Zach Ortwerth

TE · #48 · Iowa · SR · 6'4" · 247 · St. Louis, MO

TE depth chart, 3rd

76 2025 receiving yards
9 of 12 2025 catches
0 2025 TDs
1 Explosive plays
31 Career games (9 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSRec-Tgt Yards YPR TD
2025 Iowa1149-12 76 8.4 0
2024 Iowa12411-16 133 12.1 0
2023 Iowa811-3 54 54.0 0

2025 Percentile vs TEs

Receiving yards per game 6.9 46
Yards per catch 8.4 33
Catch rate 75.0% 72
Receiving TDs 0 0

Around Zach

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Jeremy Hecklinski QB · 8 pass yds · 2g
RB Kamari Moulton RB · 878 rush yds · 11g
WR-X Reece Vander Zee WR · 219 rec yds · 8g
WR-Z Tony Diaz WR · no college stats
WR-SL Evan James WR · no college stats
TE DJ Vonnahme TE · 434 rec yds · 12g

The situation

Iowa 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 10.9% 46
Red zone TD rate 74.5% 76
Line yards per carry 3.0 90
Sack rate allowed 5.9% 48

2025 Game log

WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W1University at Albany Great Danes 1 1 5
W2 @ ISU 1
W3 MASS 1 1 13
W4 @ RUTG 4 2 30 1
W9 MINN 2 2 17
W12 @ USC 1 1 3 1
W14 @ NEB 1 1 1
W19 @ VAN 1 1 7

Recruiting

2023 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2023 board
#793 Naquil Betrand OT · Northeast TXAM
#793 Ismael Smith Flores TE · Arlington Martin NEB
#793 Zach Ortwerth TE · St. Louis University IOWA
#796 Ty Adams CB · Swainsboro UNC
#797 Ryan Robinson Jr. CB · Edna Karr LSU
TEs in the class
#38 Anthony Miller Duluth IND
#39 Ismael Smith Flores Arlington Martin NEB
#40 Zach Ortwerth St. Louis University IOWA
#41 George Burhenn Mt. Vernon PUR
#42 Hawkins Polley Houston Stratford BAY
2025 · 46th pctile of TEs
Recruit · 71th pctile of class