Class of 2026 phenom Dreshaun Ross adds Iowa football offer
Fresh off a state title in wrestling, Class of 2026 phenom Dreshaun Ross now has a scholarship offer to play football at the University of Iowa. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Fort Dodge native, who played outside linebacker as a freshman, announced the opportunity on social media Monday after receiving the news this past weekend.
“I was surprised to receive the offer because it was right after I won a state wrestling title, so football and an offer was one of the last things on my mind,” Ross told HawkeyeReport.com. “My high school football coach let me know to call LeVar Woods as soon as I got back to the hotel and then we had a conversation and he let me know.”
For Ross, who cruised to a state championship at 195 pounds as a freshman in Class 3A, it was a weekend full of emotion as he celebrated his own accomplishments, but also saw his brother, Damarion Ross, come up just short of his ultimate goal with a hard fought runner-up finish at 160 pounds.
“My emotions changed a lot in that 24 hours,” said Ross. “I was extremely happy to win a state title, but seeing my brother come up short of it kind of hurt a piece of me and then receiving the offer was extremely exciting.”
For Ross, this past weekend’s state title is just the latest in a long list of wrestling achievements. He already has six AAU state championships to his name and this past summer he won the 16U men’s freestyle national championship when he was still only 14 years old. Now 15, Ross is the first Class of 2026 in-state prospect the Hawkeyes have offered in football and just the second in the country, joining Texas EDGE Dycin Davis, who received an offer last Thursday.
Whether it is on the football field or the wrestling mat – or maybe both like future Hawkeye Ben Kueter plans to do – it is safe to say the future is bright for Dreshaun Ross, but it is also still very early in the whole recruiting process for the Fort Dodge freshman.
“I haven’t thought about college enough to know what I’m going to do yet,” Ross said.
