QB
Redshirt Freshman
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Season totals / Penn State
Source: Penn State Athletics / Source checked October 7, 2026
Reserve quarterback with three Penn State appearances through Buffalo, completing nine passes for 102 yards. His 2025 Iowa State line is kept separate from that current-season production.
Alex Manske is a redshirt-freshman quarterback wearing No. 7 for Penn State after transferring from Iowa State. His 2025 Cyclones record was four completions on five attempts for 28 yards across three appearances, plus 33 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown. Those are previous-school totals.
Penn State's player biography lists three appearances in 2026 through Buffalo: nine completions for 102 yards and three rushes for 14 yards. He completed six passes for 57 yards against Marshall and three for 45 yards against Buffalo. Those are Penn State statistics, so the profile no longer needs to frame his role solely as a preseason projection.
Rocco Becht has started the season at quarterback, and Manske's early appearances have come in a reserve role. His two-school record lets readers track actual progress without declaring him a successor or assuming how the staff would order the quarterbacks in every injury or late-game situation.
Sources checked October 7, 2026