Completed Event: Football versus #17 Kansas State on August 23, 2025 , Win , 24, to, 21
Final
Football
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#17 Kansas State
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Iowa State University Athletics
2017 Football Roster
Banta, John
Jersey Number 82
John Banta
- Position:
- Placekicker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Ankeny, Iowa
- High School:
- Centennial
Bio
2017
Squad member.
2016
Redshirted initial collegiate season.
High School
First-team all-state kicker by the Des Moines Register in 2015 … made 11-of-12 field goals and 44-of-46 PATs on a team which finished 8-3 … tied a school record with a 54-yard field goal in the playoffs … had 37 touchbacks and averaged 37.7 yards per punt … ranked as the 21st-best kicker by Kohl’s Kicking … won the 2015 Midwest Showcase field goal competition … twice a finalist for Kohl’s Kicking national player of the week.
Personal
Born Oct. 16, 1997 … son of Mark and Melanie Banta ... mathematics major.
Cyclone Express Iowa vs ISU 2025
Wednesday, September 10
Marcus Neal 9_9_25 interview
Tuesday, September 09
Tamatoa McDonough 9_9_25 interview
Tuesday, September 09
Brett Eskildsen 9_9_25 interview
Tuesday, September 09
