{"id":615020,"date":"2026-04-18T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615020\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:21:11","slug":"elite-return-specialist-could-fall-to-steelers-in-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615020\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite return specialist could fall to Steelers in 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the best kick returners in all of college football \u2014 Iowa wide receiver Kaden Wetjen<\/a> \u2014 checks a lot of boxes for the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>, especially when considering his projected Day 3 price tag.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at Wetjen\u2019s scouting report, containing important information on his bio, strengths, concerns, stats, and highlights.<\/p>\n

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Kaden Wetjen, WR\/KR, Iowa<\/p>\n

Height: 5 feet 9 3\/8 inches<\/p>\n

40-yard dash: 4.47 seconds<\/p>\n

Projection: Sixth- to seventh-round<\/p>\n

Strengths<\/p>\n

Outstanding vision on returns<\/p>\n

Electric as a return specialist (six total touchdowns from 2024\u20132025)<\/p>\n

Concerns<\/p>\n

Undersized frame (5’9 3\/8″, 193 lbs, 29 5\/8″)<\/p>\n

Struggles against press coverage<\/p>\n

Very limited production as a receiver<\/p>\n

Stats<\/p>\n

2024: Three receptions, 46 yards, zero touchdowns<\/p>\n

2025: 20 receptions, 151 yards, one touchdown<\/p>\n

Note: From 2023-2025, Wetjen returned 57 punts for 954 yards and four touchdowns, as well as 56 kickoffs for 1,538 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Highlights<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Steelers NFL Draft scouting report: Kaden Wetjen, Iowa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the best kick returners in all of college football \u2014 Iowa wide receiver Kaden Wetjen \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,594,298521,593,1241,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-615020","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-college-football","11":"tag-kaden-wetjen","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}