After absolutely obliterating Bellarmine 40-0 last week to begin the 2025-2026 wrestling season, Iowa Men's Wrestling Head Coach Tom Brands and his staff earned multiple big wins on the recruiting trail.
No. 3 Iowa is looking to get back on track this season after a subpar 2024-2025 season by Iowa standards.
The Hawkeyes finished third at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships behind Penn State and Nebraska, and crowned only one national champion last season.
The Hawkeyes have won only one Big Ten and National Championship since 2021, as Penn State continues its dominating run in college wrestling.
Tom Brands and his staff said to hell with that and started cooking on the recruiting trail over the weekend, signing two top prospects in the 2027 recruiting class.
🚨 Breaking 🚨
— Ross Bartachek (@rossbchek) November 10, 2025
Joe Bachmann (#3) and Paul Kenny (#7) have both just committed to the Hawkeyes. Two huge pieces of the future for Iowa locked down.
Bachmann visited Cornell, Ohio State, Missouri, Iowa State, and Rutgers. And Kenny took visits to VT, Nebraska, And Rutgers. pic.twitter.com/yVb3y2YZk9
Joe Bachman (138 pounds) and Paul Kenny (126 pounds) both committed to the Hawkeyes on Sunday night in a massive recruiting win for the Hawkeyes.
Bachmann is ranked as the No. 3 overall wrestler in the 2027 recruiting class by MatScouts and No. 5 overall by FloWrestling.
According to FloWrestling, Bachmann is a two-time Pennsylvania state champion, a two-time Under-17 World medalist, a Super 32 champion, and an Ironman champion.
Kenny is ranked as the No. 7 overall wrestler by MatScouts and No. 2 overall by FloWrestling. Kenny is the current Under-17 World Champion and is a two-time New Jersey state champion.
Bachmann and Kenny join top prospects Sonny Amato and Dawson Youngblut in the 2027 recruiting class, giving the Hawkeyes one of the best 2027 classes in the nation.