#81 DJ Vonnahme Season 2025-26

2025 -- Played in 10 games, starting three times at tight end... has 19 catches for 197 yards (long of 40 yards) and one touchdown on the season... led team with a career-high four catches for a career-high 59 yards (long of 32 yards) in 21-26 loss at #17 USC... caught a career-high four passes for 16 yards (long of seven yards) in 15-20 loss to #11/12 Indiana... led team with two catches for 43 yards (career-high 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... caught one pass for a career-long 21 yards in 38-28 win at Rutgers... caught his first career pass for six yards in 13-16 loss at Iowa State.

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.