Skylar John Thompson

Former quarterback at Kansas State. 2021: 2,113 passing yards, 12 TD, 4 INT.

QB · Kansas State · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 223 lb · Independence, MO

CFB Index 49 · #67 of 126 QBsHigh confidenceMiami — drafted 2022, Rd 7, Pick 26, #247 overall

The story

Former quarterback at Kansas State. 2021: 2,113 passing yards, 12 TD, 4 INT.

Drafted round 7 by the Miami in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas State, 7,131 passing yards — drafted at #247 overall by Miami.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 306 yds at Texas Tech.Texas Tech · W 25-242021

2022

Drafted by Miamiround 7, pick 247

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Kansas State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #247

Miami · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2018

Bill Snyder

Kansas State

2019–2021

Chris Klieman

Kansas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 5th NFL season

#247Rd 7 · Pick 26

MiamiEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Kansas State8-5HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2018Kansas State5-7HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy

2019Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-heavy

2020Kansas State4-6HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

49Rotational starter #67 of 126?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (93rd percentile). Strength: yards / att (93rd percentile). Concern: rush yards (29th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 159 · 93rd pct

Yards / att#11 / 169 · 93rd pct

9.1

Completion %#13 / 169 · 93rd pct

69.5%

Interceptions#33 / 169 · 76th pct

Rush TDs#39 / 169 · 72nd pct

Pass yards#81 / 169 · 52nd pct

2113

Pass TDs#84 / 169 · 49th pct

Rush yards#120 / 169 · 29th pct

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

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

146/208 (70.2%) · 12 TD · 4 INT

208 of 233 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

8.4228 of 204 QBs

Sack rate

6.0%110 of 204 QBs

Sacked 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 yds

54%of completions

79 comp4.9 yds avg7 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

27%of completions

39 comp13.7 yds avg

Deep

20+ yds

19%of completions

28 comp30.4 yds avg4 TD

Overall 70.2% completion on 208 attempts · 28 deep completions averaging 30.4 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	186	1.0	10.8	0.6
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #67 of 126 QBs

Career stats

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	--	--	--
2018	Kansas State	123	209	58.9%	1,396	6.7	10	4	126.9	--	--	--
2017	Kansas State	51	83	61.4%	689	8.3	5	3	143.8	--	--	--
Career		552	885	62.4%	7,131	8.1	43	16	142.5	59	--	--

Season	Team
2021	Kansas State	47	4	0.1	4	--
2020	Kansas State	19	38	2.0	3	--
2019	Kansas State	114	405	3.6	11	--
2018	Kansas State	105	373	3.6	5	--
2017	Kansas State	69	267	3.9	3	--
Career		354	1,087	3.1	26	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 31–23

vs Southern Illinois

96 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 76.3

With M. Knowles — 4 rush yds (1 car) · T. Zentner — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Kansas · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +6.24Skylar Thompson pass complete to Malik Knowles for 68 yds for a TD, (Chris Tennant KICK)
Week 9 · TCU · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +6.18Daniel Imatorbhebhe 73 Yd pass from Skylar Thompson (Chris Tennant Kick)
Week 1 · Stanford · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA -4.42Skylar Thompson pass intercepted, touchback. Kyu Blu Kelly return for no gain
Week 12 · Baylor · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +4.18Skylar Thompson pass complete to Malik Knowles for 48 yds to the Bayl 23 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · West Virginia · 4&8 · Q4 · EPA +4.06Skylar Thompson pass complete to Sammy Wheeler for 35 yds to the WVirg 4 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · LSU · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.63Skylar Thompson pass complete to Landry Weber for 24 yds to the LSU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Oklahoma · 3&14 · Q1 · EPA +3.56Skylar Thompson pass complete to Deuce Vaughn for 20 yds to the Okla 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.45Skylar Thompson pass complete to Keenan Garber for 54 yds to the Okla 21 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Iowa State · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.43Skylar Thompson pass complete to Malik Knowles for 20 yds to the IowSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Iowa State · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA -3.41Skylar Thompson pass intercepted Greg Eisworth II return for 18 yds to the IowSt 48

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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 Baylor	15/29	158	0	0	5.4	26.1
Total		141/205	1854	9	4	10.6	68.9

How he plays

Play style

High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

79.3%Completion %

36.7%Conversion/dropback

52.2%Land short of sticks

0INTs

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. ~ our read: checkdown by design