Kaden Wetjen
Fourth-round pick, No. 121 overall
Return specialist/wide receiver, Iowa
5-foot-9, 193 pounds
Stats: Had an FBS-most 1,039 return yards (punt and kickoff) in 2025, and also led the nation in punt-return average (26.8 yards) while ranking second in kickoff return average (29.8).
Hometown: Williamsburg, Iowa
Tidbits: Each of the past two seasons, Wetjen won both the Big Ten Return Specialist of the Year and the Jet Award — the latter given to the country’s top return man and named after Johnny “The Jet” Rodgers. … This past season, Wetjen had one kickoff return touchdown and three punt return touchdowns. … Had four punt-return touchdowns over two seasons at Iowa Western Community College in 2020-21. … Walked on at Iowa in 2022 and spent a redshirt season before appearing in all 40 of the Hawkeyes’ games since. … In 2024, he led the nation with 1,055 combined return yards and 727 kick-return yards and was second nationally in punt-return yards (328). He averaged 28.0 yards per kick return (fifth in FBS) and 12.6 yards per punt return (eighth). … As a wide receiver in 2025, had 20 catches for 151 yards and a touchdown and 15 rushes for 79 yards and two touchdowns. … In 2024, he had three catches for 46 yards and four carries for 33 yards. … Was an all-state running back as a high school senior and an all-state defensive back as a sophomore. … Joins guard Gennings Dunker as players from Iowa selected in this draft by the Steelers and makes for seven former Hawkeyes on their roster — two more than any other school. … The Steelers have taken five Iowa players from the past three draft classes.