Rocco Becht (/bɛkt/ BEKT;[2] born November 12, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Iowa State Cyclones.
[4] 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.
[6][7]In the 2023 season, he took over as the starting quarterback as a result of Hunter Dekkers left the university after a gambling probe.
In 2024, he sent his team to the Big 12 championship game at Arlington, Texas against newcomer and suprising 10-2 Arizona State Sun Devils.
In the Pop Tarts Bowl against the Miami Hurricanes, he ran into the end zone for a touchdown with 56 seconds left, winning a come from behind game 42-41, in Orlando, Florida.