2016 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 2016, Iowa State has 122 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 122 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB | High | High | Low | Strength | 19 players, 0% blue chips |
| DL | High | High | Low | Stable | 22 players, 0% blue chips |
| OL | High | High | Low | Stable | 21 players, 5% blue chips |
| WR | Medium | High | Low | Stable | 12 players, 8% blue chips |
| LB | Medium | High | Low | Stable | 14 players, 0% blue chips |
| RB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 11 players, 0% blue chips |
| TE | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 9 players, 0% blue chips |
| ST | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 7 players, 0% blue chips |
| QB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 5 players, 0% blue chips |
| Other | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 2 players, 0% blue chips |
Showing 1-25 of 122 players
| 20 | Aaron Austin | UR | LB | Sr | 5'11" | 205 lbs | Walnut, CA, USA |
| 5 | Allen Lazard | 4★ | WR | Sr | 6'5" | 222 lbs | Urbandale, IA, USA |
| 27 | Amechie Walker | UR | DB | Sr | 5'10" | 178 lbs | Harrisburg, PA, USA |
| 53 | Anthony Lazard | UR | LB | Sr | 6'1" | — | Urbandale, IA, USA |
| 44 | Ashton Clemons | UR | TE | Sr | 6'2" | 225 lbs | Boone, IA, USA |
| 36 | Bobby Leath | 3★ | DL | Sr | 6'3" | 300 lbs | Lake Wales, FL, USA |
| 44 | Bobby McMillen III | 3★ | LB | Sr | 6'2" | 225 lbs | Naperville, IL, USA |
| 15 | Brandon Harris | 3★ | WR | Sr | 6'0" | — | Cedar Hill, TX, USA |
| 33 | Braxton Lewis | UR | DB | Sr | 5'11" | 190 lbs | Overland Park, KS, USA |
| 75 | Breion Creer | UR | DL | Sr | 6'3" | — | Bloomington, MN, USA |
| 61 | Brian Bobek | UR | OL | Sr | 6'2" | — | Inverness, IL, USA |
| 26 | Brian Bonacci | UR | RB | Sr | 5'11" | — | Southlake, TX, USA |
| 25 | Brian Mills | 2★ | LB | Sr | 5'10" | — | Clermont, FL, USA |
| 10 | Brian Peavy | 3★ | DB | Sr | 5'9" | 194 lbs | Houston, TX, USA |
| 68 | Brian Seda | UR | OL | Sr | 6'6" | 295 lbs | Traer, IA, USA |
| 50 | Bryan Larson | UR | OL | Sr | 6'4" | 300 lbs | Humboldt, IA, USA |
| 74 | Bryce Meeker | 3★ | OL | Sr | 6'6" | 305 lbs | Cedar Rapids, IA, USA |
| 80 | Carson Epps | 3★ | WR | Sr | 6'1" | 205 lbs | Jenks, OK, USA |
| 45 | Carson Lensing | 2★ | DE | So | 6'4" | 267 lbs | Fort Atkinson, IA, USA |
| 41 | Chris Francis | UR | PK | Sr | 6'0" | 182 lbs | Dubuque, IA, USA |
| 12 | Clifford Fernandez | UR | TE | Sr | 6'3" | — | Sandy Hook, MS, USA |
| 23 | Clifford Kwaw-Mensah | UR | RB | Sr | 5'7" | 185 lbs | Ames, IA, USA |
| 78 | Colby Lafrenz | UR | OL | Sr | 6'5" | 295 lbs | Maysville, IA, USA |
| 85 | Colby Shane | UR | WR | Sr | 6'2" | 189 lbs | Ames, IA, USA |
| 86 | Cole Anderson | 3★ | TE | Sr | 6'4" | 250 lbs | League City, TX, USA |
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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 48% 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.
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Season
2016