The 2022 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University as a member of Big 12 Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Matt Campbell, the Cyclones compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 1–8 in conference play, placing last out of ten teams in the Big 12. The team played home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa.
Schedule Iowa State and the Big 12 announced the 2022 football schedule on December 1, 2021.
Rankings
Preseason Big 12 preseason media poll The Big 12 preseason media poll was released on July 7, 2022. Iowa State was picked to finish sixth in the conference.
Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Lott Trophy Will McDonald IVDESr. Maxwell AwardXavier HutchinsonWRSr.Bednarik AwardWill McDonald IVDESr.Biletnikoff AwardXavier HutchinsonWRSr.Outland TrophyTrevor DowningCSr.Bronko Nagurski Trophy Will McDonald IVDESr.Wuerffel TrophyAnthony Johnson Jr.SAFSr.Walter Camp AwardXavier HutchinsonWRSr.Will McDonald IVDESr.Rotary Lombardi AwardTrevor DowningCSr.Will McDonald IVDESr.
Preseason Big-12 awards 2022 Preseason All-Big 12 teams
Position Player Class OffenseFB Jared Rus RS SeniorWRXavier HutchinsonRS Senior DefenseDL Will McDonald IVRS Senior
Game summaries Vs. Southeast Missouri
Statistics SEMOISU First downs 15 26 Total yards 320 469 Rushes/yards 22/98 36/176 Passing yards 222 293 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 19–38–1 25–31–1 Turnovers 1 1 Time of possession 27:25 32:35 Team Category Player StatisticsSEMO Passing Paxton DeLaurent 19–38, 222 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Paxton DeLaurent 12 CAR, 74 YDS Receiving Ryan Flournoy 3 REC, 56 YDS, 0 TDIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 25–31, 293 yards, 4TD, 1 INT Rushing Jirehl Brock 16 CAR, 104 YDS, 1 TD Receiving Xavier Hutchinson 8 REC, 128 YDS, 3 TD
At Iowa
Statistics ISU UofI First downs 21 11 Total yards 313 150 Rushes/yards 41/129 25/58 Passing yards 184 92 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 25–38–2 12–27–1 Turnovers 3 3 Time of possession 38:15 21:45 Team Category Player StatisticsIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 25-38, 184 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT Rushing Jirehl Brock 27 CAR, 100 YDS Receiving Xavier Hutchinson 11 REC, 98 YDS, 1 TDIowa Passing Spencer Petras 12-26, 92 YDS, 1 INT Rushing Leshon Williams 4 CAR, 34 YDS, 1 TD Receiving Sam LaPorta 8 REC, 55 YDS
Vs. Ohio
Statistics OHIOISU First downs 12 22 Total yards 233 463 Rushes/yards 22/24 32/163 Passing yards 209 300 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 23-40-2 32-42-0 Turnovers 4 1 Time of possession 28:58 31:02 Team Category Player StatisticsOHIO Passing Kurtis Rourke 20-33, 194 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT Rushing Nolan McCormick 7 CAR, 43 YDS Receiving Miles Cross 4 REC, 48 YDSIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 28-36, 268 YDS, 3 TD Rushing Jirehl Brock 7 CAR, 76 YDS Receiving Xavier Hutchinson 9 REC, 93 YDS, 1 TD
Vs. No. 17 Baylor
Statistics BUISU First downs 23 17 Total yards 361 350 Rushes/yards 42/123 27/66 Passing yards 238 284 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 19-26-0 23-36-2 Turnovers 0 2 Time of possession 34:39 25:21 Team Category Player StatisticsBaylor Passing Blake Shapen 19-26, 238 YDS, 3 TD Rushing Richard Reese 21 CAR, 78 YDS, 1 TD Receiving Gavin Holmes 3 REC, 92 YDS, 1 TDIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 23-36, 284 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing Jirehl Brock 14 CAR, 73 YDS, 1 TD Receiving Jaylin Noel 7 REC, 120 YDS
At Kansas
Statistics ISU KU First downs 20 10 Total yards 303 213 Rushes/yards 31/16 31/112 Passing yards 287 101 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 30–48–1 8–15–0 Turnovers 2 1 Time of possession 35:02 24:51 Team Category Player StatisticsIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 30-48, 287 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Deon Silas 12 CAR, 29 YDS Receiving Xavier Hutchinson 13 REC, 101 YDSKansas Passing Jalon Daniels 7-14, 93 YDS Rushing Devin Neal 12 CAR, 75 YDS Receiving Luke Grimm 4 REC, 46 YDS
Vs. No. 20 Kansas State
Statistics KSUISU First downs 16 13 Total yards 388 276 Rushes/yards 38-131 24-178 Passing yards 257 198 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 13-20-0 22-28-0 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 30:22 29:38 Team Category Player StatisticsKansas State Passing Adrian Martinez 12-19, 246 YDS, 1 TD Rushing Adrian Martinez 19 CAR, 77 YDS Receiving Phillip Brooks 4 REC, 119 YDS, TDIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 22-38, 198 YDS Rushing Jirehl Brock 13 CAR, 33 YDS Receiving Xavier Hutchinson 8 REC, 100 YDS
At No. 22 Texas
Statistics ISU UT First downs 20 23 Total yards 403 363 Rushes/yards 28/74 43/191 Passing yards 329 172 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 25–36–1 17–26–0 Turnovers 2 0 Time of possession 28:43 31:17 Team Category Player StatisticsIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 25-36, 329 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT Rushing Hunter Dekkers 8 CAR, 30 YDS, 1 TD Receiving Xavier Hutchinson 10 REC, 154 YDSTexas Passing Quinn Ewers 17-26, 172 YDS, 3 TD Rushing Bijan Robinson 28 CAR, 135 YDS Receiving Xavier Worthy 8 REC, 72 YDS, 2 TD
Vs. Oklahoma
Statistics OUISU First downs 18 20 Total yards 332 374 Rushes/yards 47-182 27-66 Passing yards 150 308 Passing: Comp-Att-Int 16-27-0 37-57-3 Turnovers 1 3 Time of possession 29:15 30:45 Team Category Player Statistics Oklahoma Passing Dillon Gabriel 15-26, 148 YDS, 1 TD Rushing Eric Gray 20 CAR, 101 YDS, 1 TD Receiving Jalil Farooq 4 REC, 74 YDS, 1 TDIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 37-57, 308 YDS, 1 TD, 3 INT Rushing Hunter Dekkers 4 CAR, 31 YDS Receiving Dimitri Stanley 6 REC, 90 YDS
Vs. West Virginia
Statistics WVUISU First downs 11 26 Total yards 200 391 Rushes/yards 22-76 38-172 Passing yards 124 219 Passing: Comp-Att-Int 12-27-1 24-36-0 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 21:45 38:15 Team Category Player Statistics West Virginia Passing JT Daniels 8-22, 81 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Justin Johnson Jr. 12 CAR, 48 YDS Receiving Bryce Ford-Wheaton 3 REC, 38 YDS, 1 TDIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 24-36, 219 YDS, 2 TD Rushing Deon Silas 6 CAR, 77 YDS Receiving Xavier Hutchinson 10 REC, 123 YDS, 1 TD
At Oklahoma State
Statistics ISUOSU First downs 19 11 Total yards 333 244 Rushes/yards 36-59 35-57 Passing yards 274 187 Passing: Comp-Att-Int 28-43-3 14-25-2 Turnovers 5 2 Time of possession 33:39 26:21 Team Category Player Statistics Iowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 28-42, 274 YDS, TD, 3 INT Rushing Cartevious Norton 17 CAR, 49 YDS Receiving Xavier Hutchinson 10 REC, 106 YDSOklahoma State Passing Gunnar Gundy 5-12, 103 YDS, TD, 2 INT Rushing Dominic Richardson 14 CAR, 41 YDS Receiving John Paul Richardson 3 REC, 90 YDS, TD
Vs. Texas Tech
Statistics TTUISU First downs 14 22 Total yards 246 422 Rushes/yards 38-105 43-128 Passing yards 141 294 Passing: Comp-Att-Int 15-21-0 23-36-0 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 23:55 36:05 Team Category Player Statistics Texas Tech Passing Tyler Shough 15-21, 141 YDS, 1 TD Rushing Tahj Brooks 9 CAR, 45 YDS Receiving Myles Price 3 REC, 42 YDSIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 23-35, 294 YDS, TD Rushing Cartevious Norton 19 CAR, 59 YDS Receiving Xavier Hutchinson 8 REC, 101 YDS
At TCU
Statistics ISU TCU First downs 19 21 Total yards 330 377 Rushes/yards 31/159 38/131 Passing yards 171 246 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 19–38–2 22–30–0 Turnovers 3 0 Time of possession 26:08 33:52 Team Category Player StatisticsIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 12-24, 106 YDS, TD, INT Rushing Eli Sanders 7 CAR, 91 YDS Receiving DeShawn Hanika 3 REC, 49 YDS, TDTCU Passing Max Duggan 17-24, 212 YDS, 3 TD Rushing Kendre Miller 15 CAR, 72 YDS, 2 TD Receiving Savion Williams 5 REC, 48 YDS, TD
Personnel Coaching staff Matt Campbell Head coach 7th Toledo (HC) Jon Heacock Defensive coordinator 7th Toledo (DC) Tom Manning Offensive coordinator 6th Indianapolis Colts (TE) Tyson Veidt Assistant head coach/linebackers 7th Toledo (LB) Eli Rasheed Defensive line 7th Toledo (DL) Joel Gordon Passing game coordinator/QB 7th Ferrum (OC) Jeff Myers Offensive line 7th Toledo (graduate assistant) Nathan Scheelhaase Run game coordinator/running backs/wide receivers 5th Illinois (offensive analyst) Matt Caponi Cornerbacks 4th West Virginia (DB) Taylor Mouser Tight ends 7th Toledo (GA) Deon Broomfield Safeties 2nd Houston Texans (DA) Jake Waters Offensive quality control 3rd UTEP (WR)
Roster 2022 Iowa State Cyclones Football RosterQuarterback 3 Rocco Becht – freshman (6'1, 199) 10 Blake Clark – senior (6'2, 201) 11 Nate Glantz – junior (6'2, 205) 12 Hunter Dekkers – sophomore (6'3, 206) 18 Ashton Cook – freshman (6'3, 215)
Running back 5 Cartevious Norton – freshman (5'11, 212) 6 Eli Sanders – freshman (6'0, 200) 21 Jirehl Brock – junior (6'0, 220) 22 Deon Silas – sophomore (5'8, 180) 34 Blaze Doxzon – sophomore (5'9, 207) 35 Caden Kock – freshman (6'0, 211) 38 Levi Hummel – junior (5'11, 215) 42 Trey Mathis – freshman (6'0, 211)
Wide receiver 0 Greg Gaines III – freshman (6'2, 197) 2 Sean Shaw Jr. – senior (6'6, 212) 7 Darren Wilson Jr. – senior (6'3, 202) 8 Xavier Hutchinson (C) – senior (6'3, 205) 11 Jason Essex – freshman (6'2, 224) 13 Jaylin Noel – sophomore (5'10, 190) 14 Dimitri Stanley – senior (6'0, 196) 16 Daniel Jackson – sophomore (6'2, 212) 19 Beau Coberley – senior (5'11, 176) 23 Quaron Adams – freshman (5'7, 165) 32 Carson Brown – freshman (6'1, 179) 80 Tristan Michaud – freshman (6'6, 208) 85 Aidan Bitter – sophomore (6'2, 204) 89 Tyler Claiborne – freshman (6'2, 195)
Tight end 43 Jared Rus – senior (6'2, 242) 45 Kevin Sawitzke – freshman (6'5, 253) 48 Jack Bjorn – freshman (6'7, 262) 49 Stevo Klotz – sophomore (6'4, 248) 82 Tyler Moore – freshman (6'5, 249) 83 DeShawn Hanika – junior (6'6, 238) 84 Gabe Burkle – freshman (6'5, 250) 86 Jacob Hillman – senior (6'2, 215) 86 Andrew Keller – freshman (6'6, 217) 87 Easton Dean – junior (6'6, 249)
Punter 80 Tyler Perkins – freshman (5'11, 195) 94 Cameron Shook – senior (6'3, 191) 96 Ben Garbarini – senior (6'0, 198)
Kicker 20 Jace Gilbert – freshman (5'10, 200) 39 Tyler Bittman – freshman (6'2, 220) 97 Drake Nettles – junior (5'11, 182) 98 Trent McCann – sophomore (6'1, 193) 99 Keegan Shackford – freshman (5'10, 194)
Deep Snapper 51 Drake Knobloch – freshman (6'2, 253) 59 Connor Guess – senior (5'11, 228) Offensive line 50 Tyler Maro – freshman (6'7, 286) 52 Trevor Downing (C) – senior (6'5, 304) 53 Evan Ladwig – freshman (6'4, 287) 54 Jarrod Hufford – junior (6'5, 314) 55 Darrell Simmons Jr. – junior (6'3, 307) 56 Anthony Smith – sophomore (6'3, 297) 59 Jack Hester – sophomore (6'4, 267) 62 Dodge Sauser – freshman (6'5, 292) 63 Jim Bonifas – freshman (6'5, 298) 65 Sam Rengert – sophomore (6'7, 308) 66 Tyler Miller – sophomore (6'9, 316) 67 Grant Treiber – junior (6'6, 315) 68 Zach Ross – senior (6'3, 295) 69 Hunter Deyo – freshman (6'2, 280) 72 Jake Remsburg – junior (6'6, 317) 73 Brady Petersen – sophomore (6'5, 292) 74 Hayden Pauls – sophomore (6'5, 303) 75 James Neal – sophomore (6'6, 325) 76 Oluwafunto Akinshilo – sophomore (6'6, 350) 77 Easton Eledge – freshman (6'3, 300) 78 Nick Lawler – sophomore (6'3, 336) 79 Deylin Hasert – freshman (6'4, 309)
Defensive line 3 MJ Anderson – junior (6'3, 275) 9 Will McDonald IV – senior (6'3, 236) 11 Tyler Onyedim – freshman (6'4, 292) 40 Hunter Zenzen – sophomore (6'2, 245) 44 Johnny Wilson – sophomore (6'4, 247) 48 Tommy Hamann – freshman (6'4, 245) 52 Joey Petersen – sophomore (6'4, 238) 56 J. R. Singleton – sophomore (6'2, 300) 58 Isaiah Lee – senior (6'0, 292) 71 Gabe Greenlee – freshman (6'7, 273) 88 Ikenna Ezeogu – freshman (6'5, 235) 89 Trent Jones II – freshman (6'3, 280) 90 Braden Simonsen – freshman (6'3, 226) 91 Blake Peterson – junior (6'4, 260) 94 Kyle Krezek – junior (6'3, 262) 95 Domonique Orange – freshman (6'4, 350) 96 Chet Andrews – freshman (6'3, 236) 97 Jayden Gray – freshman (6'3, 254) 97 Kaden Sutton – sophomore (6'0, 300) 98 Seth Greiner – sophomore (6'3, 272) 99 Howard Brown – freshman (6'2, 312) Linebacker 4 Colby Reeder – senior (6'4, 242) 6 Myle Mendeszoon – freshman (6'4, 220) 12 Jacob Imming – freshman (6'2, 222)