Trevor Lauck

Scouting Report

Trevor Lauck is a technically polished left tackle who protected the blind side like a veteran in his very first season as a starter. After appearing in just three games across his first two years while developing as a multi-year project on Kirk Ferentz's line, the Indianapolis native took over Iowa's left tackle job in 2025 and never gave the staff a reason to look elsewhere. He started all thirteen games and went the entire season without allowing a sack, surrendering only six pressures across more than 300 pass-blocking snaps while drawing just three penalties. That production anchored an Iowa front that won the Joe Moore Award as the nation's best offensive line, and Lauck earned third-team All-Big Ten recognition. The proof reps are the back-to-back clean sheets against Oregon and USC, where his punch timing and balanced sets neutralized athletic edge fronts. He wins with advanced hand placement, mirroring counters with repeatable footwork instead of chasing edges, and he plays with the leverage and core strength to anchor power despite modest bulk. His recognition of stunts and games is a product of Iowa's detail-driven program, and coaches praise his old-soul demeanor. The projection questions are physical rather than mental. His foot speed is ordinary for the position, and the widest NFL speed rushers will test his ability to protect the corner without overcommitting. The run game is the lesser half of his profile right now, as Wisconsin turned too many of his reps into stalemates and he finishes by positioning rather than burying defenders. If his length measures short in the spring, some teams will write him up as a guard, where his hands and leverage would translate immediately. What separates him from the typical Iowa technician is how early he arrived, protecting like a senior as a young starter. Another offseason of mass and strength work gives him a chance to be a long-term answer at left tackle with a high-floor fallback inside, and he belongs among

NFL Comparison

Cody Whitehair (Iowa technician with the same hand-and-leverage profile and tackle-to-guard positional flex); Rasheed Walker (high-floor blindside protector who wins with punch timing and balance rather than elite length or foot speed); Kirk Ferentz-lineage Iowa lineman (reasoning: detail-driven program producing safe, technically sound pass protectors)

College Stats

Started all 13 games at left tackle in 2025; appeared in 3 games across first two seasons; 17 career games played entering 2026; 350+ pass-blocking snaps in 2025, 350 career pass-blocking snaps and 419 run-blocking snaps (769 total); 0 sacks allowed; 6 pressures allowed (2% pressure rate); 3 penalties on 769 snaps

College Market Value

Our model prices him at $1.92M on the open college market, built from production, pedigree, role and Iowa's program money. No credible deal has been reported for him this season.

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Awards & Honors

Joe Moore Award (Iowa offensive line, 2025); Third-team All-Big Ten (2025); U.S. Army All-American (HS); First-team all-state, all-conference and all-county (HS)