{"id":624552,"date":"2025-12-24T09:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/624552\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T09:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:20:11","slug":"penn-state-flips-iowa-state-legacy-prospect-mason-bandhauer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/624552\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State flips Iowa State legacy prospect Mason Bandhauer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penn State has added another former Iowa State signee to its Class of 2026, flipping offensive lineman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/mason-bandhauer-238629\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mason Bandhauer<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/penn-state-nittany-lions\/news\/penn-state-adds-former-iowa-state-signee-and-three-star-offensive-tackle-pete-eglitis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The news comes just minutes after Ohio native Pete Eglitis announced his commitment to the Nittany Lions<\/a>, giving PSU two offensive line prospects in the class.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Fort Collins, Colo., Bandhauer was the first player to commit to head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/coach\/matt-campbell-132266\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Matt Campbell<\/a> and offensive line coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/coach\/ryan-clanton-103020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ryan Clanton<\/a> in Iowa State\u2019s class, pledging his commitment way back in Oct. 2024. Boston College, Kansas State, Kansas, Mississippi State, Nebraska and Oklahoma State were the other Power Four schools to offer him at the time of his commitment.<\/p>\n<p>His decision to flip to Penn State is all the more notable when you consider that Bandhauer\u2019s father, Todd, was a two-year starter at quarterback for Iowa State in the mid-90s. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/penn-state-nittany-lions\/news\/new-potential-penn-state-portal-targets-to-know-include-former-cyclones-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Link: New potential Penn State portal targets to know, including former Cyclones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been a great leader of this recruiting class, and it\u2019s been awesome to watch him,\u201d said Campbell when asked about Bandhauer during Iowa State\u2019s signing day press conference. \u201cAnd he\u2019ll be a great leader on this football team someday. He\u2019s got that kind of ability and potential for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his senior season, Bandhauer earned first-team All-CHSAA 5A honors. Listed at 6-foot-6, 295 pounds, Bandhauer is expected to be a tackle at the next level, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/cyclone-report\/news\/after-getting-iowa-states-2026-class-underway-legacy-recruit-mason-bandhauer-ready-to-sign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">but he told CycloneReport\u2019s Bill Seals<\/a> that he could play wherever he\u2019s needed at the next level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told me just be ready to play any position when I walk in,\u201d he said. \u201cI know how to snap, and I\u2019ve been doing that a lot this offseason, so if they need me to snap, I can snap. If they need me to play guard, I can play guard. So, wherever they want me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bandhauer holds a three-star rating at all three major recruiting sites. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/mason-bandhauer-238629\/industry-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rivals\u2019 Industry Rankings<\/a>, which combine Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN for a cumulative grade, have him ranked No. 794 nationally, 59th overall at offensive tackle and No. 11 in Colorado for the 2026 class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penn State has added another former Iowa State signee to its Class of 2026, flipping offensive lineman Mason&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,92172],"class_list":{"0":"post-624552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-mason-bandhauer-26-fort-collins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115773808746556727","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}