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Jersey Number 55
Kyle Rakers
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 297
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Norwalk, Iowa
- High School:
- Dowling Catholic
CAREER HONORS
• 2025 Academic All-Big 12
2025: Played against Kansas and Texas Tech as a reserve offensive lineman, seeing time on eight offensive snaps... An Academic All-Big 12 performer.
2024: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Dowling Catholic under head coach Tom Wilson... Rated the 71st-best offensive guard nationally in the Class of 2024 by ESPN... Viewed as the 10th-best overall prospect in the state of Iowa by both 247Sports and ESPN... A three-year starter for the Maroons, helping Dowling Catholic to a combined 19-4 record over his final two seasons... Named to the Des Moines Register All-Iowa Elite Team among all classes as both a junior and a senior in addition to first team all-state honors both seasons... Also earned first team all-state honors as both a junior and senior from the Iowa Football Coaches Association/Iowa Print Sports Writers Association... Helped Dowling Catholic rush for 1,988 yards, pass for 1,402 yards and total 42 touchdowns during his senior campaign.
PERSONAL: Kyle Rakers (pronounced Rockers) was born October 7, 2005, in Cary, North Carolina... Son of Brian and Mary Rakers... Has one sibling, Kate... Majoring in architectural engineering.
• 2025 Academic All-Big 12
2025: Played against Kansas and Texas Tech as a reserve offensive lineman, seeing time on eight offensive snaps... An Academic All-Big 12 performer.
2024: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Dowling Catholic under head coach Tom Wilson... Rated the 71st-best offensive guard nationally in the Class of 2024 by ESPN... Viewed as the 10th-best overall prospect in the state of Iowa by both 247Sports and ESPN... A three-year starter for the Maroons, helping Dowling Catholic to a combined 19-4 record over his final two seasons... Named to the Des Moines Register All-Iowa Elite Team among all classes as both a junior and a senior in addition to first team all-state honors both seasons... Also earned first team all-state honors as both a junior and senior from the Iowa Football Coaches Association/Iowa Print Sports Writers Association... Helped Dowling Catholic rush for 1,988 yards, pass for 1,402 yards and total 42 touchdowns during his senior campaign.
PERSONAL: Kyle Rakers (pronounced Rockers) was born October 7, 2005, in Cary, North Carolina... Son of Brian and Mary Rakers... Has one sibling, Kate... Majoring in architectural engineering.
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