Senior tight end for Kansas State. 2025: 5 catches, 82 receiving yards.
6′5″ · 244 lb · Papillion, NE
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
5 catches · 16.4 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 46 yds, vs North Dakota
Swing playSwung Kansas State from 5% to 32% to win.Kansas State at Tulane · 34-27
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Kansas State. 2025: 5 catches, 82 receiving yards.
Will Swanson
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. This is his fourth year in the same receiving corps at Kansas State. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big 12. The receipt: 46 rec yds, 2 receptions against North Dakota — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Klieman.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Chris Klieman — 34-18 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (99th percentile). Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 25.7 | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 21.7 | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 |
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 · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas State | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Kansas State | 9 | 66 | 7.3 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 21 | 237 | 11.3 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 38–35
vs North Dakota
2 rec · 46 yds
Edged out North Dakota at home in a shootout.
With A. Johnson — 318 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.1 · 43 rush yds (7 car) · S. McClannan — 41 AVG · 43 LONG · 4 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-35vs North Dakota | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 38 | Season-high 46 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 17-23@ Arizona | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-28vs TCU | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-14vs Colorado | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Total | 5 | 82 | 14.8 | 0 | 38 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kansas State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Kansas State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kansas State · Last season: 6-6 (AP #17) · Talent rank #47 · 2026 recruiting class #50
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Austin Henderson’s 2023 season.
Matches Austin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Mata'ava Ta'ase's junior season at BYU (2024).
Matches Mata'ava on
Differs from Mata'ava on
Player DNA