Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | L 19-24@ Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Sam Hecht
Last confirmed: Kansas State, 2025. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 300 lb · Shawnee, KS
Sam Hecht: OL · Kansas State · #75.
Sam Hecht
He has been named All-Big 12 two seasons running, most recently in 2025.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Kansas State in the news
Where to follow him
Game log
Signature game
2024 snapshot
Season context: team record and system
2024Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning
Awards
Sam Hecht is now playing at an All-Conference level for Kansas State.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
All-Big 12 (2025)All-Big 12 (2024)
The unit he anchors ranks 14th nationally in passing-downs success rate this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Kansas State has produced 2 All-Conference offensive linemen and 1 All-American. 5 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2016. Cooper Beebe was one of them, an All-American.
Five seasons at Kansas State, drafted
- 2026 Drafted in round 5, No. 144 by the Carolina
- 2025 Kansas State KliemanYear 5 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-conference
- 2024 Kansas State KliemanYear 4 · 1 gameAll-conference
- 2023 Kansas State KliemanYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2022 Kansas State KliemanYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2021 Kansas State KliemanYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
How it ended
One season at Kansas State, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #144 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
2024
- All-Big 12second
2025
- All-Big 12first
2026
- Drafted by Carolina Panthersround 5, pick 144
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021–2025
Kansas State
Played his entire career under Chris Klieman.
Where he ended up · NFL
Carolina Panthers2026 NFL rookie season
#144Rd 5 · Pick 4
Carolina Panthers2026 NFL rookie season