Steelers selected Iowa WR Kaden Wetjen with the No. 121 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Spending a fourth round pick on a kick returner is certainly a choice. Wetjen, 24, is a decorated return specialist whose elite traits should earn him an NFL roster spot. He spent two seasons at Iowa Western Community College before transferring to Iowa in 2022. In each of the past two seasons, Wetjen won the Jet Award, given to college football’s best return specialist, was named Big Ten Return Specialist of the Year and earned first-team All-Big Ten honors. He was a first-team All-American in 2024 and a Consensus All-American in 2025. Among P4 return specialists with 20-plus returns, Wetjen’s 28.5 yards per kick return ranks second, and he tops the charts with 26.8 yards per punt return and a 1.1 missed tackles forced average.
