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PFF Grades: Tennessee vs. Iowa | Rocky Top Insider
QB Nico Iamaleava — 82.9 (68 plays)
RG Jackson Lampley — 69.6 (68 plays)
RB Dylan Sampson — 68.7 (49 plays)
TE McCallan Castles — 67.6 (37 plays)
WR Kaleb Webb — 67.5 (25 plays)
LT Gerald Mincey — 64.1 (68 plays)
LG Ollie Lane — 63.8 (68 plays)
RB Cameron Seldon — 63.2 (19 plays)
C Cooper Mays — 62.6 (68 plays)
WR Squirrel White — 62.2 (64 plays)
WR Ramel Keyton — 61.3 (64 plays)
RT Dayne Davis — 61.3 (63 plays)
WR Chas Nimrod — 55.3 (39 plays)
TE Jacob Warren — 52.6 (35 plays)
It was of little surprise that Nico Iamaleava graded out as Tennessee’s best offensive player. He was better than his modest stat line. The Vols’ offense ran into a number of the same problems they had with Joe Milton III— that pass protection and struggled and Tennessee’s receivers were far from special. As we look ahead to the offseason, Tennessee must improve in those two areas.
One of the big stories of the game was how Tennessee ran the ball with its top two rushers opting out. Dylan Sampson and Cameron Seldon were both very solid while stepping into bigger roles. Sampson was bad in pass protection and in the receiving game but was fantastic on the ground. Seldon showed how effective he can be as a short yardage back too.
Credit to Jackson Lampley. He’s started very little in his college career and he turned in a strong performance filling in for the injured Javontez Spraggins at right guard.
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Defensive Grades (minimum of 15 plays — 25% of defensive plays)
LEO James Pearce Jr. — 95.4 (37 plays)
S Andre Turrentine — 88.0 (57 plays)
S Jaylen McCollough — 79.0 (57 plays)
DT Omari Thomas — 77.0 (29 plays)
LB Aaron Beasley — 75.5 (41 plays)
DT Elijah Simmons — 75.3 (17 plays)
DE Tyre West — 73.7 (22 plays)
CB Gabe Jeudy-Lally — 72.8 (52 plays)
DE Dominic Bailey — 72.1 (30 plays)
DT Bryson Eason — 72.0 (23 plays)
LB Elijah Herring — 71.9 (37 plays)
CB Christian Harrison — 67.8 (15 plays)
CB Rickey Gibson III — 64.5 (51 plays)
DE Josh Josephs — 62.2 (14 plays)
STAR Jourdan Thomas — 61.7 (45 plays)
LB Jeremiah Telander — 60.8 (25 plays)
DT Kurott Garland — 60.7 (19 plays)
LEO Roman Harrison — 58.6 (14 plays)
LB Kalib Perry — 57.9 (24 plays)
DT Daevin Hobbs — 44.9 (18 plays)
James Pearce Jr. was absolutely brilliant. The Citrus Bowl capped off my third season doing PFF grades after every game. I believe Pearce’s grade is the best I’ve seen in that time frame.
Tennessee’s safeties have been much maligned this season but Turrentine and McCollough both earned strong grades in the season finale. It wasn’t a shock for McCollough who had a really strong season but was a surprise from Turrentine who graded out very poorly in the two games he played major snaps before this one.
We pondered about the secondary rotation before the game and there really wasn’t much of one after the starters that we predicted. Sophomore Christian Harrison was the third corner over freshmen Jordan Matthews and Cristian Conyer. But it was almost exclusively Jourdan Thomas at STAR and McCollough and Turrentine at safety.
An Iowa women’s basketball transfer portal visitor committed to one of the Hawkeyes’ conference foes instead. Former Iowa State guard Kenzie Hare took a visit to Iowa during her transfer portal recruitment, but the 5-foot-9 guard committed to Indiana on Sunday night.
Hare had several visits throughout her transfer portal recruiting process, including trips to Michigan and Illinois State, but the Des Moines Register’s Chad Leistikow reported that Hare also visited Iowa.
On3’s Talia Goodman reported Hare’s commitment to the Hoosiers.
Hare has one year of eligibility remaining. This past season with the Cyclones, in 32 games played and 31 starts, Hare averaged 6.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game on 40.5% field goal shooting and 40% from 3-point range. A hip injury limited Hare to just 10 games during her first year with the Cyclones in the 2024-25 season.
The soon-to-be redshirt senior transferred to Iowa State before the 2024-25 campaign after spending two seasons at Marquette from 2022-24. Hare averaged a career-best 14 points per game on 45.5% field goal shooting and 42.5% 3-point shooting during the 2023-24 season with the Golden Eagles.
Had Iowa been able to lure the Naperville, Ill., native to Iowa City, Hare would have been another valuable addition to the Hawkeyes’ backcourt depth. But, Iowa has landed other backcourt reinforcements throughout this transfer portal cycle.
The Hawkeyes inked both Dani Carnegie and Amari Whiting.
Carnegie was a first-team All-SEC selection this past season at Georgia, averaging 17.8 points per game on 42.7% field goal shooting, 35.4% from 3-point range and 83.3% from the free-throw line. Whiting averaged 9.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game on 42.5% field goal shooting, 32.1% 3-point accuracy, and 71.6% free-throw shooting.
As Hare joins a promising core of players in Bloomington, the Hawkeyes will once again face the former Cyclone at least once this upcoming season as part of their Big Ten regular-season slate.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Senator Chuck Grassley said he’s recovering from a gallstone removal procedure.
His media team shared that he is working in Iowa “in good spirits and looks forward to returning to Washington soon.”
“I’m gr8ful [sic] for the excellent care from local health care providers,” he shared on X.
Over the weekend in Iowa I had a procedure to remove gallstones I’m gr8ful for the excellent care from local health care providers Be back to capitol ASAP
— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) April 20, 2026
Grassley, 92, is the oldest senator currently in office and the sixth-longest-serving senator in U.S. history.
The Senate is in session this week.
Copyright 2026 KCRG. All rights reserved.
Former Iowa State center Audi Crooks has committed to Oklahoma State via the NCAA Transfer Portal. She has one season of eligibility remaining.
Crooks made 99 appearances and 95 starts during her three seasons at Iowa State. She averaged 25.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game this past season, while shooting 64.9% from the field. Additionally, the 6-foot-3 star shot 1-11 from 3-point range.
Crooks played a leading role for the Cyclones from the moment she stepped on campus. She is a three-time All-Big 12 First-Team selection and two-time All-American. On April 2, Crooks announced her intention to enter the transfer portal.
“Cyclone Nation, thank you all for embracing me and showing up to Hilton every single game day. I’ve met so many of you out in the community, and I will cherish all of the genuine connections that I’ve built during my time at Iowa State,” Crooks wrote. “Words cannot fully express how grateful I feel to have called this place home.
“I want to thank my teammates for their friendship and all the great memories. … I still believe the grass is greener where you water it, and I’ve done that here.”
Now, Audi Crooks will aim to thrive in her new environment. Oklahoma finished the 2025-26 season with a 24-10 overall record.
The NCAA Transfer Portal officially opened on April 6 and closes on April 20. The new 15-day window was enacted following a recommendation by the women’s basketball oversight committee. Athletes don’t have to commit to a new school by the April 21 deadline.
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.
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