Jacob Knuth

#7 · QB · Kansas State6′4″ · 225 lb · Harrisburg, SD

Last gameL 24–27at Colorado · Oct 31

Nextvs Oklahoma StateSat Nov 7 · 1 pm ET

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Did not play in Kansas State’s last game.

Dillon Duff started the last one, L 24-27 in overtime at Colorado, Oct 31.

Kansas State’s next game: vs Oklahoma State, Sat Nov 7, 1:00 p.m. ET · TNT

Kansas State is 4-4.

What’s being said

3 stories this week, from 3 outlets.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Kansas State football rules out QB Jacob Knuth for Colorado game

The Topeka Capital-Journal +1 Oct 30

All 9 stories this season

His most important play this season

Q3, 7:59 · Kansas State down 4, takes the leadJacob Knuth runs 10 yards for a touchdownKansas State at Arizona State, week 8Q3, 7:59 · Kansas State 17, Arizona State 14Go-ahead score for Kansas State in the third quarterGo-ahead score for Kansas State in the third quarterJ.Knuth rush left for 10 yards gain to the ASU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play

All 2 of his plays on video

Played for two head coaches at Kansas State: Chris Klieman and Collin Klein. On tape: 194 passing yards and 19 rushing yards against Arizona State, Week 8, 2026.

201 passing yards · 1 passing TD · 44 rushing yards

Style of play

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

1/17Inside-5 share

1 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (5.9%).

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Kansas State	27	42	64.3%	201	4.8	1	0	112.3	41
2025	Kansas State	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2024	Kansas State	2	2	100.0%	18	9.0	0	0	175.6	--
Career		29	44	65.9%	219	5.0	1	0	115.2	41

Season	Team
2026	Kansas State	12	44	3.7	2	18
2025	Kansas State	2	45	22.5	0	40
2024	Kansas State	3	18	6.0	0	10
Career		17	107	6.3	2	40

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 2 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 71-3vs Nicholls	Came on in Q4	1/1	7	0	7.0	—	—	25
Wk 8	L 17-28@ Arizona State	Shaky	26/41	194	1	4.7	55.1	3	19	Season-high 194 yds
Total			27/42	201	1	4.8	—	3	44

The latest game

Oct. 24 · L 17-28 at Arizona State

26 of 41 for 194 yards and a touchdown.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

L 17-28 at Arizona StateOct. 24194 yds26 of 41, 1 TDPlay by play just above

W 71-3 vs NichollsSept. 57 yds1 of 1

Play by playOn the field

1 of 1 for 7 yards.

1 of 1 of his drives scored
3 runs for 25 yds

Fourth quarterbegan up 57-3
TD1 of 1, 7 yds1
FinalW 71-3

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completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

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18-yard run. Fourth quarter, up 64-3.

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leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

Signature game

Week 8 · 2026

L 17-28

at Arizona State

194 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 55.1 · 19 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD

With S. McClannan — 47.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 3 inside the 20 · L. Rodriguez — 5 points · 22 long · 100 percent on field goals

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Arizona State · 4th and 2 · Q4 · EPA −4.54Knuth to McGraw: a 4-yard pass.
Week 8 · Arizona State · 4th and 5 · Q4 · EPA −4.27J.Knuth sacked for loss of 10 yards (J.Hugo), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 8 · Arizona State · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Knuth to Tibbs: a 7-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.51J.Knuth rush left for 10 yards gain for a touchdown
Week 8 · Arizona State · 4th and 12 · Q3 · EPA −2.24J.Knuth rush middle for 8 yards gain (M.Hughes), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 8 · Arizona State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.11Knuth to Salley Jr.: an 11-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 8 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −2.09J.Knuth sacked for loss of 7 yards (B.Lono-Wong), fumble by J.Knuth recovered by KSU R.Howard at ASU42, End Of Play
Week 1 · Nicholls · 2nd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.07J.Knuth rush middle for 2 yards gain for a touchdown
Week 8 · Arizona State · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.03Knuth to Manning: a 9-yard pass.
Week 8 · Arizona State · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.01Knuth to Manning: a 15-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Big 12
Passing yards	201	201st of 370	24th of 42
Yards an attempt	4.8	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	1	T-202nd of 370	T-26th of 42
Passer rating	112.3	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	64.3	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	44	T-161st of 370	T-22nd of 42
Rushing touchdowns	2	T-71st of 370	T-11th of 42

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 42 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Big 12 quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Drew Mestemaker	2,649	25	7	281	9.4
2	Noah Fifita	2,464	19	4	269	9.2
3	Jaden Craig	2,207	11	6	269	8.2
4	Conner Weigman	2,052	20	2	233	8.8
5	Devon Dampier	1,876	18	7	227	8.3
6	JC French	1,773	13	3	213	8.3
7	Bear Bachmeier	1,750	12	4	214	8.2
8	D.J. Lagway	1,671	13	4	242	6.9
9	Michael Hawkins Jr.	1,598	11	2	159	10.1
10	Will Hammond	1,561	6	6	205	7.6
11	Isaiah Marshall	1,506	11	7	196	7.7
12	Jaylen Raynor	1,416	10	5	186	7.6
13	Cutter Boley	1,360	13	5	173	7.9
14	Avery Johnson	1,301	10	3	187	7.0
15	Keyone Jenkins	1,181	11	4	180	6.6
16	Isaac Wilson	1,164	7	7	149	7.8
17	Julian Lewis	733	6	2	95	7.7
18	Nate Bennett	568	5	2	61	9.3
19	Alonza Barnett	477	2	1	65	7.3
20	Mikey Keene	448	2	0	61	7.3
21	Cole Ballard	381	1	1	43	8.9
22	Blake Barnett	265	3	0	33	8.0
23	Jake Fette	224	2	0	50	4.5
24	Jacob Knuth	201	1	0	42	4.8
25	Byrd Ficklin	192	2	0	20	9.6
26	Thomas Castellanos	189	4	1	29	6.5
27	Sawyer Anderson	112	0	2	15	7.5
28	Kaneal Sweetwyne	105	0	0	17	6.2
29	Connor Moberly	83	0	0	19	4.4
30	Keisean Henderson	83	2	0	8	10.4
31	Chase Jenkins	65	0	0	3	21.7
32	Broderick Vehrs	61	1	0	8	7.6
33	Jyron Hughley	27	1	0	1	27.0
34	Scotty Fox Jr.	27	0	0	4	6.8
35	Edward Griffin	19	0	1	6	3.2
36	Liam O'Brien	18	0	0	5	3.6
37	Treyson Bourguet	15	0	1	3	5.0
38	Samaj Jones	9	0	0	2	4.5
39	Kaleb Annett	6	0	0	3	2.0
40	Dillon Duff	2	0	0	1	2.0
41	Adam Schobel	0	0	0	1	0.0
42	Kirk Francis	0	0	0	1	0.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Pass targets

Tibbs and Salley saw 24 of the 42 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Jaron Tibbs	13	9	57	4.2	4.4
Derrick Salley Jr.	11	7	70	9.1	1.4
Joshua Manning	10	7	57	6.4	2.1
Linkon Cure	6	3	21	6.0	3.7
Lawson Mcgraw	1	1	-4	-4.0	0.0
Rodney Fields Jr.	1	0	0	6.0	—

Play by play: 42 passes, 27 caught, 201 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Teams and coaches

2024Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2025Kansas State6-6HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2026Kansas State4-4HC: Collin Klein · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 29. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

29Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Box-score rates

Completion %#69 / 159 · 57th pct

64.3%

Yards / att#160 / 160 · 0th pct

4.8

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 44 dropbacks

41Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

46.7%48th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +1.2% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.895th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.8 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

7.6%18th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.8% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (1 of 45 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 2 games: 100 YDS/g, 0.5 TD/g, 5.8 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

Pass share

47.0%

263 pass / 296 run

Plays / game

69.9

8 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Kansas State’s quarterbacks

Jacob Knuth	Threw in 2 of 8 games · 27 of 42, 201 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · 4.8 yards an attempt on 42 attempts · ran for 44 yds, 2 TD
Avery Johnson	Threw in 6 of 8 games · 118 of 187, 1,301 yds, 10 TD, 3 INT · 7.0 yards an attempt on 187 attempts · ran for 462 yds, 3 TD
Blake Barnett	Threw in 2 of 8 games · 22 of 33, 265 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · 8.0 yards an attempt on 33 attempts · ran for 43 yds, 0 TD
Dillon Duff	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 1 of 1, 2 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 2.0 yards an attempt on 1 attempt · ran for -3 yds, 0 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Jacob Knuth. Gray: Avery Johnson, Blake Barnett, Dillon Duff. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4OTNichollsWashington StateTulane@ CincinnatiHoustonKansas@ Arizona State@ Colorado

Awards

Player standing · 2026

42 pass attempts and 12 carries in 2 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Jacob Knuth

What’s being said

His most important play this season

Style of play

In the news this week

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What was said at each stop

What fans said

Latest stories

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Kansas State’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

42 pass attempts and 12 carries in 2 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2022

2023