A redshirt freshman who played five games for one of the top teams in the Big 10 announced Saturday he'll be joining Iowa State starting in 2025.
Indiana transfer Austin Barrett, the younger brother of likely Cyclone starting offensive lineman Dylan Barrett, gave the coaching staff the news during an official visit to Ames.
As a redshirt freshman, Barrett found the field for 49 plays across five games for an Indiana squad that won 11 games. The 6-foot-6, 305-pound offensive lineman posted a 69.2 PFF offensive grade that included a 77.9 pass block mark and 65.9 run block mark.
Coming out of St. Charles (Ill.) East High School in the 2023 class, Barrett was a three-star prospect with a 5.6 Rivals Rating and the #27 overall recruit in the state.
The 6-foot-6, 308-pound offensive lineman's addition came at a key juncture for the Cyclones, who had lost Brent and Wade Helton, a pair of redshirt freshmen, to the transfer portal earlier in the week.
