CFB Zeitgeist Score
26
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 96th percentile.
Kaden Wetjen
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
151 REC YDS · 20 REC · 1 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Pittsburgh2026 NFL rookie season
#121Rd 4 · Pick 21
Pittsburgh2026 NFL rookie season
WR · IOWA · BIG TEN
Kaden Wetjen
- 4
- #21
- 5-9 | 196 lb
- Williamsburg, IA
Heisman Heat
#832
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2023
Iowa · WR
—
2024
Iowa · WR
R12 · All-American
Elite
★
2025
Iowa · WR
R13 · Consensus All-American
Elite
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 4, Pick 21 · #121 overall · Pittsburgh
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025+228%
Up 228% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Iowa
NFL
NFL Draft
R4 · #121
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Honors Badge 0.7% Honors Badge Recognized on a major honors list (Heisman, All-American, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Nagurski, Biletnikoff). Held by 0.7% of the 2025 pool. Recognized on: All-America (CBS).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 4, Pick 21
#121 overall · Pittsburgh
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Kaden Wetjen
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Kaden Wetjen
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving TDs
1
count
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #402 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 24th
Why it matters
#402 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 1 TDs on 20 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 1 (24th)
MODERATE · n=20 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Yards per reception#504 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#523 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 1 vs UAlbany — 1 receiving_tds
Result W 34-7
The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td vs UAlbany.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 13g
151Rec yards
20Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
11.6Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
151Rec yards
20Receptions
1Rec TDs
Why the honors trail matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Kaden Wetjen already has 14 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
20 63rd
YDS
151 52nd
YPR
7.6 15th
TD
1 64th
Rushing
CAR
15 95th
YDS
79 92nd
YPC
5.3 60th
TD
2 99th
Returns
KR YDS
476 95th
KR AVG
29.8 94th
PR YDS
563 100th
PR AVG
26.8 97th
RET TD
3 100th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-7vs UAlbany | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-16@ Iowa State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-7vs Massachusetts | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-28@ Rutgers | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 5 | L 15-20vs Indiana | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-0@ Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-24vs Penn State | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-3vs Minnesota | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | 28 | Season-high 49 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 16-18vs Oregon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-26@ USC | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-17vs Michigan State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 40-16@ Nebraska | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | W 34-27@ Vanderbilt | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 20 | 151 | 6.7 | 1 | 28 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy
2025Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 20 | #417/1110 | 63rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 151 | #535/1107 | 52nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #396/1111 | 64th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 7.6 | #940/1106 | 15th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 476 | #13/238 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 563 | #1/224 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 8.2% | #591/1137 | 48th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 79 | #33/397 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 21 | #60/346 | 83rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 15 | #21/407 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.3 | #158/393 | 60th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 2 | #7/411 | 99th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 28 | #624/1105 | 44th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 29.8 | #15/236 | 94th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 26.8 | #8/222 | 97th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 21 | #12/237 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 16 | #24/243 | 91st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return TD | 3 | #1/27 | 100th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return TD | 1 | #4/20 | 85th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 6.3% | #368/1137 | 68th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 6.0% | #598/1137 | 47th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 4.9% | #435/1137 | 62nd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 4.8% | #507/1137 | 55th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.4% | #470/1137 | 59th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 2.9% | #60/1137 | 95th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 1.3% | #922/1137 | 19th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #131/302 | 57th pct | Turnoversvs FBS WR |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
CONSENSUS AA
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
CONSENSUS AA · Rung 13 of 16
Why he’s here
Consensus All-American — 1st team on at least three of the five NCAA selectors.
What moves him up
Sweep the remaining selectors for Unanimous status.
What moves him down
Fall below three selectors and this returns to plain All-American.
Accolade streams
All-America statusCONSENSUS
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
AP1st
FWAA1st
AFCA1st
WCFF1st
SN1st
SI1st
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.6 | 14.9 | 7.8 | 0.1 |
| Road6g | 1.5 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 1.2 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 0.1 |
| Losses4g | 2.2 | 13.8 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.6 | 8.4 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.5 | 15.3 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
26Below cohort
Elite: rush tds (95th). Strength: rush yards (89th). Concern: yards / catch (2nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Kaden WetjenIowaAaron TurnerRice· 59% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 54% simK.D. HutchinsonWestern Kentucky· 52% sim
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Fumbles lost
Receptions
Rec TDs
Long catch
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Giles Jackson’s 2023 season.
Giles Jackson
82%match
#2
Jordan Brown
All-AACNFL Rd 7
81%
#3
Drae McCray
81%
#4
Jaylin Lane
NFL Rd 4
76%
#5
Jeremiah Knight
80%
Matches Giles on
Total EPA (college ability)
Reception volume
TD rate
Differs from Giles on
Weight (higher)
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Miller Forristall’s path through Alabama.
Miller Forristall
99%match
#2
Cee Jay Powell
99%
#3
Briley Moore
96%
#4
Damoriea Vick
96%
#5
Daniel Crawford
All-MAC
94%
Matches Miller on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Antonio Jones's junior season at Temple (2024).
Antonio Jones
86%match
#2
Jeremiah Knight
83%
#3
Reagan Ealy
83%
#4
Drae McCray
82%
#5
Leon Neal Jr.
82%
Matches Antonio on
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Reception volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
36.6%
286 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
60.1
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.9%
228 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Kirk Ferentz
Iowa
2024
Kirk Ferentz
Iowa
2025
Kirk Ferentz
Iowa
Played his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownWilliamsburg, IA
Height5'9"
Weight196 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey21
No fields populated yet.
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Current teamIowa
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🏆
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2025)
8 first-team selectors
🥈
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2025)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
10 All-America selections
National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.
4 all-conference honors
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-America (USA Today) | all_america | USA Today | AP-RET |
| 2025 | All-America (SI) | all_america | SI | AP-RET |
| 2025 | All-America (PFF) | all_america | PFF | AP-RET |
| 2025 | All-America (ESPN) | all_america | ESPN | AP-RET |
| 2025 | All-America (CBS) | all_america | CBS | AP-RET |
| 2025 | All-America (WCFF) | all_america | WCFF | AP-RET |
| 2025 | All-America (SN) | all_america | SN | AP-RET |
| 2025 | All-America (FWAA) | all_america | FWAA | AP-RET |
| 2025 | All-America (Consensus) | all_america | Iowa | Consensus | -- |
| 2025 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Iowa | Big Ten | RS |
| 2025 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Iowa | Big Ten | RODG |
| 2024 | All-America (FWAA) | all_america | FWAA | AP-RET |
| 2024 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Iowa | Big Ten | RS |
| 2024 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Iowa | Big Ten | RODG |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.