Kaden Wetjen holds the SWR · Backup spot in Pittsburgh Steelers’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Kaden Wetjen is a 5'9", 193-pound slot receiver from Iowa who was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 121st overall pick in 2025. At Iowa, he accumulated 54 punt returns for 954 yards and four touchdowns, 56 kickoff returns for 1,538 yards and two touchdowns, 23 receptions for 197 yards and one touchdown, and 23 rushing attempts for 132 yards and two touchdowns. In 2025, he posted a 26.8-yard punt return average—an NCAA Division I single-season record—and led the nation in combined kick return yards with 1,039 yards. He was a consensus All-American, won the Jet Award for a second consecutive year, and earned the Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year Award twice.

CollegeIowa; Iowa Western CCDraftRound 4 · No. 121 overall · PITHometownWilliamsburg, IAAlso playsKR1 · PR1