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Spencer Petras
Pos: QB
Hometown: Kentfield, CA
Ht: 6’5”
Wt: 225
Stars: 4
Other Offers: Cal, Louisville, Nebraska, Oregon State, Syracuse, Others
Commitment Post: Hawkeyes Land Spencer Petras
Spencer Petras is looking like quite the coup for the Iowa coaching staff. The former Oregon State commit flipped his commitment to Iowa only a week before signing day and shortly after being bumped to a 4-star by Rivals. Today, he is officially a Hawkeye.
From the Bay to the City, welcome Spencer Petras to the #Hawkeyes | #Swarm18 pic.twitter.com/c03N80K0oX
— Hawkeye Football (@HawkeyeFootball) December 20, 2017
The bump in rating came with good reason. Petras has a very good frame for a QB, standing 6’5” and 225 pounds, and has a big arm to go with it. He prepped at Marin Catholic, the same high school as former #1 draft pick and current LA Ram Jared Goff and as I pointed out in his commitment post, he stacks up quite well to Goff as a senior in high school.
On film, Petras shows both a big time arm and good accuracy on his deep passes. He also shows a really good ability to read a defense and step up in the pocket to avoid pressure.
He finished his senior season with 4,157 yards and 50 TDs with only a pair of interceptions. Obviously, those numbers are pretty incredible and unlikely to be replicable at the next level, but he appears to have all the tools the Iowa staff is looking for in a QB.
It’s a big time get at a position of need. Iowa likes to take one QB in every class to balance things out. This year is no exception. After missing out on some guys early in the cycle, evaluations were put on hold to an extent during the season. Grabbing such a high quality prospect like Petras before the early signing period was a huge win for the staff at a position of need.
Petras is the only commitment from the state of California in this class and the first for the Hawkeyes in more than a decade. While they’ve had some recruits who attended JUCO in California (Dillon Kidd in 2014, for example), Iowa hasn’t landed a QB from the state since Nathan Chandler came in from Pasadena Community College back in 2002.
Here’s a look at the full list of commitments in the class of 2018.
Iowa Football Class of 2018 Commitments
| Name | Pos | Hometown | Ht | Wt | Stars | Commitment Date | Signing Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | Hometown | Ht | Wt | Stars | Commitment Date | Signing Period |
| Jeff Jenkins | OL | Crystal Lake, IL | 6'4" | 272 | 3 | 1/22/2017 | Early |
| Dillon Doyle | LB | Iowa City, IA | 6'3" | 215 | 3 | 3/20/2017 | Early |
| Henry Geil | RB | Green Bay, WI | 6'0" | 211 | 3 | 4/23/2017 | Early |
| Tyrone Tracy Jr. | ATH | Indianapolis, IN | 6'0" | 187 | 3 | 4/29/2017 | Early |
| Tyler Linderbaum | DT | Solon, IA | 6'2" | 255 | 3 | 5/1/2017 | Early |
| Samson Evans | ATH | Crystal Lake, IL | 6'1" | 190 | 2 | 5/21/2017 | Early |
| Terry Roberts | DB | Erie, PA | 5'10" | 169 | 3 | 6/5/2017 | Early |
| Cody Ince | OL | Balsam Lake, WI | 6'5" | 260 | 3 | 6/19/2017 | Early |
| Jack Plumb | TE | Green Bay, WI | 6'8" | 245 | 3 | 6/26/2017 | Early |
| Noah Shannon | DT | Oswego, IL | 6'2" | 285 | 3 | 7/4/2017 | Early |
| DJ Johnson | DB | Indianapolis, IN | 6'0" | 170 | 3 | 8/22/2017 | Late* |
| Julius Brents | DB | Indianapolis, IN | 6'2" | 180 | 4 | 9/1/2017 | Late* |
| John Waggoner | DE | West Des Moines, IA | 6'5" | 245 | 4 | 12/5/2017 | Early |
| Calvin Lockett | WR | Largo, FL | 6'2" | 170 | 3 | 12/13/2017 | Early |
| Spencer Petras | QB | Kentfield, CA | 6'5" | 225 | 4 | 12/15/2017 | Early |
| Dallas Craddieth | DB | Florrisant, MO | 6'1" | 180 | 4 | 12/20/2017 | Early |
| Seth Benson | LB | Sioux Falls, SD | 6'1" | 210 | 2 | 12/21/2017 | Early |
| Nico Ragaini | WR | West Haven, CT | 6'0" | 190 | 3 | 1/8/2017 | NA |
| Logan Klemp | LB | Jewell, IA | 6'3" | 210 | 2 | 2/2/2018 | Late |
| Kaevon Merriweather | S | Belleville, MI | 6'2" | 195 | 2 | 2/2/2018 | Late |
| Jayden McDonald | LB | Suwanee, GA | 6'1" | 210 | 3 | 2/5/2018 | Late |
As a reminder, everything you need to know about the early signing period and Iowa’s class of 2018 can be found on our EARLY SIGNING PERIOD HEADQUARTERS.