’t have a shot and landing him, they won’t offer

 

[tyler24]

Let's wait to judge after their playing careers are over, then rank them.

Agreed. Definitely should wait until a college career is over before ranking. Once you hit campus, rankings don't matter.

 

[tyler24]

Thanks for your opinion. I’ll use data to support my claim. Where’s your data?

Edit: and remember, Ferentz went on record a few years ago that Iowa only sends offers to kids they feel they have a realistic chance at landing. So if a player they believe is a heavy ISU lean, and Iowa feels they don’t have a shot and landing him, they won’t offer

This past year, we did well in the state of Iowa. The year before, the linebackers were the only ones we can say we got over Iowa. The Deyo recruitment was weird, regardless of what anyone says. He also didn't pan out, so it doesn't matter.

2021 - none of our Iowa commits guys had Iowa offers.

2020 - none of our Iowa commits had Iowa offers.

I should mention, this is from 247. Data is fun, especially when you want to try to be a sarcastic ****.

And if you want to go back further, remember, our recruiting has improved under Campbell.

 

[mitchforcy]

It’s just one year but not getting a single player ranked in the top 10 is concerning no matter where the kids are from. Especially when you consider the rest of the 2024 class is not particularly good.

 

[Cyhig]

This past year, we did well in the state of Iowa. The year before, the linebackers were the only ones we can say we got over Iowa. The Deyo recruitment was weird, regardless of what anyone says. He also didn't pan out, so it doesn't matter.

2021 - none of our Iowa commits guys had Iowa offers.

2020 - none of our Iowa commits had Iowa offers.

I should mention, this is from 247. Data is fun, especially when you want to try to be a sarcastic ****.

And if you want to go back further, remember, our recruiting has improved under Campbell.

Once again… Iowa and Iowa State have different philosophies when it comes to sending offers. Iowa won’t offer a kid if they think they won’t realistically land the kid. Iowa State will offer because you never know if they will change their mind.

Ferentz admitted to this a number of years ago. So the fact Iowa didn’t offer means nothing.

But hey… keep believing what you want to believe. I’ll just use data and draw conclusions from the data.

And you want to review recruiting from before CMC arrived? Why? How is data that old relevant? I mean if you have to compare recruiting from the schools from the ‘80s and ‘90s to make your point, it should tell you something how weak your point is

 

[tyler24]

Once again… Iowa and Iowa State have different philosophies when it comes to sending offers. Iowa won’t offer a kid if they think they won’t realistically land the kid. Iowa State will offer because you never know if they will change their mind.

Ferentz admitted to this a number of years ago. So the fact Iowa didn’t offer means nothing.

But hey… keep believing what you want to believe. I’ll just use data and draw conclusions from the data

Because they had such great chances of landing Collin Newell and Allen Lazard that they offered.

Also, you can believe Ferentz on what you want. There have been multiple times where his words don't match his actions. He said he didn't like when schools recruited kids who are already committed and then he goes out and does the same thing.

 

[Cyhig]

Because they had such great chances of landing Collin Newell and Allen Lazard that they offered.

Also, you can believe Ferentz on what you want. There have been multiple times where his words don't match his actions. He said he didn't like when schools recruited kids who are already committed and then he goes out and does the same thing.

I can believe what I want to with what Ferentz actually said?? He was discussing why Iowa had low offer totals while a school like Iowa State offered a lot of kids.

Let me know when you actually information or data that is validated to support any claim you have.