Usage / Role
7%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Iowa
Zach Ortwerth
TE • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Zach Ortwerth reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
8
Developing production for a tight end
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
3★
- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Zach Ortwerth, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Iowa. Zach Ortwerth reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 263
- Receptions
- 21
Quick Answers
Zach Ortwerth quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 263
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Iowa
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Louis University · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- St. Louis University · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 48 · Junior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 76 receiving yards · TE 222nd (top 47%) · Big Ten 148th (top 53%) · National 1,147th (top 53%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 64.3 |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 7 | 10 | 133 | 0 | 57.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Iowa | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 43.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa | 8 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 43.9 |
Related Context
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Zach Ortwerth played TE for Iowa. Across 3 tracked seasons, Zach Ortwerth recorded 263 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Iowa paired 54 primary output with 100 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 50 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Postseason · Iowa
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
9.5
Efficiency
50
Usage
10.4
Consistency
33.6
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 7. UAlbany: 5. Massachusetts: 13. Rutgers: 30. Wisconsin: 0. Minnesota: 17. USC: 3. Nebraska: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Vanderbilt: 1 by 46.7. UAlbany: 1 by 33.3. Massachusetts: 1 by 86.7. Rutgers: 2 by 100. Minnesota: 2 by 56.7. USC: 1 by 20. Nebraska: 1 by 6.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins10.4 · Games = 7 · +7.4 vs Losses
Losses3 · Games = 1 · -7.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
100 vs Rutgers
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Iowa
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 54 | 100 | 5 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa | 133 | 54 | 14.7 | 79 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 133 | 54 | 14.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Iowa | 76 | 50 | 10.4 | -57 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa | 76 | 50 | 10.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wisconsin
Week 10 · W 42-10 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
66
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
66 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 72 Rutgers
Week 4 · W 38-28 · Conference game
30
Receiving Yards
85.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
30 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Rutgers
Week 11 · W 22-0 · Conference game
54
Receiving Yards
72.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
54 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 70 Minnesota
Week 9 · W 41-3 · Conference game
17
Receiving Yards
54.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
17 receiving yards with a 56.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Illinois State
Week 1 · W 40-0
31
Receiving Yards
54.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
31 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Iowa
54 primary output · 100 efficiency · 5 usage
64.3
#2
2024 Postseason · Iowa
57.5
133 primary · 54 efficiency · 14.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Iowa
57.5
133 primary · 54 efficiency · 14.7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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