I believe the St. Louis area can be a great recruiting area for skilled athletes ( Hayden Fry would call them "speed merchants") that Iowa can never land from the states like Texas or Florida. Williams will be the surname to know in St. Louis next year (see link below4 of top 15 MO HS prospects last name are Williams). Iowa needs to work this Dallas Craddieth thread into a pipeline as Mizzou did a stupid thing moving to SEC. With Nebraska, Mizzou and Arkansas down in college program standings, Iowa, Oklahoma and the SEC are coming into St. Louis area harder.
I hope can land 2019 MO HS prospects WR Marcus Washington, S Jalani Williams, and ATHs Isaiah Azubuike and Isaiah Williams. Washington and Isaiah Williams are national level recruits. Iowa needs some payback on Mizzou for the Hoch brothers, even if they were only average in college. I am also curious if Iowa will be watching the progress of Iowa Western JUCO prospect Chester Graves who did not go to Ole Miss (grades). Chester was a great athlete (6'4" 240) who considered a DE but played MLB his senior year in HS and was one of best defensive stars in the Midwest. Iowa Western has been good for Iowa's recruiting.
https://n.rivals.com/state_rankings/2019/missouri
Levar Woods is making a good name for himself amongst recruits in this area and Iowa could be very competitive this year .
https://iowa.rivals.com/news/new-2019-offer-isaiah-williams
https://iowa.rivals.com/news/azubuike-adds-hawkeye-offer