Rocco Becht

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-1
Weight:
210
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Wesley Chapel, Fla.
High School:
Wiregrass Ranch

Awards & Honors
Pop-Tarts Bowl MVP (2024)
Honorable Mention All-Big 12 QB - Coaches (2024)
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 25 (2024)
Second-Team Freshman All-American - The Athletic (2023)
Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year (2023)
Shaun Alexander National Freshman of the Week (Sept. 25, 2023)
CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2023)
Academic All-Big 12 (2024)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S22, F22, S23, F23, S24, F24, S25)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2023)

2024
Played and started all 14 games ... led the Cyclones to double-digit wins for the first time in program history, helping the Cyclones finish 11-3 and reach the Big 12 Championship game ... earned All-Big 12 honorable mention honors ... named to Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 25 ... led ISU to four fourth-quarter comebacks, tied for the second-most among Power-4 QBs in 2024 ... has thrown a TD pass in a school-record 18 consecutive games ... passed for 3,505 yards (11th nationally) and 25 touchdowns (20th nationally), both of which rank as the second-most in a single season in school history ... also had eight rushing touchdowns, the fifth-most by a QB in school history, 14th-most nationally and tops among Big 12 quarterbacks in 2024 ... his 33 TDs responsible for were the second-most in school history ... compiled 3,823 yards of total offense ... threw 54 passes of at least 20 yards, ranking third among Big 12 QBs and tied for 10th nationally among FBS players ... became just the fifth Cyclone to top 6,000 career passing yards ... threw for 272 yards and two touchdowns at Iowa, leading ISU 42 yards in five plays and 0:28 to set up the game-winning 54-yard field goal ... passed for three touchdowns, completing 22-of-36 passes for 270 yards against No. 15 Miami in the Pop-Tarts Bowl ... marched the Cyclones down the field and scored the game-winning TD on a QB sneak after a 5:38 drive that spanned 15 plays and 84 yards ... also had the game-winning TD on a QB sneak against UCF after taking the Cyclones 80 yards in 11 plays at 1:18 ... finished with 274 passing yards and a career-high 97 rushing yards against the Knights ... also led a game-winning drive against Utah, driving the Cyclones down the field on a 10-play, 75-yard drive in 4:20 ... passed for a season-high 383 yards and three touchdowns against Kansas at Arrowhead Stadium ... has four career passes of at least 75 yards ... has 18 wins as a starting QB, the third-most in school history ... his 13 wins against league opponents are second-most only trailing Brock Purdy's 24 ... ranks third in school history in TDs responsible for (59) and TD passes (48) ... is fourth at ISU with 6,690 passing yards and fifth with 509 completions.

2023
Had an outstanding redshirt freshman season, earning Second-Team Freshman All-American honors from The Athletic and being named Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year ... re-wrote the ISU record books, breaking the Cyclone freshman records for completions (231), passing yards (3,120) and passing touchdowns (23) ... in the Big 12 record book, finished fifth among freshmen for completions, third for passing yards and fifth for passing touchdowns ... played and started all 13 games, helping lead the Cyclones to a 7-6 record and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl ... threw a touchdown pass in his first eight career starts, tied for the second-best start among Cyclone QBs ... completed 231-of-367 pass attempts for a 62.9 completion percentage and a 150.68 passing efficiency ... completed 75 percent of his passes in five games ... also rushed for 63 yards and three touchdowns ... accounted for 26 total touchdowns (23 passing and three rushing), the second-most in a single season in school history ... his 23 passing touchdowns ranked second in ISU record book, while his 3,120 passing yards were the fourth most ... had third-most passing touchdowns and fourth-most passing yards among Big 12 quarterbacks ... owns two of the five games in school history with 300+ passing yards, 3+ touchdowns and zero interceptions in a game ... threw for a single-game school-record 446 yards in Liberty Bowl against Memphis ... tossed three touchdowns against the Tigers ... named to the Davey O'Brien Award's Great 8 List twice during the season in weeks four (Oklahoma State) and 13 (Memphis) ... against Oklahoma State, tallied then-career highs in touchdown passes (3), completions (27) and passing yards (348) ... had touchdown passes of 33, 79 and 82 yards in a snowstorm against Kansas State ... the 79-yard and 82-yard passes were the two longest completions of his career.

2022
Saw action in three games, maintaining his redshirt ... played 29 snaps in season finale against TCU, completing 7-of-13 passes for 65 yards ... also saw action against Southeast Missouri and Ohio ... had one rush attempt for two yards against Ohio.

High School
Four-star recruit by Rivals … three-star recruit by 247Sports and On3 … listed as the 59th-best quarterback nationally by 247Sports … picked as the 13^th-best pro-style quarterback nationally and 29^th-best player in Florida by Rivals … the 44^th-best quarterback by On3 … named the conference player of the year in final two prep seasons and is a three-time all-conference selection … named MVP of the 7v7 Battle Royale while leading Team Tampa to a championship in 2021 … named Rivals Camp First-Star Challenge MVP prior to senior season … three-year starter at quarterback … threw for 1,808 yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior … as a junior, threw for 1,550 yards and 18 touchdowns in eight games … threw for 1,985 yards and 21 touchdowns as a sophomore … concluded high school career with 5,343 yards passing and 65 total touchdowns … school’s all-time leader in completions (343), passing yards (5,343) and touchdown passes (62) … coached by Mark Kantor.

Personal
Majoring in communication studies … father, Anthony, played football at West Virginia and was a first-round NFL Draft pick in 2000 … Anthony played 12 years in the NFL at tight end (New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs).