With tight end Luke Lachey expected to be selected in the 2025 NFL Draft, Iowa is now left with wide receivers Jacob Gill and Reece Vander Zee as the primary pass catchers in 2025. The duo finished with a combined 49 catches and 587 yards in 2024, which makes the acquisition of Phillips more promising for the Hawkeyes' offense.

The Iowa Hawkeyes may not be done adding via the NCAA transfer portal just quite yet. On the heels of a program-changing move landing Mark Gronowski, one of the top transfer portal quarterbacks coming from South Dakota State where he won two national championships,

Iowa football is trying to make a splash at quarterback with its pursuit of South Dakota State transfer Mark Gronowski.

Iowa Hawkeyes football has landed another quarterback out of the transfer portal in South Dakota State's Mark Gronowski.

Iowa football has one of the most prized quarterbacks in the transfer portal. Mark Gronowski is going to the Big Ten from South Dakota State.