#12

Hunter Dekkers

Junior quarterback for Iowa State. 2022: 3,044 passing yards, 19 TD, 14 INT.

QB · Iowa State · Jr. · #12

6′3″ · 225 lb · Hawarden, IA

CFB Index 46 · #67 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceIowa State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 308 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 quarterback for Iowa State. 2022: 3,044 passing yards, 19 TD, 14 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Iowa State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Iowa State, 3,355 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20203 games

Signed with Iowa State4-star out of West Sioux

2025

Recruited3-star out of Iowa Western C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#308 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 20-17 over that span.

2020Iowa State9-3HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2021Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Iowa State4-8HC: Matt Campbell · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #67 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (82nd percentile). Strength: completion % (81st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#51 / 169 · 70th pct

49.4%

Sack rate#74 / 169 · 57th pct

5.6%

EPA / dropback#85 / 169 · 50th pct

0.23

Interception rate#130 / 169 · 23rd pct

3.1%

Explosive rate#151 / 169 · 11th pct

6.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#32 / 177 · 82nd pct

3044

Completion %#33 / 177 · 81st pct

66.1%

Pass TDs#50 / 177 · 71st pct

Rush TDs#84 / 177 · 45th pct

Rush yards#100 / 177 · 44th pct

Fumbles lost#83 / 169 · 38th pct

Yards / att#123 / 177 · 30th pct

6.7

Interceptions#173 / 177 · 2nd pct

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

289/423 (68.3%) · 19 TD · 14 INT

423 of 457 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

5.41135 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

5.2%83 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (83 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (135 of 206).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

63%of completions

183 comp5.0 yds avg5 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

27%of completions

77 comp13.2 yds avg6 TD

Deep

20+ yds

10%of completions

29 comp27.3 yds avg3 TD

Overall 68.3% completion on 423 attempts · 29 deep completions averaging 27.3 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	266	1.9	7.1	0.9
Road5g	236	1.2	6.2	1.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	263	1.9	7.1	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	240	1.2	6.2	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #67 of 140 QBs

Former four-star. Now #67 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Iowa State	302	457	66.1%	3,044	6.7	19	14	129.6	37	--	--
2021	Iowa State	20	36	55.6%	193	5.4	2	1	113.4	--	--	--
2020	Iowa State	5	7	71.4%	118	16.9	1	0	260.2	--	--	--
Career		327	500	65.4%	3,355	6.7	22	15	130.3	37	--	--

Season	Team
2022	Iowa State	89	73	0.8	2	--
2021	Iowa State	4	61	15.2	1	--
2020	Iowa State	3	12	4.0	1	--
Career		96	146	1.5	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 10–7

at Iowa

184 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 68.7 · 14 rush yds (9 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With T. Perkins — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · J. Brock — 100 rush yds (27 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · TCU · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -7.92Hunter Dekkers pass intercepted for a TD Millard Bradford return for 36 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 1 · Southeast Missouri State · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA +4.55Xavier Hutchinson 33 Yd pass from Hunter Dekkers (Jace Gilbert Kick)
Week 3 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.40Hunter Dekkers run for a loss of 4 yards to the Ohio 23 Hunter Dekkers fumbled, recovered by Ohio Bradley Weaver
Week 4 · Baylor · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +4.31Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 50 yds to the Bayl 29 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Texas · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA -4.16Hunter Dekkers pass intercepted, touchback. Jaylan Ford return for no gain
Week 7 · Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -4.13Hunter Dekkers run for 4 yds to the Texas 28 Hunter Dekkers fumbled, forced by Anthony Cook, recovered by Texas Jaylan Ford
Week 9 · Oklahoma · 4&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.99Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 15 yds for a TD, (Drake Nettles KICK)
Week 7 · Texas · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Jaylin Noel 54 Yd pass from Hunter Dekkers (Drake Nettles Kick)
Week 4 · Baylor · 2&21 · Q4 · EPA +3.63Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 27 yds to the Bayl 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · TCU · 4&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Hunter Dekkers pass complete to DeShawn Hanika for 15 yds for a TD, (Jace Gilbert KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 42-10vs Southeast Missouri State	25/31	293	4	1	9.5	83.2	4 TD passes
Wk 2	W 10-7@ Iowa	25/38	184	1	2	4.8	68.7
Wk 3	W 43-10vs Ohio	28/36	268	3	0	7.4	62.1	3 TD passes
Wk 4	L 24-31vs Baylor	23/36	284	2	2	7.9	51.0
Wk 5	L 11-14@ Kansas	30/48	287	1	1	6.0	49.2
Wk 6	L 9-10vs Kansas State	22/38	198	0	0	5.2	48.0
Wk 7	L 21-24@ Texas	25/36	329	2	1	9.1	87.4	Season-high 329 yds
Wk 9	L 13-27vs Oklahoma	37/57	308	1	3	5.4	36.5	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 10	W 31-14vs West Virginia	24/36	219	2	0	6.1	49.0
Wk 11	L 14-20@ Oklahoma State	28/42	274	1	3	6.5	36.7	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 12	L 10-14vs Texas Tech	23/35	294	1	0	8.4	67.5
Wk 13	L 14-62@ TCU	12/24	106	1	1	4.4	26.8
Total		302/457	3044	19	14	6.7	55.5

How he plays

Play style

Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

67.8%Completion %

29.5%Conversion/dropback

55.0%Land short of sticks

0INTs

67.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 29.5% conversion-per-dropback — 55.0% 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. ~ our read: checkdown by design