Peyton Bender

Senior quarterback for Kansas. 2018: 1,899 passing yards, 13 TD, 3 INT.

QB · Kansas · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 205 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Kansas 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 588 nationally · Signed with Washington State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Kansas. 2018: 1,899 passing yards, 13 TD, 3 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Kansas, 4,006 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Washington State3-star out of Cardinal Gibbons

201710 games

Signed with Kansas3-star out of Itawamba C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#588 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015

David Beaty

Kansas

2017–2018

David Beaty

Kansas

Played his entire career under David Beaty.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Washington State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2017Kansas1-11HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2018Kansas3-9HC: David Beaty · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (85th percentile). Concern: rush yards (3rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#17 / 169 · 85th pct

Pass TDs#83 / 169 · 50th pct

Pass yards#88 / 169 · 48th pct

1899

Fumbles lost#72 / 159 · 41st pct

Completion %#115 / 169 · 32nd pct

57.1%

Yards / att#152 / 169 · 10th pct

5.9

Rush TDs#138 / 169 · 9th pct

Rush yards#165 / 169 · 3rd pct

-140

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	171	1.0	5.8	0.2
Road6g	174	1.3	6.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	137	1.2	6.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	202	1.2	6.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Kansas	184	322	57.1%	1,899	5.9	13	3	118.1	--	--	--
2017	Kansas	148	273	54.2%	1,609	5.9	10	10	108.5	--	--	--
2015	Washington State	53	91	58.2%	498	5.5	3	4	106.3	--	--	--
Career		385	686	56.1%	4,006	5.8	26	17	112.7	--	--	--

Season	Team
2018	Kansas	34	-140	-4.1	--
2017	Kansas	25	-87	-3.5	--
2015	Washington State	3	-18	-6.0	--
Career		62	-245	-4.0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018

W 27–26

vs TCU

249 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -2 rush yds (4 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With P. Williams Jr. — 33 rush yds (11 car) · K. Thompson — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 23-26vs Nicholls	19/35	187	2	0	5.3	—
Wk 2	W 31-7@ Central Michigan	17/26	130	1	0	5.0	—
Wk 3	W 55-14vs Rutgers	8/12	73	0	0	6.1	—
Wk 4	L 7-26@ Baylor	10/17	105	1	0	6.2	—
Wk 6	L 22-38@ West Virginia	16/25	191	2	1	7.6	—
Wk 8	L 16-48@ Texas Tech	18/41	221	2	1	5.4	—
Wk 9	W 27-26vs TCU	19/29	249	2	0	8.6	—	Season-high 249 yds
Wk 10	L 3-27vs Iowa State	19/41	185	0	0	4.5	16.1
Wk 11	L 17-21@ Kansas State	21/34	232	2	0	6.8	—
Wk 12	L 40-55@ Oklahoma	19/27	167	0	0	6.2	—
Wk 13	L 17-24vs Texas	18/35	159	1	1	4.5	—
Total		184/322	1899	13	3	6.0	16.1

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