#81 DJ Vonnahme Season 2026-27

2025 Honors -- Associated Press All-Bowl Team... Academic All-Big Ten... Next Man In Award, offense. 2025 -- Played in 12 games, starting five times at tight end... led team in receiving with 29 catches for 434 yards (long of 51 yards) and three touchdowns on the season... led team with a career-high seven catched for a career-high 146 yards (career-high long of 51 yards) and one touchdown in 34-27 win over #14 Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl... the 146 receiving yards are the second-most by a tight end in program histpry (Marv Cook - 159 yards, 1987)... led team with four catches for 59 yards (long of 32 yards) in 21-26 loss at #17 USC... caught four passes for 16 yards (long of seven yards) in 15-20 loss to #11/12 Indiana... led team with three catches for a career-high 91 yards (career-high long of 43 yards) and his second touchdown of the season in 40-16 win at Nebraska... led team with two catches for 43 yards (long of 40 yards) and first touchdown by a Hawkeye tight of the season in 16-18 loss to #9 Oregon... caught three passes for 31 yards (long of 19 yards) in 20-17 win over Michigan State... caught three passes for 13 yards (long of seven yards) in 37-0 shutout at Wisconsin... letterwinner.

2024 -- Played in four games, but had no statistics... letterwinner.

High School Honors -- First-team all-state and all-district as a senior… second team all-state and first-team all-district as a junior (also winning District Co-Offensive Player of the Year)… team captain as a senior. Career -- Played a variety of offensive positions in high school, throwing for 1,803 yards and 25 touchdowns, rushing for 652 yards and 14 touchdowns and totaling 697 receiving yards and 14 scores... also played safety on defense, recording 11 interceptions and scoring two defensive touchdowns... multi-sport athlete, also lettering three years in basketball, and two years in soccer and track… starter on basketball team that qualified for state as a junior... qualified for Iowa state track meet (Class 2A) as a senior in the 100m, and qualified for both the 100m (finished eighth) and 200m as a junior.

Personal -- Born 2/2/2006… enterprise leadership major… parents are Bill and Becky Vonnahme… has four brothers… high school coach was Ryan Steinkamp.