Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Iowa
Reece Vander Zee
WR • 6'4" • 215 lbs • Rock Rapids, IA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Reece Vander Zee reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
67
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
54
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Reece Vander Zee built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Rock Rapids, IA wearing No. 15, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Reece Vander Zee's career was his receiving role:...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Reece Vander Zee, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Iowa. Reece Vander Zee reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 395
- Receptions
- 29
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Reece Vander Zee quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 395
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Iowa
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Central Lyon · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Central Lyon · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Sophomore
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 219 receiving yards · WR 444th (top 41%) · Big Ten 81st (top 29%) · National 584th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 6 | 14 | 176 | 3 | 66.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Iowa | 8 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 73.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa | 8 | 11 | 186 | 2 | 73.2 |
Related Context
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Reece Vander Zee played WR for Iowa. Across 2 tracked seasons, Reece Vander Zee recorded 5 passing yards, 395 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Iowa paired 219 primary output with 76.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 76.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Iowa
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
27.4
Efficiency
76.6
Usage
14.5
Consistency
68
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 33. Wisconsin: 29. Penn State: 10. Minnesota: 29. Oregon: 15. USC: 4. Michigan State: 46. Nebraska: 53
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Vanderbilt: 4 by 55. Wisconsin: 3 by 64.4. Penn State: 1 by 66.7. Minnesota: 1 by 100. Oregon: 1 by 100. USC: 1 by 26.7. Michigan State: 2 by 100. Nebraska: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins33.3 · Games = 6 · +23.8 vs Losses
Losses9.5 · Games = 2 · -23.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
100 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | @ Vanderbilt | W 34-27 | — | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 8.30 | 1 | 13 |
| Fri 11/28 | @ Nebraska | W 40-16 | — | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 26.50 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Michigan State | W 20-17 | — | 2 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ USC | L 21-26 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Oregon | L 16-18 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Minnesota | W 41-3 | — | 1 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 29 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Penn State | W 25-24 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Wisconsin | W 37-0 | — | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 0 | 13 |
Player Story
Reece Vander Zee story
Reece Vander Zee built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Rock Rapids, IA wearing No. 15, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Reece Vander Zee's career was his receiving role: 29 catches, 395 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 passing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Reece Vander Zee's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Iowa
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 176 | 76.5 | 16.7 | — |
| 2025 Postseason | Iowa | 219 | 76.6 | 14.5 | 43 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa | 219 | 76.6 | 14.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 46 Nebraska
Week 14 · W 40-16 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
53
Receiving Yards
91.3 takeover
53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Illinois State
Week 1 · W 40-0
66
Receiving Yards
89.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
66 receiving yards with a 88 efficiency score.
#3
@ Michigan State
Week 8 · L 20-32 · Conference game
47
Receiving Yards
87.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
47 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 82 Michigan State
Week 13 · W 20-17 · Conference game
46
Receiving Yards
80.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ No. 11 Vanderbilt
Week 1 · W 34-27 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
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Receiving Yards
66.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
33 receiving yards with a 55 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Iowa
219 primary output · 76.6 efficiency · 14.5 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Iowa
73.2
219 primary · 76.6 efficiency · 14.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Iowa
66.3
176 primary · 76.5 efficiency · 16.7 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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