Senior quarterback for Iowa State. 2018: 160 passing yards, 1 INT.
6′5″ · 224 lb · Massillon, OH
The story
4 quarterback for Iowa State. 2018: 160 passing yards, 1 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKyle Kempt
He has spent three seasons in the Iowa State quarterback room. The receipt on tape: 126 pass yds against Iowa, Week 2, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Iowa State, 1,962 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Matt Campbell.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 19-19 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (98th percentile). Strength: completion % (93rd percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Road3g | 51.3 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 126 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 11.3 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Iowa State | 21 | 31 | 67.7% | 160 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 104.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Iowa State | 161 | 243 | 66.3% | 1,787 | 7.4 | 15 | 3 | 145.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Iowa State | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 163.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 184 | 276 | 66.7% | 1,962 | 7.1 | 15 | 4 | 141.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Iowa State | 5 | -45 | -9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Iowa State | 31 | -5 | -0.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2016 | Iowa State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 37 | -43 | -1.2 | 0 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 3-13@ Iowa | 15/21 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | — | Season-high 126 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 27-3@ Kansas | 1/1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 99.1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-24@ Texas | 3/6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-24vs Drake | 2/3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | — | |
| Total | 21/31 | 160 | 0 | 1 | 5.2 | 99.1 |