Senior tight end for Kansas State. 2025: 5 catches, 82 receiving yards.
6′5″ · 244 lb · Papillion, NE
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
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
Senior 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 | 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 | -- |
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 |
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 — 41.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 43 long
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
Pass share
43.2%
89 pass / 117 run
Plays / game
68.7
3 games
Team sack rate
0.0%
89 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
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