Freshman standout quarterback Brock Purdy led the Cyclones to another win, and redshirt senior Kyle Kempt suited up after a knee injury in Iowa State’s opener against Iowa.

Meanwhile, the No. 4 worn by redshirt sophomore quarterback Zeb Noland wasn’t on the sideline. 

“Zeb was not with us; [he] kind of took a personal leave of absence this week,” said coach Matt Campbell. “I don’t know where that is right now, but he did nothing wrong. There was nothing in terms of anything else, other than I think we’ll have some sort of definitive [answer] to that here sometime next week.”

Without Noland on Saturday, Iowa State had Kempt, Re-al Mitchell and walk-on Blake Clark suited up at quarterback behind Purdy.

Noland has played in five games this season, adding 722 yards on 70-for-110 passing with four touchdowns and an interception. Purdy and Noland played in the first quarter of Iowa State’s win over Oklahoma State before Purdy handled the quarterback duties after Noland received one drive.