Kaden Wetjen in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Cramerwiki, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Iowa, 2020–⁠25

Kaden Wetjen

Lettered 2023–⁠25 (school media guide)

Number
No. 21
Height
5′9″
Weight
196 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Williamsburg, IA
Born
Mar 9, 2002

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Kaden Wetjen played receiver at Iowa (2020–⁠25). He was a consensus All‑American in 2025. The Pittsburgh Steelers took Wetjen in round 4, No. 121 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
151
Receiving yards, 2025 (Iowa, 9–⁠4)
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in kickoff return yards, 2024
Drafted
No. 121
Round 4, 2026 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Honors

All-America: consensus 2025; FWAA 2024

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonTeamGamesReceivingRushingKick returnsPunt returns
GGSRecYdsAvgTDAttYdsAvgTDNo.YdsAvgTDNo.YdsAvgTD
2020Iowa Western7414436.02294.5037224.002641616.02
2021Iowa Western111830416.9156012.00712918.403145914.82
2022Iowa00
2023Iowa1404205.001433523.907639.00
2024Iowa13134615.304338.302672728.012632812.61
2025Iowa136201517.6115795.321647629.812156326.83
Career587456454302012661,73921111,8298

From the college statistics table in Wetjen’s Wikipedia article (Kaden Wetjen, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Iowa21WRFr.
2023Iowa21WRSo.
2024Iowa21WRJr.
2025Iowa21WRSr.5′9″196

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2023Iowa4-0.15––-0.6–
2024Iowa80.61––4.9–
2025Iowa420.086th (n=1040)0.463.45%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Iowa 13 games, 20 catches, 151 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30vs.UAlbanyW 34–⁠7121––1
Sep 6atIowa StateL 13–⁠161403551
Sep 13vs.MassachusettsW 47–⁠7–––1344
Sep 19atRutgersW 38–⁠28220021241
Sep 27vs.IndianaL 15–⁠204290––1
Oct 11atWisconsinW 37–⁠03401233
Oct 18vs.Penn StateW 25–⁠2422101261
Oct 25vs.MinnesotaW 41–⁠33490––4
Nov 8vs.OregonL 16–⁠18130121–
Nov 15atUSCL 21–⁠263190255–
Nov 22vs.Michigan StateW 20–⁠17–––1183
Nov 28atNebraskaW 40–⁠16–––271–
Dec 31 ✦vs.VanderbiltW 34–⁠27–––2492
2024 Iowa 13 games, 52 returns, 1,055 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.Illinois StateW 40–⁠0–––––5
Sep 7vs.Iowa StateL 19–⁠20–––2553
Sep 14vs.TroyW 38–⁠2113301322
Sep 21atMinnesotaW 31–⁠14–––1233
Oct 5atOhio StateL 7–⁠35–––1191
Oct 12vs.WashingtonW 40–⁠16–––4931
Oct 19atMichigan StateL 20–⁠32–––5145–
Oct 26vs.NorthwesternW 40–⁠14–––3654
Nov 2vs.WisconsinW 42–⁠10–––1231
Nov 8atUCLAL 17–⁠20–––1251
Nov 23atMarylandW 29–⁠13–––2403
Nov 29vs.NebraskaW 13–⁠10–––2561
Dec 30 ✦vs.MissouriL 24–⁠27213031511
2023 Iowa 11 games, 21 returns, 398 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2vs.Utah StateW 24–⁠14––––––
Sep 9atIowa StateW 20–⁠13–––115–
Sep 16vs.Western MichiganW 41–⁠10–––388–
Oct 14atWisconsinW 15–⁠6–––258–
Oct 21vs.MinnesotaL 10–⁠12–––125–
Nov 4vs.NorthwesternW 10–⁠7–––124–
Nov 11vs.RutgersW 22–⁠0––––––
Nov 18vs.IllinoisW 15–⁠13–––2232
Nov 24atNebraskaW 13–⁠10–––1252
Dec 2vs.MichiganL 0–⁠26–––2542
Jan 1 ✦vs.TennesseeL 0–⁠35–––1231

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2026
Height5′9⅜″
Weight193 lb
Arm length29⅝″
Hand size8½″
Wingspan71⅝″W
40-yard dash4.47 s
10-yard split1.58 s
Vertical jump35½″
3-cone drill6.95 s
20-yard shuttle4.44 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 5 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2026 (so far)Pittsburgh Steelers5000

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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