Steve Wirtel

Position:
Deep Snapper
Height:
6-4
Weight:
235
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Orland Park, Ill.
High School:
Mount Carmel

Awards and Honors
First-Team All-Big 12 – Phil Steele (2018, 2019)
Mannelly Award Finalist (2019)
Reese’s Senior Bowl (2019)
Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2018)
First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2017, 2019)
Third-Team All-Big 12 – Phil Steele (2017)
Dury Moss Outstanding Co-Newcomer of the Year (2016)
Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team (2016)

2019
First-Team All-Big 12 by Phil Steele … First-Team Academic All-Big 12 … one of three finalists for the Patrick Mannelly Award for the nation’s best long snapper … Reese’s Senior Bowl participant … played in all 13 games and all 51 games in career as ISU’s long snapper … handled all deep snaps, including punts, field goals and PATs.

2018
First-Team All-Big 12 by Phil Steele … Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 … played in all 13 games … one of the top long snappers in the nation … handled all deep snaps for the Cyclones, including punts, field goals and PATs.

2017
Third-Team All-Big 12 by Phil Steele … First-Team Academic All-Big 12 … played in all 13 games … handled all long-snapping duties for punts and was perfect on all his snaps.

2016
Dury Moss Outstanding Co-Newcomer of the Year … Big 12 Academic Rookie Team ... one of six true freshmen to play, competing in all 12 games … handled all long-snapping duties for punts and was perfect on all his snaps.

High School
Chose Iowa State over Illinois and Georgia … three-star recruit by Scout … considered one of the best long snappers in the class of 2016, ranking sixth by Kohl’s Kicking … invited to the 2014 Rubio Long Snapping Camp and was ranked 7^thnationally by Rubio … three-year starter … in his final two seasons, was perfect on all of his snaps (372/372) … as a junior, was 38-of-38 on punt, 54-of-54 on FG and 92-of-92 on PAT snaps … named a first-team all-state as a specialist from multiple outlets … earned all-conference honors by the Chicago Sun Times ... also caught 25 passes for 290 yards and four TDs …. as a junior, was 36-of-36 on punt, 58-of-58 on FG and 94-of-94 on PAT snaps … team won the Class 8A state title in 2013 with a 13-1 mark … coached by Frank Lenti.

Personal
Born Oct. 3, 1997 … son of John and Coleen Wirtel … communications studies major … brother, John, was the long snapper at Kansas from 2014-18.