Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht named to Davey O’Brien Award Preseason Watch List

While Iowa State returns almost every starter from 2023, one starter in particular was always bound to draw a little more attention.

Sophomore quarterback Rocco Becht might be built to handle it.

Becht, 6-foot-1 and 205 pounds, was named to the Davey O’Brien Award Preseason Watch Lis t on Thursday. Becht started all 13 games in 2023, going 7-6 while throwing for 3,210 yards, 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions.

Becht is the son of former NFL tight end Anthony Becht, a first-round pick in the 2000 NFL Draft out of West Virginia who played 12 seasons in the pros.

Becht was one of eight quarterbacks from the Big 12 Conference to make the watch list along with Kansas’ Jalon Daniels, Arizona’s Noah Fifita, Baylor’s Dequan Finn, West Virginia’s Garrett Greene, UCF’s KJ Jefferson, Utah’s Cameron Rising and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders.