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Name: Kaden Wetjen
College: Iowa
Number: 21
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 5-09 Weight: 196
Position: Pos2: KR
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2026
40 Low: 4.35 40 Time: 4.42 40 High: 4.47
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Data Scout Notes: X-Up to 5-7-STeams-Back for 2025/AP-GREAT KR-Good ATH-20-151-1Rec/28.3PR-3TD/30.5-1TD-KR **2025: KROYC/1stC-KR...2024: KROYC/1stC-KR...2023: NAC
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Kaden Wetjen, Iowa, Player News
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2025 BIG TEN RODGERS-DWIGHT RETURN SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR: Kaden Wetjen, Iowa,...Wetjen, who is a Jet Award finalist, leads the nation with 965 combined kick return yards (by 260 yards), while also ranking first in punt return yards (28.3). The native of Williamsburg, Iowa, native was a three-time Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week in 2025. He is the only Big Ten player to record at least three punt returns and one kickoff return for a score in the same season. Wetjen returned a 100-yard kickoff f or a touchdown at Rutgers, and had punt return scores of 95 yards (UMass), 62 yards (Michigan State) and 50 yards (Minnesota) this season. His 28.3 punt return average is currently tops in Big Ten history and the three punt return scores are tied for thi rd-most in a single season in league annals. - Iowa Football
(DS#26 WR) rSr/2026  WR Kaden Wetjen, Iowa
News Source: Iowa Football
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WEEK 13 BIG TEN SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kaden Wetjen, Iowa, KR/WR - Gr. - Williamsburg, Iowa - Williamsburg,...Recorded a 62-yard punt return for a touchdown in Iowa's 20-17 win against Michigan State, his third punt return touchdown this seaso n...His three punt return touchdowns are tied for the third-most in Big Ten history and it is his sixth career return touchdown, the most in Iowa history...Finished the game with 165 combined return yards, his sixth career game with 100+ yards, including a 40-yard return to set up Iowa's game-tying touchdown...Wetjen is the first player in Big Ten history with three punt return touchdowns and a kick return touchdown in a single season...Last Iowa Special Teams Player of the Week honoree: Kaden Wetjen (S ept. 15, 2025). - Big Ten Football
(DS#26 WR) rSr/2026 WR Kaden Wetjen, Iowa
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WEEK 4 BIG TEN CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Kaden Wetjen, Iowa, WR - Gr. - Williamsburg, Iowa - Williamsburg,...Tied an Iowa record with a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on the game's opening kickoff in the 38-28 road win at Rutgers...I t is the sixth 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in school history and the second of Wetjen's career, making him the second Hawkeye to return an opening kickoff for a touchdown (C.J. Jones vs. USC in the 2003 Orange Bowl)...He is now tied for the m ost career kickoff returns for a touchdown in school history (2) and his four career combined return touchdowns (two punt, two kickoff) are tied for the second-most all-time...Marked his second straight and fifth career game with 100+ return yards...Last Iowa Special Teams Players of the Week: Kaden Wetjen (Sept. 15, 2025). - Big Ten Football
(DS#26 WR) rSr/2026 WR Kaden Wetjen, Iowa
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WEEK 3 BIG TEN SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kaden Wetjen, Iowa, WR - Gr. - Williamsburg, Iowa - Williamsburg,...Recorded a 95-yard punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter in Iowa's 47-7 win over UMass...The return ties a Big Ten and Iowa re cord (Michigan State's Al Brenner at Illinois, 1966 and Iowa's...Bill Happel vs. Minnesota, 1984) and is the longest punt return in Kinnick Stadium history, besting Bob Longley (94 vs. Oregon in 1949)...Wetjen finished the with a career-high 216 return y ards (182 punt and 34 kickoff) and a career-high 236 all-purpose yards...Last Iowa Special Teams Players of the Week: Drew Stevens (Dec. 2, 2024). - Big Ten Football
(DS#26 WR) rSr/2026 WR Kaden Wetjen, Iowa
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