The Iowa football program has tapped into the state of New Jersey for several recruits. Mostly running backs (a few of which made our top five running backs list) but the Hawkeyes found in a gem in defensive lineman Mike Daniels as part of the 2007 recruiting class. Daniels only had two scholarships offers, Iowa and Temple.
He redshirted his freshman season at Iowa starting being worked into the rotation during his redshirt sophomore season, playing in 13 games while recording 10.0 total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks.
He flourished in his junior and senior years when he got the chance to be a regular on the defensive line.