Senior tight end for Iowa. 2025: 8 catches, 52 receiving yards.
6′4″ · 250 lb · Hudsonville, MI
How he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Rec TDs: 7th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
receiving yards · 2025
8 catches · 6.5 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 23 yds, vs Oregon
His career numbers, season by seasonBuzz vs Tape
His own fans read him warmer than the wider college football conversation does — a gap of 20.3 points in belief.
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Hayden Large
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. This is his third year in the same receiving corps at Iowa. One game to point at: 23 rec yds, 2 receptions against Oregon — Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 27-13 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 10.8 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 15.5 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-7vs UAlbany | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-16@ Iowa State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-7vs Massachusetts | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-0@ Wisconsin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-24vs Penn State | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | L 16-18vs Oregon | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 17 | Season-high 23 yds |
| Total | 8 | 52 | 6.2 | 0 | 17 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Iowa
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Iowa
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Iowa · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #44 · 2026 recruiting class #26
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jake Roberts’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Boden Groen's junior season at Rice (2024).
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