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Zach Ortwerth
TE · SR · Iowa Hawkeyes

Zach Ortwerth

TE SR Iowa
About Ortwerth Updated Sep 14, 2026

Iowa’s glue-guy tight end who wins with grit, not flash

Ortwerth enters the 2026 season as a steady, physical tight end for Iowa, valued more for run-game toughness and assignment-sound play than splashy box-score numbers. In 2025, he played in 12 games and started four, finishing with 9 catches for 76 yards and no touchdowns, while Iowa’s staff and local analysis praised him as a dirty-work blocker in the Hawkeyes’ zone-run scheme. He’s a solid fit for teams that want reliability, toughness, and a blue-collar edge at TE—not a pure seam-stretching mismatch machine.

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DNA

Limited data for this season 2025 season · Updated Aug 31, 2026
Ortwerth Natl avg · TEs

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Receiving Production
1st percentile; Full confidence; 9 games
Usage
3rd percentile; Full confidence; 9 games / 9 PBP
Big Play
16th percentile; Full confidence; 9 games
Scoring Threat
4th percentile; Full confidence; 9 games / 9 PBP
Reliability
~88th percentile; Full confidence; 9 games
Playmaker
2nd percentile; Full confidence; 9 games
Clutch
77th percentile; Full confidence; 9 games / 9 PBP
Consistency
8th percentile; Full confidence; 9 games

Fair Market Value

$189K

Qualified estimate

History starts here — the trend chart appears once a second snapshot is recorded.

Stats

2026

Percentile among FBS TEs — a full red bar is the peak

6
Receiving Yards
198th of 238 TEs
0
Receiving Touchdowns
41st of 238 TEs
1
Receptions
126th of 238 TEs
6
Yards per Catch
177th of 238 TEs
Career Stats
SEASONSCHOOL
202611606
20251097608.4
2024911133012.1
20233154054

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