AJ Bush: QB · Illinois · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
AJ Bush
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Justin Fuente and Lovie Smith. One game to point at: 281 passing yards and 56 rushing yards against Northwestern — Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
48.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 25.0% conversion-per-dropback — 41.7% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (78.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
LancasterOnline Oct 25
Yahoo Sports Oct 25Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Illinois | 117 | 217 | 53.9% | 1,413 | 6.5 | 6 | 10 | 108.5 | 37 |
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 11 | 63.6% | 99 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 169.2 | -- |
| Career | 124 | 228 | 54.4% | 1,512 | 6.6 | 7 | 10 | 111.5 | 37 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Illinois | 138 | 733 | 5.3 | 8 | 44 |
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | 19 | 129 | 6.8 | 0 | 34 |
| Career | 157 | 862 | 5.5 | 8 | 44 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-24vs Kent State | 13/23 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-14vs Western Illinois | 5/7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-17@ Rutgers | 10/18 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 4.9 | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-46vs Purdue | 12/25 | 170 | 0 | 1 | 6.8 | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-49@ No. 23 Wisconsin | 2/8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.3 | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 33-63@ Maryland | 11/19 | 216 | 2 | 1 | 11.4 | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-31vs Minnesota | 18/25 | 216 | 2 | 1 | 8.6 | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 35-54@ Nebraska | 11/25 | 126 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-63vs Iowa | 12/28 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 2.9 | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-24@ No. 20 Northwestern | 23/39 | 281 | 1 | 1 | 7.2 | — | Season-high 281 yds |
| Total | 117/217 | 1413 | 6 | 10 | 6.5 | — |
Week 10 · 2018
W 55-31
vs Minnesota
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
4.30183 of 207 QBsSack rate
6.5%110 of 207 QBsSacked on 6.5% of dropbacks (110 of 207) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (183 of 207).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 53.9% completion on 217 attempts · 19 deep completions averaging 35.1 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 138 | 0.4 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 144 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 120 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 155 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 1.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
39.8%
326 pass / 494 run
Plays / game
68.3
12 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
217 pass attempts and 138 carries in 10 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons, at Virginia Tech and Illinois, 1,512 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Frank Beamer, Justin Fuente and Lovie Smith.
