Aiden Flora

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Position:
Running Back
Height:
6-0
Weight:
190
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Adel, Iowa
High School:
ADM

Awards & Honors
All-Big 12 Second Team - Coaches (2025)
All-Big 12 Third Team - Phil Steele (2025)
Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Aug. 25, 2025, Nov. 10, 2025)
Academic All-Big 12 (2025)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F24, S25, F25)

2025
Played in 10 games, missing two due to injury ... one of the Big 12's best return men, earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors as a specialist ... averaged 26.1 yards with one touchdown on eight punt returns ... led the Big 12 in punt return average and had one of just three punt returns for a TD in the conference ... averaged 21.4 yards on eight kick returns ... had four carries as a running back for 58 yards and one touchdown ... averaged 14.5 yards per rush attempt ... made one of the biggest plays of the season against TCU, returning a punt 79 yards for what proved to be the winning score ... it was ISU's first punt return for a touchdown since 2017 (Trever Ryen) ... recovered a fumbled punt against Kansas State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland in the season opener ... had two punt returns against South Dakota for a total of 117 yards (66, 51) ... had two carries for 51 yards, including a 38-yard touchdown, against Kansas ... made two receptions for 25 yards at Colorado.

2024
Redshirted ... walk-on saw action in six games ... had 11 carries for 53 yards and one touchdown ... also had one reception for six yards ... had a season-high six carries for 27 yards and an eight-yard touchdown run against Arkansas State ... had three carries for 16 yards against Cincinnati ... had a 12-yard run and a six-yard reception against No. 15 Miami in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.

High School
Prepped at Adel-De Soto-Minburn High School … 2023 IPSWA and Des Moines Register All-State selection … versatile passing and rushing threat on offense … passed for 1,124 yards and 13 TDs and rushed for 1,932 yards and 27 TDs … on defense, registered 10.5 tackles and an interception … picked Iowa State over offers from Air Force and Army.

Personal
Brother, Andrew, wrestled at Iowa State from 2019-22 ... majoring in finance.