DJ Vonnahme (born February 2, 2006) is an American college football tight end for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Early life Vonnahme attended Kuemper Catholic School in Carroll, Iowa, where he played numerous positions including quarterback. During his high school career he had 1,803 passing yards, 25 passing touchdowns, 652 rushing yards, 14 rushing touchdowns, 697 receiving yards and 14 receiving touchdowns. He also played safety on defense and finished with 11 career interceptions and two defensive touchdowns. Vonnahme committed to the University of Iowa to play college football as a preferred walk-on.DJ Vonnahme to be preferred walk-on for HawkeyesKuemper's Vonnahme bets on himself with walk-on offer at Iowa
College career After playing in four games and recording no stats his first year at Iowa in 2024, Vonnahme earned more playing time his redshirt freshman year in 2025.How a walk-on TE demonstrates Iowa's recruiting habitsIowa football TE D.J. Vonnahme blossoming from walk-on into expanded roleSurprising Weapon Emerging for Iowa He had his first career touchdown against the ninth ranked Oregon Ducks.
Statistics YearTeamGReceivingRushing Rec Yards Avg Long TD Att Yards Avg Long TD 2024 Iowa 4 Redshirt 2025 Iowa 12 29 434 15.0 51 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 Career 16 29 434 15.0 51 3 0 0 0.0 0 0
References
External links Iowa Hawkeyes bio