Senior wide receiver for Iowa. 2025: 8 catches, 91 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′5″ · 215 lb · Kansas City, MO · Park Hill
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
8 catches · 1 TD · 11.4 per catch
Best game: 1 rec, 2 yds, 1 TD, at USC
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Iowa. 2025: 8 catches, 91 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Dayton Howard
This is his second year in the same receiving corps at Iowa. One game to point at: 42 rec yds, 1 receptions against Rutgers — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Kirk Ferentz, all run-heavy, slow tempo offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 20.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025
W 34–27
at Vanderbilt
1 rec · 6 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
With M. Gronowski — 212 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.5 · 54 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · R. Dakin — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 47-7vs Massachusetts | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-28@ Rutgers | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 42 | Season-high 42 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 15-20vs Indiana | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-26@ USC | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 40-16@ Nebraska | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bowl | W 34-27@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 8 | 91 | 12.5 | 1 | 42 |
2026 Outlook
Iowa
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Iowa
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Iowa · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #44 · 2026 recruiting class #26
9 more on the roster · Iowa team page