K.J. Carta-Samuels

Senior quarterback for Colorado State. 2018: 2,261 passing yards, 19 TD, 9 INT.

QB · Colorado State · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 225 lb · Saratoga, CA

Colorado State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

PRO recruit

No. 225 nationally · Signed with Washington

Statement game537 yds · 5 TDvs Hawai'i (FBS) · L 34-43

Top 0.1% passing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Colorado State. 2018: 2,261 passing yards, 19 TD, 9 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Washington in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Colorado State, 2,571 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Washington4-star out of Bellarmine Prep

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#225 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

Mike Bobo

Colorado State

Played his entire career under Mike Bobo.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Washington7-6HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2016Washington12-2HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2017Washington10-3HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2018Colorado State3-9HC: Mike Bobo · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (20th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#46 / 169 · 71st pct

Completion %#67 / 169 · 61st pct

61.4%

Pass yards#72 / 169 · 58th pct

2261

Yards / att#69 / 169 · 57th pct

7.6

Fumbles lost#72 / 159 · 41st pct

Interceptions#112 / 169 · 29th pct

Rush TDs#106 / 169 · 28th pct

Rush yards#135 / 169 · 20th pct

-14

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	311	2.2	7.4	0.8
Road4g	176	2.0	7.6	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	276	2.3	7.1	0.9
Weeks 8+2g	164	1.5	8.9	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Colorado State	183	298	61.4%	2,261	7.6	19	9	140.1	--	--	--
2017	Washington	8	10	80.0%	82	8.2	0	0	148.9	--	--	--
2016	Washington	9	13	69.2%	104	8.0	3	0	212.6	--	--	--
2015	Washington	10	24	41.7%	124	5.2	0	1	76.7	--	--	--
Career		210	345	60.9%	2,571	7.5	22	10	138.7	--	--	--

Season	Team
2018	Colorado State	45	-14	-0.3	1	--
2017	Washington	2	-4	-2.0	0	--
2016	Washington	4	4	1.0	0	--
2015	Washington	9	-1	-0.1	1	--
Career		60	-15	-0.2	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 34–27

vs Arkansas

389 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 3 rush yds (5 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With R. Stonehouse — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 56 AVG · P. Williams — 12 rec · 154 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 34-43vs Hawai'i	34/50	537	5	1	10.7	76.6	Season-high 537 yds
Wk 1	L 13-45vs Colorado	18/33	176	1	1	5.3	—	Season-high 537 yds
Wk 2	W 34-27vs Arkansas	32/47	389	2	1	8.3	—
Wk 3	L 10-48@ Florida	21/33	217	1	0	6.6	—
Wk 4	L 19-35vs Illinois State	15/27	142	2	1	5.3	—
Wk 6	W 42-30@ San José State	14/27	162	4	2	6.0	—	4 TD passes
Wk 7	W 20-18vs New Mexico	24/42	311	1	0	7.4	—
Wk 8	L 28-56@ Boise State	19/30	238	2	2	7.9	32.5
Wk 13	L 19-27@ Air Force	6/9	89	1	1	9.9	—
Total		183/298	2261	19	9	7.5	54.5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology