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Rocco Becht
American football player (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rocco Becht (/bɛkt/ BEKT;[1] born November 12, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Iowa State Cyclones.
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Early life
Becht attended Wiregrass Ranch High School in Wesley Chapel, Florida.[2] During his career, he passed for 5,343 yards and 65 touchdowns. He committed to Iowa State University to play college football.[3]
College career
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Becht played in three games his first year at Iowa State in 2022, completing seven of 13 passes for 65 yards, and took a redshirt. He entered his redshirt freshman year in 2023 as the team's starting quarterback.[4] In his first start, he completed 10 of 13 passes for 113 yards with two touchdowns.[5][6]In the 2023 season, he took over as the starting quarterback as a result of Hunter Dekkers leaving the university after a gambling probe. Becht guided the Cyclones to a 7-5 record (6-3 in the Big 12) before losing in the Liberty Bowl to Memphis, 36-26. He threw for 3,210 yards for 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions that season. In 2024, he sent his team to the Big 12 championship game at Arlington, Texas against first year Big 12 and surprising 10-2 Arizona State Sun Devils. Iowa State ended up losing that game, 45-19 where he threw for 214 yards, 2 touchdowns and one interception. In the Pop Tarts Bowl against the Miami Hurricanes on December 28, 2024, he ran into the end zone for a touchdown with 56 seconds left, winning a come from behind game 42-41, in Orlando, Florida. He also threw for 270 yards and 3 touchdowns in that game.
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Personal life
His father, Anthony Becht, played tight end in the National Football League.[7]
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