Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Kansas State
Will Swanson
TE • 6'5" • 244 lbs • Papillion, NE, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Will Swanson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
6
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
24
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Dakota
Player Story
Will Swanson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a tight end from Papillion, NE wearing No. 83, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Will Swanson's career was his receiving role: 21...
Read the storyWill Swanson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas State. Will Swanson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 237
- Receptions
- 21
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Will Swanson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 237
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kansas State
- Top game
- North Dakota
- High school pipeline
- St. Augustine Prep · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 83 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 82 receiving yards · TE 213th (top 45%) · Big 12 124th (top 49%) · National 1,110th (top 51%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 62.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas State | 5 | 5 | 66 | 1 | 62.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 9 | 66 | 3 | 58 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas State | 4 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 64.4 |
Related Context
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Will Swanson played TE for Kansas State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Will Swanson recorded 237 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 82 primary output with 81.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 81.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Dakota
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
4
Receiving Yards / G
20.5
Efficiency
81.7
Usage
7.8
Consistency
50.2
Best Game by takeover score
North Dakota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Dakota: 46. Arizona: 5. TCU: 14. Colorado: 17
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. North Dakota: 2 by 100. Arizona: 1 by 33.3. TCU: 1 by 93.3. Colorado: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins25.7 · Games = 3 · +20.7 vs Losses
Losses5 · Games = 1 · -20.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Dakota
Best efficiency game
100 vs Colorado
Player Story
Will Swanson story
Will Swanson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a tight end from Papillion, NE wearing No. 83, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Will Swanson's career was his receiving role: 21 catches, 237 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Will Swanson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2020-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 23 | 76.7 | 13.3 | 23 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas State | 66 | 81.7 | 6.5 | 43 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas State | 66 | 51.4 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas State | 82 | 81.7 | 7.8 | 16 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs North Dakota
Week 1 · W 38-35
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
46
Receiving Yards
74.6 takeover
46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs South Dakota
Week 1 · W 34-0
23
Receiving Yards
73.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
23 receiving yards with a 76.7 efficiency score.
#3
vs TCU
Week 8 · W 41-3 · Conference game
22
Receiving Yards
72.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
22 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.
#4
vs Houston
Week 9 · W 41-0 · Conference game
21
Receiving Yards
70.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Tulane
Week 2 · W 34-27
18
Receiving Yards
68.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
18 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kansas State
82 primary output · 81.7 efficiency · 7.8 usage
64.4
#2
2023 Regular Season · Kansas State
62.4
66 primary · 81.7 efficiency · 6.5 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Kansas State
62.3
23 primary · 76.7 efficiency · 13.3 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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