Quarterback, Kansas State, 2013–⁠17

Jesse Ertz

Number
No. 16
Height
6′3″
Weight
212 lb
Hometown
Burlington, IA

Jesse Ertz played quarterback at Kansas State (2013–⁠17).

Career highs

333passing yards, career highvs. Central Arkansas, 20174touchdown passes, career highvs. Central Arkansas, 2017170rushing yards, career highat TCU, 20163rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Oklahoma State, 2016

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2016Kansas State15226457.61,7556.694
2017Kansas State5510055.09309.373
Career20736456.92,6857.4167

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014Kansas State7466.6020
2015Kansas State155.005
2016Kansas State1831,0125.51254
2017Kansas State653365.2335
Career2561,3995.51554

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2013Kansas State16QB
2014Kansas State16QB
2015Kansas State16QB
2016Kansas State16QB
2017Kansas State16QB6′3″212

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
2014Kansas State70.20––1.4–––
2015Kansas State10.06––0.1–––
2016Kansas State4450.3068th (n=152)0.25135.650%0.270.43
2017Kansas State1640.4089th (n=160)0.2565.752%0.260.19

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

2017 Kansas State 5 games, 930 passing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2vs.Central ArkansasW 55–⁠1910163334035
Sep 9vs.CharlotteW 55–⁠716211780076
Sep 16atVanderbiltL 7–⁠1410287602126
Sep 30vs.BaylorW 33–⁠207171191095
Oct 7atTexasL 34–⁠401218224214
2016 Kansas State 13 games, 1,755 passing yards, 9 TD; 1,012 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2atStanfordL 13–⁠2616342071120
Sep 17vs.Florida AtlanticW 63–⁠78131171040
Sep 24vs.Missouri StateW 35–⁠078942085
Oct 1atWest VirginiaL 16–⁠1710301660125
Oct 8vs.Texas TechW 44–⁠3810201041083
Oct 15atOklahomaL 17–⁠38814680040
Oct 22vs.TexasW 24–⁠2120271711178
Oct 29atIowa StateW 31–⁠26182815110106
Nov 5vs.Oklahoma StateL 37–⁠4312188701153
Nov 19atBaylorW 42–⁠2116251770046
Nov 26vs.KansasW 34–⁠1946590099
Dec 3atTCUW 30–⁠692115910170
Dec 28 ✦vs.Texas A&MW 33–⁠2814201951067
2015 Kansas State 1 game, 5 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.South DakotaW 34–⁠0–––––5
2014 Kansas State 4 games, 46 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.Stephen F. AustinW 55–⁠16–––––0
Sep 27vs.UTEPW 58–⁠28–––––6
Nov 1vs.Oklahoma StateW 48–⁠14–––––26
Nov 29vs.KansasW 51–⁠13–––––14

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2018
Height6′2½″
Weight209 lb
Arm length31¼″
Hand size9⅛″

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

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