{"id":129575,"date":"2026-04-27T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:50:28","slug":"kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575","title":{"rendered":"Kaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Imagine being mid-round on the golf<\/a> course, wedge in hand, just trying to keep your score respectable\u2026 and then your phone rings and it\u2019s the Pittsburgh Steelers telling you they\u2019re drafting you.<\/p>\n

That was reality for former Iowa Hawkeyes<\/a> wide receiver Kaden Wetjen this weekend.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON OUTKICK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wetjen was out at Stone Creek Golf Club near Iowa\u2019s campus, playing a casual round with his girlfriend, Rachel Bierman, and friends when the moment hit. According to the video Bierman posted, he was on the eighth hole when Pittsburgh<\/a> called to say they were taking him with the No. 121 overall pick in the fourth round.<\/p>\n

Not exactly your typical draft party setup.<\/p>\n

Bierman captured the moment as Wetjen stood near the green, casually holding a wedge while taking the call \u2014 a scene that somehow makes getting drafted to the NFL<\/a> feel like just another Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

“Hole 8, Round 4, Pick 121 – a moment we will remember forever,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

From there, the group paused the round and pulled up a livestream to watch the pick come through officially.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t shank it into the pond after I got picked so everything\u2019s going good,” Wetjen said.<\/p>\n

The golf course moment is fun, but Wetjen\u2019s path to that call is just as interesting.<\/p>\n

He started his career at Iowa Western Community College before transferring to Iowa in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While his receiving numbers never jumped off the page \u2014 he totaled 23 catches for 197 yards and a touchdown in his FBS career \u2014 he made his mark on special teams.<\/p>\n

STEELERS PICK NAVY RB ELI HEIDENREICH, FANS AT PITTSBURGH NFL DRAFT GO TOTALLY BONKERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In 2024, he led the nation with 727 kick return yards and took both a kickoff and a punt back for touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Then in his final season, he doubled down. Wetjen led the nation in punt return yards (563), averaged 26.8 yards per return and scored three punt return touchdowns. By the time he left Iowa, Wetjen had piled up 1,538 kick return yards and 954 punt return yards, with six total return touchdowns.<\/p>\n

“He plays the game fearlessly, but he plays it smart,” Steelers special teams coordinator Danny Crossman said, per the Steelers website<\/a>. “Our top rated dual return player, and in this new dynamic kickoff age of the National Football League, to have a guy that’s in our opinion very good at both, we think it’s going to be a major addition and pay dividends for the club.”<\/p>\n

And just in case you were wondering, Wetjen didn\u2019t finish that round of golf.<\/p>\n

“No, we\u2019re going back to party now!” he told reporters<\/a> on a phone call.<\/p>\n

Hard to blame the guy there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/kaden-wetjen-found-drafted-steelers-casually-playing-golf-girlfriend <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imagine being mid-round on the golf course, wedge in hand, just trying to keep your score respectable\u2026 and then your phone rings and it\u2019s the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-129575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imagine being mid-round on the golf course, wedge in hand, just trying to keep your score respectable\u2026 and then your phone rings and it\u2019s the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T20:50:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"Kaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T20:50:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575\"},\"wordCount\":471,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575\",\"name\":\"Kaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T20:50:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend - Wall Street PR","og_description":"Imagine being mid-round on the golf course, wedge in hand, just trying to keep your score respectable\u2026 and then your phone rings and it\u2019s the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2026-04-27T20:50:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"Kaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend","datePublished":"2026-04-27T20:50:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575"},"wordCount":471,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575","name":"Kaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-04-27T20:50:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kaden-wetjen-found-out-he-was-drafted-by-the-steelers-while-casually-playing-golf-with-his-girlfriend-129575#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kaden Wetjen found out he was drafted by the Steelers while casually playing golf with his girlfriend"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129575"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=129575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}