Skylar John Thompson: QB · Kansas State · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Skylar John Thompson
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. The five seasons at Kansas State span two head coaches: Bill Snyder and Chris Klieman. A game that shows it: 320 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Oklahoma — Week 5, 2021.
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
79.3% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 36.7% conversion-per-dropback — 52.2% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (10.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kansas State | 162 | 233 | 69.5% | 2,113 | 9.1 | 12 | 4 | 159.3 | 58 |
| 2020 | Kansas State | 40 | 64 | 62.5% | 626 | 9.8 | 4 | 0 | 165.3 | 62 |
| 2019 | Kansas State | 176 | 296 | 59.5% | 2,307 | 7.8 | 12 | 5 | 134.9 | 42 |
| 2018 | Kansas State | 123 | 209 | 58.9% | 1,396 | 6.7 | 10 | 4 | 126.9 | 34 |
| 2017 | Kansas State | 51 | 83 | 61.4% | 689 | 8.3 | 5 | 3 | 143.8 | 36 |
| Career | 552 | 885 | 62.4% | 7,131 | 8.1 | 43 | 16 | 142.5 | 45 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kansas State | 47 | 4 | 0.1 | 4 | 26 |
| 2020 | Kansas State | 19 | 38 | 2.0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2019 | Kansas State | 114 | 405 | 3.6 | 11 | 61 |
| 2018 | Kansas State | 105 | 373 | 3.6 | 5 | 52 |
| 2017 | Kansas State | 69 | 267 | 3.9 | 3 | 30 |
| Career | 354 | 1,087 | 3.1 | 26 | 61 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-7vs Stanford | 9/14 | 144 | 0 | 1 | 10.3 | 55.3 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-23vs Southern Illinois | 3/4 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 76.3 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-37vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 29/41 | 320 | 3 | 0 | 7.8 | 79.6 | Season-high 320 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 20-33vs Iowa State | 15/23 | 206 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 40.2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-24@ Texas Tech | 24/30 | 306 | 1 | 0 | 10.2 | 75.0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-12vs TCU | 13/21 | 242 | 1 | 1 | 11.5 | 92.3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-10@ Kansas | 19/24 | 244 | 1 | 0 | 10.2 | 88.9 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-17vs West Virginia | 14/19 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 | 86.2 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-20vs No. 11 Baylor | 15/29 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 26.1 | |
| Total | 141/205 | 1854 | 9 | 4 | 9.0 | — |
Week 5 · 2021
L 31-37
vs Oklahoma
320 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.6
With M. Knowles — 5 rec · 21 yds · 16 rush yds (1 car) · D. Vaughn — 10 rec · 104 yds · 1 TD · 51 rush yds (15 car)
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 208 passing plays (146 completions) against the box score's 233 attempts (162 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
8.4228 of 204 QBsSack rate
6.0%110 of 204 QBsSacked on 6.0% of dropbacks (110 of 204) — and still 28 of 204 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 69.5% completion on 233 attempts · 28 deep completions averaging 30.4 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 193 | 1.2 | 10.8 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 275 | 1.0 | 10.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 192 | 1.2 | 12.8 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 218 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Klieman
Pass share
42.0%
311 pass / 430 run
Plays / game
61.8
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Kansas State, 7,131 passing yards — drafted at #247 overall by the Miami Dolphins.
A stat line in 44 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Miami DolphinsEntering 5th NFL season
Miami DolphinsEntering 5th NFL season
