2008 roster analytics, depth, and season stat leaders in one workspace.
Jack Trice Stadium • Ames • IA
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Roster context
The roster tab connects player-level listings with the context that explains how the team is built: class year, position group, acquisition path, recruiting profile, and current season production.
For 2008, Iowa State has 32 rostered players in the current viewable dataset. The talent model has enough rated-player coverage to compare blue-chip ratio, RTI rank, and portal dependence.
Roster Workspace
of 32 players
Analytics Summary
Quick-glance talent, experience, and portal context for the current roster.
Position health
A quick diagnostic that combines talent score, class experience, and transfer reliance into an opinionated roster read.
| Group | Talent | Experience | Portal risk | Verdict | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | High | High | Low | Stable | 9 players, 11% blue chips |
| DB | Medium | High | Low | Strength | 6 players, 0% blue chips |
| WR | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 5 players, 20% blue chips |
| DL | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 3 players, 0% blue chips |
| LB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 2 players, 0% blue chips |
| TE | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 2 players, 0% blue chips |
| QB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 1 players, 0% blue chips |
| RB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 1 players, 0% blue chips |
| ST | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 2 players, 0% blue chips |
| OL | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 1 players, 0% blue chips |
Showing 1-25 of 32 players
| 33 | Alexander Robinson | 3★ | RB | Sr | 5'9" | — | Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| 12 | Allen Bell | UR | DB | Sr | 6'0" | 192 lbs | Tallahassee, FL, USA |
| 4 | Austen Arnaud | 3★ | QB | Sr | 6'3" | — | Ames, IA, USA |
| 96 | Austin Alburtis | 3★ | DL | Sr | 6'1" | 266 lbs | Dallas, TX, USA |
| 71 | Carter Bykowski | 2★ | OL | Sr | 6'8" | — | Eden Prairie, MN, USA |
| 88 | Collin Franklin | UR | TE | Sr | 6'5" | — | Simi Valley, CA, USA |
| 6 | Darius Darks | UR | WR | Sr | 6'1" | — | Austin, TX, USA |
| 24 | Derec Schmidgall | UR | LB | Sr | 6'1" | — | Lincoln, NE, USA |
| 84 | Derrick Catlett | 3★ | TE | Sr | 6'4" | — | Fort Collins, CO, USA |
| 9 | Devin McDowell | 3★ | DB | Sr | 5'9" | 181 lbs | Garland, TX, USA |
| — | Euseph Messiah | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 43 | Fred Garrin | 3★ | LB | Sr | 6'1" | — | Shepherd, TX, USA |
| 21 | Grant Mahoney | 2★ | PK | Sr | 6'0" | — | Marion, IA, USA |
| 15 | Houston Jones | UR | WR | Sr | 6'0" | 194 lbs | Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
| 2 | James Smith | UR | DB | Sr | 5'8" | — | Council Bluffs, IA, USA |
| — | Jamicah Bass | 4★ | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| — | Jason Harris | 2★ | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| — | Jason Scales | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 17 | Joel Zitek | UR | WR | Sr | 6'1" | — | Ulysses, NE, USA |
| — | Kurtis Taylor | 2★ | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 23 | Leonard Johnson | 3★ | DB | Sr | 5'10" | — | Clearwater, FL, USA |
| 82 | Marquis Hamilton | 3★ | WR | Sr | 6'3" | — | Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
| — | Michael Bibbs | 3★ | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 37 | Michael O'Connell | UR | DB | Sr | 5'11" | — | Iowa City, IA, USA |
| 13 | Mike Brandtner | UR | P | Sr | 6'0" | — | Bettendorf, IA, USA |
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Up to eight category leaders from the current team season.
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Signature roster score built from recruiting stars across the full roster.
RTI assigns 100 points to 5-stars, 80 to 4-stars, 60 to 3-stars, 40 to 2-stars, and 20 to unrated players. FBS rank appears only when matched recruiting coverage is at least 35%.
Ranked against FBS teams with qualified recruiting coverage.
Coverage 59% of the roster with recruit matches.
See where the current roster stacks its most recruiting capital.
Clean FBS landscape view with the current roster highlighted and focused team context alongside it.
Current roster mix between portal additions and everyone else on the roster.
0% of the current roster.
100% of the roster remains non-transfer.
Weighted from class year to estimate how seasoned the roster is.
Veteran-heavy
Freshmen count as 1 point, sophomores 2, juniors 3, seniors 4.
Iowa State roster quick answers
Season
2008