Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 5 | — |
| Target share | 4.6% | — |
| Catch rate | 80.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 80.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 8.2 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 0 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Ortwerth's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted4 targets charted
2025 charting · Iowa
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Ortwerth’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted4 targets charted
Career
4 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Iowa#20 · 5-1 | 5 | 15% | 4 | 41 | 0 | 4.6% |
| 2025 | Iowa#14 · 9-4 | 8 | 23% | 9 | 76 | 0 | 7.4% |
| 2024 | Iowa#21 · 8-5 | 7 | 24% | 11 | 133 | 0 | 7.5% |
| 2023 | Iowa#51 · 10-4 | 1 | 7% | 1 | 54 | 0 | 4.3% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Zach Ortwerth's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Zach Ortwerth's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Northern Illinois | W 40–0 | 4.3 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Iowa State | W 16–13 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  Northern Iowa | W 55–0 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 | @ Michigan | W 20–19 | 5.3 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 |  Ohio State | L 14–31 | 4.5 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | @ Washington | W 41–24 | 5.5 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026 · 4 games | 4.9 | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | 15 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1115th / 1995 |
| Yards | 41 | 1129th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 10.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 15 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Northern Illinois | — | 78 | ~12 (6–18) | 1 | 15% |
| Wk 3 · Northern Iowa | ✓ TE | 64 | · | · | — |
| Wk 4 · Michigan | — | 58 | ~21 (10–30) | 2 | 36% |
| Wk 5 · Ohio State | — | 52 | ~11 (6–16) | 1 | 21% |
| Wk 6 · Washington | — | 57 | ~12 (6–18) | 1 | 21% |
| Season | 1 GS | 368 | 56 (28–84) | 5 | 15% |
Position Room
9 TEs on the Iowa roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Vonnahme | TE | 18 | 219 | 2 | 17% | +0.75 | ||
| 87 | Addison Ostrenga | TE | SR | 8 | 75 | 1 | 7% | +0.29 |
| 48 | Zach Ortwerth | TE | SR | 4 | 41 | 0 | 4% | +0.45 |
| 85 | Thomas Meyer | TE | SO | 3 | 19 | 0 | 4% | +0.11 |
| Mason Woods | TE | 2 | 22 | 0 | 5% | -0.07 | ||
| 18 | Luke Brewer | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Michael Burt | TE | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Dylan Stecker | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Eli Johnson | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Iowa depth chart →