IOWA CITY — Cooper DeJean was watching. Cooper DeJean was smiling.

And the Iowa football team was rolling.

Author a script of a perfect domination of rival Minnesota at Kinnick Stadium, and the following would have been included:

Mark Gronowski throwing a touchdown pass.

Making Iowa transfer John Nestor look bad.

Extending Iowa’s pick-six streak to 18 years.

And, of course, running back a punt return for a touchdown that counts.

Check, check, check and check … all in the first half of the Hawkeyes’ 41-3 shellacking of P.J. Fleck’s Gophers before a Blackout crowd of 69,250 on Oct. 25 at Kinnick Stadium.

The punt-return TD by Kaden Wetjen was the cherry on top for Iowa fans everywhere, including DeJean — who now stars as a Super Bowl-winning hero for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Wetje

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