Quarterback, Kansas State, 2013–⁠14

Jake Waters

Number
No. 15
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Council Bluffs, IA

Jake Waters played quarterback at Kansas State (2013–⁠14).

Career highs

400passing yards, career highat West Virginia, 20144touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Kansas, 2014138rushing yards, career highat Iowa State, 20142rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last at Iowa State, 2014

Honors

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2013Kansas State15926061.22,4699.5189
2014Kansas State26239766.03,5018.8227
Career42165764.15,9709.14016

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Kansas State1183122.6624
2014Kansas State1544843.1953
Career2727962.91553

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Kansas State15QB
2014Kansas State15QB6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Kansas State3280.2872nd (n=144)0.2290.343%0.280.08
2014Kansas State5510.4090th (n=147)0.24217.560%0.590.22

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Kansas State 13 games, 3,501 passing yards, 22 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.Stephen F. AustinW 55–⁠1619282232155
Sep 6atIowa StateW 32–⁠28162923900138
Sep 18vs.AuburnL 14–⁠20244024502−7
Sep 27vs.UTEPW 58–⁠2810152091029
Oct 4vs.Texas TechW 45–⁠13243129040105
Oct 18atOklahomaW 31–⁠3015232252051
Oct 25vs.TexasW 23–⁠0193022400−1
Nov 1vs.Oklahoma StateW 48–⁠1419282232034
Nov 8atTCUL 20–⁠412037291212
Nov 20atWest VirginiaW 26–⁠2022344001113
Nov 29vs.KansasW 51–⁠1321272944021
Dec 6atBaylorL 27–⁠3822273002131
Jan 2 ✦vs.UCLAL 35–⁠4031483382113
2013 Kansas State 13 games, 2,469 passing yards, 18 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.North Dakota StateL 21–⁠242129280221
Sep 7vs.LouisianaW 48–⁠2722312780213
Sep 14vs.MassachusettsW 37–⁠75101152174
Sep 21atTexasL 21–⁠3119302750026
Oct 5atOklahoma StateL 29–⁠33371100−6
Oct 12vs.BaylorL 25–⁠35615770043
Oct 26vs.West VirginiaW 35–⁠1210131983055
Nov 2vs.Iowa StateW 41–⁠79151570032
Nov 9atTexas TechW 49–⁠2669651038
Nov 16vs.TCUW 33–⁠3110242342120
Nov 23vs.OklahomaL 31–⁠41172934832−17
Nov 30atKansasW 31–⁠10102116021−9
Dec 28 ✦vs.MichiganW 31–⁠1421272713042

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2015
Height6′0⅞″
Weight204 lb
Arm length30¾″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.85 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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