Player Dossier

2012-2018

Kansas

Peyton Bender

QB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Peyton Bender is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.5 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

42

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Kansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Washington State • Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington

Player Story

Peyton Bender built his college career from 2012 through 2018 as a quarterback from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Kansas and Washington State. The clearest part of Peyton Bender's career was...

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Peyton Bender, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Kansas. Peyton Bender is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.5 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
3,761
Passing yards
4,006
Touchdowns
26

Quick Answers

Peyton Bender quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas · QB
Career Total Offense
3,761
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Kansas
Top game
Washington
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2018 Total offense rank
1,759 total offense · QB 105th (top 29%) · Big 12 9th (top 8%) · National 109th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonWashington State00000-
2013 Regular SeasonWashington State00000-
2014 Regular SeasonWashington State00000-
2015 Regular SeasonWashington State5480498-18342.2
2017 Regular SeasonKansas101,5221,609-871053.5
2018 Regular SeasonKansas111,7591,899-1401363.4

Related Context

Peyton Bender played QB for Washington State and Kansas. Across 6 tracked seasons, Peyton Bender recorded 4,006 passing yards, -245 rushing yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Kansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Kansas paired 1,759 primary output with 51.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 47.8 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Washington State, Kansas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Loss with 313 yards of offense and 54 efficiency. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2017 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

10

Primary Metric / G

152.2

Efficiency

47.8

Usage

9.9

Consistency

57.9

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southeast Missouri State: 353. Central Michigan: 306. Ohio: 313. West Virginia: 200. Texas Tech: 146. Iowa State: 28. TCU: 15. Baylor: 2. Oklahoma: 0. Oklahoma State: 159

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southeast Missouri State: 40 by 55.6. Central Michigan: 64 by 45.5. Ohio: 53 by 54. West Virginia: 34 by 48.6. Texas Tech: 24 by 61.3. Iowa State: 21 by 44.7. TCU: 21 by 40.9. Baylor: 4 by 47.2. Oklahoma: 1 by 33.3. Oklahoma State: 36 by 46.4

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins353 · Games = 1 · +223.1 vs Losses
Losses129.9 · Games = 9 · -223.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Ohio

Best efficiency game

61.3 vs Texas Tech

Result
Sat 11/25@ Oklahoma StateL 17-58173217253.12146.44-13-3.3008
Sat 11/18vs OklahomaL 3-410100.00033.3
Sat 11/4vs BaylorL 9-3823866.70047.21-6-600
Sun 10/22@ TCUL 0-437163843.80040.95-23-4.6001
Sat 10/14@ Iowa StateL 0-458191842.10144.7210506
Sat 10/7vs Texas TechL 19-65122414650.01161.3
Sat 9/23vs West VirginiaL 34-56173219753.11248.6231.50016
Sat 9/16@ Ohio300-yard gameL 30-42304734363.821546-30-500
Sat 9/9vs Central Michigan300-yard gameL 27-45326232351.60245.52-17-8.5000
Sat 9/2vs Southeast Missouri State300-yard game · 3+ TDW 38-16233736462.24255.63-11-3.7000

Player Story

Peyton Bender story

Peyton Bender built his college career from 2012 through 2018 as a quarterback from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Kansas and Washington State. The clearest part of Peyton Bender's career was his passing role: 4,006 passing yards, 26 touchdown passes, and 686 attempts across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Peyton Bender's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Washington State

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kansas

    2017-2018

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201220132014201520172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonWashington State0
2013 Regular SeasonWashington State00
2014 Regular SeasonWashington State00
2015 Regular SeasonWashington State48052.625480
2017 Regular SeasonKansas1,52247.89.91,042
2018 Regular SeasonKansas1,75951.59.5237

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Washington

Week 13 · L 10-45 · Conference game

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

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Total Offense

67.7 takeover

270 total offense with 47.4 efficiency.

#2

vs Nicholls

Week 1 · L 23-26

172

Total Offense

63 takeover

Loss with 172 yards of offense and 49.7 efficiency.

172 total offense with 49.7 efficiency.

#3

@ Ohio

Week 3 · L 30-42

313

Total Offense

61.5 takeover

Loss with 313 yards of offense and 54 efficiency.

313 total offense with 54 efficiency.

#4

vs TCU

Week 9 · W 27-26 · Conference game

247

Total Offense

61.1 takeover

Win with 247 yards of offense and 59.3 efficiency.

247 total offense with 59.3 efficiency.

#5

vs Southeast Missouri State

Week 1 · W 38-16

353

Total Offense

60.8 takeover

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

353 total offense with 55.6 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Kansas

1,759 primary output · 51.5 efficiency · 9.5 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Kansas

53.5

1,522 primary · 47.8 efficiency · 9.9 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Washington State

42.2

480 primary · 52.6 efficiency · 25 usage

Milestones

4

250+ passing yards

3

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

3

Above avg efficiency