2022 Iowa State Cyclones football team explained

Year:	2022
Team:	Iowa State Cyclones
Sport:	football
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Record:	4–8
Conf Record:	1–8
Head Coach:	Matt Campbell
Hc Year:	7th
Off Coach:	Tom Manning
Oc Year:	6th
Off Scheme:	Pro spread
Def Coach:	Jon Heacock
Dc Year:	7th
Def Scheme:	3-high safety^[1]
Captain:	Trevor Downing, Xavier Hutchinson, Anthony Johnson Jr., O'Rien Vance
Stadium:	Jack Trice Stadium

The 2022 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cyclones played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa, and competed in the Big 12 Conference. They were led by seventh-year head coach Matt Campbell.

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The preseason poll was released on July 7, 2022.^[2]

Big 12 media poll
1	Baylor (17)	365
2	Oklahoma (12)	354
3	Oklahoma State (9)	342
4	Texas (2)	289
5	Kansas State	261
6	Iowa State (1)	180
7	TCU	149
8	West Virginia	147
9	Texas Tech	119
10	Kansas	48

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Lott Trophy^[3]	Will McDonald IV	DE	Sr.
Maxwell Award	Xavier Hutchinson	WR	Sr.
Bednarik Award	Will McDonald IV	DE	Sr.
Biletnikoff Award	Xavier Hutchinson	WR	Sr.
Outland Trophy	Trevor Downing	C	Sr.
	Will McDonald IV	DE	Sr.
Wuerffel Trophy	Anthony Johnson Jr.	SAF	Sr.
Walter Camp Award	Xavier Hutchinson	WR	Sr.
	Will McDonald IV	DE	Sr.
Rotary Lombardi Award	Trevor Downing	C	Sr.
	Will McDonald IV	DE	Sr.

Preseason Big-12 awards

2022 Preseason All-Big 12 teams

Position	Player	Class
Offense
FB	Jared Rus	RS Senior
WR	Xavier Hutchinson	RS Senior
Defense
DL	Will McDonald IV	RS Senior

Source:^[4]

Schedule

Iowa State and the Big 12 announced the 2022 football schedule on December 1, 2021.^{[5] [6]}

Game summaries

Vs. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks

See also: 2022 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team.

Statistics	SEMO	ISU
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	Statistics
SEMO	Passing	Paxton DeLaurent	19–38, 222 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Paxton DeLaurent	12 CAR, 74 YDS
Receiving		3 REC, 56 YDS, 0 TD
Iowa State	Passing		25–31, 293 yards, 4TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Jirehl Brock	16 CAR, 104 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving		8 REC, 128 YDS, 3 TD

At Iowa Hawkeyes

See also: 2022 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.

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	Statistics
Iowa 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 TD
Iowa	Passing		12-26, 92 YDS, 1 INT
Rushing	Leshon Williams	4 CAR, 34 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving		8 REC, 55 YDS

Vs. Ohio Bobcats

See also: 2022 Ohio Bobcats football team.

Statistics	OHIO	ISU
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	Statistics
OHIO	Passing		20-33, 194 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing	Nolan McCormick	7 CAR, 43 YDS
Receiving	Miles Cross	4 REC, 48 YDS
Iowa 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 Bears

See also: 2022 Baylor Bears football team.

Statistics	BU	ISU
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	Statistics
Baylor	Passing		19-26, 238 YDS, 3 TD
Rushing		21 CAR, 78 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving	Gavin Holmes	3 REC, 92 YDS, 1 TD
Iowa 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 Jayhawks

See also: 2022 Kansas Jayhawks football team.

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	Statistics
Iowa 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 YDS
Kansas	Passing		7-14, 93 YDS
Rushing		12 CAR, 75 YDS
Receiving	Luke Grimm	4 REC, 46 YDS

Vs. No. 20 Kansas State Wildcats

See also: 2022 Kansas State Wildcats football team.

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K-State –1.5	45.0

Statistics	KSU	ISU
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	Statistics
Kansas State	Passing		12-19, 246 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing	Adrian Martinez	19 CAR, 77 YDS
Receiving		4 REC, 119 YDS, TD
Iowa 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 Longhorns

See also: 2022 Texas Longhorns football team.

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	Statistics
Iowa 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 YDS
Texas	Passing		17-26, 172 YDS, 3 TD
Rushing		28 CAR, 135 YDS
Receiving		8 REC, 72 YDS, 2 TD

Vs. Oklahoma Sooners

See also: 2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team.

Statistics	OU	ISU
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		15-26, 148 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing		20 CAR, 101 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving	Jalil Farooq	4 REC, 74 YDS, 1 TD
Iowa 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 Mountaineers

See also: 2022 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.

Statistics	WVU	ISU
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		8-22, 81 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Justin Johnson Jr.	12 CAR, 48 YDS
Receiving		3 REC, 38 YDS, 1 TD
Iowa 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 Cowboys

See also: 2022 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team.

Statistics	ISU	OSU
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 YDS
Oklahoma 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 Red Raiders

See also: 2022 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.

Statistics	TTU	ISU
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		15-21, 141 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing		9 CAR, 45 YDS
Receiving	Myles Price	3 REC, 42 YDS
Iowa 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 Horned Frogs

See also: 2022 TCU Horned Frogs football team.

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	Statistics
Iowa State	Passing	Hunter Dekkers	12-24, 106 YDS, TD,INT
Rushing	Eli Sanders	7 CAR, 91 YDS
Receiving	DeShawn Hanika	3 REC, 49 YDS, TD
TCU	Passing		17-24, 212 YDS, 3 TD
Rushing		15 CAR, 72 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving	Savion Williams	5 REC, 48 YDS, TD

Personnel

Coaching staff

	Head coach	7th	Toledo (HC)
	Defensive coordinator	7th	Toledo (DC)
Tom Manning	Offensive coordinator	6th	Indianapolis Colts (TE)
	Assistant head coach/linebackers	7th	Toledo (LB)
Eli Rasheed	Defensive line	7th	Toledo (DL)
	Passing game coordinator/QB	7th	Ferrum (OC)
Jeff Myers	Offensive line	7th	Toledo (graduate assistant)
	Run game coordinator/running backs/wide receivers	5th	Illinois (offensive analyst)
Matt Caponi	Cornerbacks	4th	West Virginia (DB)
	Tight ends	7th	Toledo (GA)
	Safeties	2nd	Houston Texans (DA)

Awards and honors

All-American Honors

Player	Selection
Offense
Defense

All-Big 12

Player	Selection
Offense
Xavier Hutchinson	Coaches-1;
Jared Rus	Coaches-2;
Trevor Downing	Coaches-2
Hunter Dekkers	Coaches-HM
Defense
Will McDonald IV	Coaches-1
Anthony Johnson Jr.	Coaches-2;
T. J. Tampa	Coaches-2;
M.J. Anderson	Coaches-HM
Beau Freyler	Coaches-HM
Myles Purchase	Coaches-HM
Colby Reeder	Coaches-HM
O'Rien Vance	Coaches-HM
Special Teams

Individual Awards

Player	Award
Jeremiah Cooper	Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year-Honorable Mention
Trevor Downing	Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year-Honorable Mention
Will McDonald IV	Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year-Honorable MentionBig 12 Defensive Player of the Year-Honorable Mention
Colby Reeder	Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year-Honorable Mention

Weekly Awards

Player	Award	Date Awarded
Colby Reeder	Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week	Week 2, 2022
Cartevious Norton	Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week	Week 10, 2022

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2023 NFL draft.

TV ratings

!Opponent!Outlet!Viewers!Rating

SE Missouri	ESPN+	†	†
@ Iowa	BTN	1.47M	N/A
Ohio	ESPN+	†	†
Baylor	ESPN2	762K	.43
@ Kansas	ESPN2	865K	.45
Kansas State	ESPNU	373K	†
@ Texas	ABC	2.35M	1.3
Oklahoma	FS1	711K	0.40
West Virginia	ESPN+	†	†
@Oklahoma State	ESPNU	272K	N/A
Texas Tech	FS1	545K	0.28
@ TCU	FOX	4.34M	2.1

All totals via Sports Media Watch.^[7] Streaming numbers not included. † - Data not available.

Notes and References

1. Web site: . Acosta . Joseph . The 3-safety defense and why it helps stop RPO offenses, explained . December 28, 2022 . December 23, 2023.
2. Web site: Baylor Makes First Appearance Atop Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll . July 7, 2022. July 7, 2022.
3. Web site: LOTT IMPACT® TROPHY ANNOUNCES 2022 WATCH LIST. May 19, 2022. May 19, 2022.
4. News: Big 12 Announces Media Preseason Football Team. Big 12 Sports. July 6, 2022. July 6, 2022.
5. News: Randy Peterson. Iowa State's 2022 football schedule includes Thursday night home game against Oklahoma. Des Moines Register. December 1, 2021. December 8, 2021.
6. News: Justin Hellinga. Big 12 Announces ISU 2022 Football Schedule. KIWA Radio. December 1, 2021. December 8, 2021.
7. Web site: Paulsen . College Football TV Ratings . 2022-07-09 . Sports Media Watch . en-US.