Quarterback for Kansas State. 2017: 930 passing yards, 7 TD, 3 INT.
6′3″ · 212 lb · Burlington, IA
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 1447 nationally · Signed with Kansas State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 quarterback for Kansas State. 2017: 930 passing yards, 7 TD, 3 INT.
Jesse Ertz
He has spent four seasons in the Kansas State quarterback room. The receipt: 333 pass yds, 35 rush yds against Central Arkansas — Week 1, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kansas State, 2,685 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bill Snyder.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Bill Snyder — 32-20 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / att (95th percentile). Strength: interceptions (87th percentile). Concern: pass yards (22nd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 210 | 1.7 | 12.1 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 150 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 1.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 186 | 1.4 | 10.3 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Collin Klein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kansas State | 55 | 100 | 55.0% | 930 | 9.3 | 7 | 3 | 150.2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Kansas State | 152 | 264 | 57.6% | 1,755 | 6.6 | 9 | 4 | 121.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Kansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Kansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 207 | 364 | 56.9% | 2,685 | 7.4 | 16 | 7 | 129.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kansas State | 65 | 336 | 5.2 | 3 | -- |
| 2016 | Kansas State | 183 | 1,012 | 5.5 | 12 | -- |
| 2015 | Kansas State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2014 | Kansas State | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 256 | 1,399 | 5.5 | 15 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-19vs Central Arkansas | 10/16 | 333 | 4 | 0 | 20.8 | 97.0 | Season-high 333 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 55-7vs Charlotte | 16/21 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 94.3 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-14@ Vanderbilt | 10/28 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 2.7 | 31.9 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-20vs Baylor | 7/17 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 85.0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-40@ Texas | 12/18 | 224 | 2 | 1 | 12.4 | 75.3 | |
| Total | 55/100 | 930 | 7 | 3 | 10.3 | 76.7 |
Final Heisman position · 2017
Jesse Ertz finished 112th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.