The Iowa football coaching staff has landed a late addition to its 2008 recruiting class. According to Web site Rivals.com, New Jersey wide receiver Matt Marshall has verbally committed to the Hawkeyes.

Marshall, a 6-foot-2, 203-pounder is expected to sign a binding letter of intent Thursday. He chose Iowa after visiting North Carolina and Arkansas. A state sprint champion, he also had Division I interest from track and field programs. Marshall is one of two receivers in Iowa’s incoming class, the other being Shane Prater of Omaha, Neb. Marshall plans to move to Iowa City at the beginning of the summer to begin working out with the team.

“I’m going to go in there with the mentality that I want to play as soon as possible,” Marshall told Rivals. “I think I’m a strong, fast receiver, and I’m going to work as hard as it takes.”

Marshall is a native of Camden, N.J., where Iowa assistant Darrell Wilson once coached high school ball in the early 1990s.    

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