Carter Pabst holds the WR-X · Backup spot in Iowa State Cyclones’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Carter Pabst is a 6'1", 200-pound wide receiver from Wichita, Kansas who attended Eisenhower High School. At Eisenhower, he was a four-year letterwinner who recorded 75 receptions for 1,641 yards and 29 touchdowns, earning first-team all-state honors as a three-star prospect ranked No. 18 overall in Kansas by national outlets. Pabst transferred to Iowa State after one season at Washington State, where he appeared in nine games in 2025 and posted nine receptions for 168 yards and one touchdown, including a 43-yard reception at North Texas and a 35-yard touchdown catch against Toledo.

Washington State2025

Iowa State2026 — present