Hunter Dekkers: QB · Iowa State · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Hunter Dekkers
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Three seasons in the Iowa State quarterback room to date. One game to point at: 329 passing yards and 30 rushing yards against Texas — Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
67.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 29.5% conversion-per-dropback — 55.0% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (8.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
FOX61 Oct 28
The Des Moines Register Oct 23
Arizona Daily Star Oct 22
Wide Right & Natty Lite Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Iowa State | 302 | 457 | 66.1% | 3,044 | 6.7 | 19 | 14 | 129.6 | 37 |
| 2021 | Iowa State | 20 | 36 | 55.6% | 193 | 5.4 | 2 | 1 | 113.4 | -- |
| 2020 | Iowa State | 5 | 7 | 71.4% | 118 | 16.9 | 1 | 0 | 260.2 | -- |
| Career | 327 | 500 | 65.4% | 3,355 | 6.7 | 22 | 15 | 130.3 | 37 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Iowa State | 89 | 73 | 0.8 | 2 | 28 |
| 2021 | Iowa State | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 1 | 41 |
| 2020 | Iowa State | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 1 | 12 |
| Career | 96 | 146 | 1.5 | 4 | 41 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-10vs Southeast Missouri State | 25/31 | 293 | 4 | 1 | 9.5 | 83.2 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 10-7@ Iowa | 25/38 | 184 | 1 | 2 | 4.8 | 68.7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 43-10vs Ohio | 28/36 | 268 | 3 | 0 | 7.4 | 62.1 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | L 24-31vs No. 17 Baylor | 23/36 | 284 | 2 | 2 | 7.9 | 51.0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 11-14@ Kansas | 30/48 | 287 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 49.2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 9-10vs No. 20 Kansas State | 22/38 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 48.0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ No. 22 Texas | 25/36 | 329 | 2 | 1 | 9.1 | 87.4 | Season-high 329 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 13-27vs Oklahoma | 37/57 | 308 | 1 | 3 | 5.4 | 36.5 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 10 | W 31-14vs West Virginia | 24/36 | 219 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 49.0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-20@ Oklahoma State | 28/42 | 274 | 1 | 3 | 6.5 | 36.7 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 12 | L 10-14vs Texas Tech | 23/35 | 294 | 1 | 0 | 8.4 | 67.5 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-62@ No. 4 TCU | 12/24 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 4.4 | 26.8 | |
| Total | 302/457 | 3044 | 19 | 14 | 6.7 | — |
Week 7 · 2022
L 21-24
at Texas
329 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 87.4 · 30 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD
With J. Noel — 6 rec · 94 yds · 2 TD · X. Hutchinson — 10 rec · 154 yds
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 423 passing plays (289 completions) against the box score's 457 attempts (302 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.41135 of 206 QBsSack rate
5.2%83 of 206 QBsRarely sacked (83 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (135 of 206).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 66.1% completion on 457 attempts · 29 deep completions averaging 27.3 yds.
3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 20-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 266 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 0.9 |
| Road5g | 236 | 1.2 | 6.2 | 1.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 263 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 240 | 1.2 | 6.2 | 1.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Pass share
55.3%
478 pass / 387 run
Plays / game
72.1
12 games
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
457 pass attempts and 89 carries in 12 games, more passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #67 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Iowa State, 3,355 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Matt Campbell.
