Kyle Kempt

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About Kyle Kempt

Former Iowa State All-Big 12 quarterback Kyle Kempt is in his fifth season on the Iowa State football staff. Kempt was a quality control assistant in 2019, switched to graduate assistant for the offense prior to the 2020 season before returning to his quality control role for the 2023 season.Kempt has helped mentor Cyclone quarterbacks Brock Purdy and Hunter Dekkers. Purdy finished his career owning or sharing 32 school records and was a seventh round NFL draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers. In Dekkers first season as starting quarterback, the redshirt sophomore led the Big 12 Conference with 302 completions, while also completing a Big 12-best 66.1 percent of his passes.Kempt became an overnight sensation, leading the Cyclones to a 38-31 victory over No. 3 Oklahoma in Norman, Okla, in his first career start. He threw for 343 yards (18-of-24) and three touchdowns in one of the greatest wins in school history.He went on to tally a 5-3 record as a starter, leading the team to a national ranking, an 8-5 record and a victory in the Liberty Bowl.Kempt threw for 1,787 yards, tossed 15 touchdown passes and completed 66.3 percent of his passes, the third-best clip in school history.He is the only quarterback in Cyclone history to lead his team to a pair of wins over top-five opponents.Kempt graduated from Iowa State in 2018 with a pair of degrees in computer science and liberal arts. In 2022, he earned his master's degree in family and consumer sciences - youth development.