115) Hunter Dekkers | Iowa State
For the first time in what feels like a decade, Iowa State starts a season without Brock Purdy as their starting QB. After two years of learning behind Purdy, Hunter Dekkers enters the lineup as the starter in Ames in 2022. The 13th-ranked dual-threat quarterback from his class, Dekkers has a high pedigree and strong recruiting profile to live up to as well as high expectations for the QB position after Purdy rewrote the Iowa State record book during his tenure with the program.
A solid passer, Dekkers has been able to show more with his legs in his brief time in the lineup for the Cyclones. Still, he’s got a big arm with the talent to push the ball downfield. He just hasn’t been able to showcase it due to the situations he’s been put in. Much like a lot of the quarterbacks down this far in the rankings, Dekkers will have a lot to prove and his place in our starting quarterback rankings is more indicative of that unproven nature and the nature of the fact that there are a plethora of proven quarterbacks returning to college football this fall.
