Quarterback for Illinois. 2017: 443 passing yards, 1 TD, 4 INT.
6′4″ · 230 lb · Newark, OH
The story
2017 quarterback for Illinois. 2017: 443 passing yards, 1 TD, 4 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearChayce Crouch
Three seasons at Illinois, two different head coaches: Bill Cubit and Lovie Smith. The receipt: 145 pass yds, 2 rush yds against Ball State — Week 1, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Illinois, 852 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Cubit → Lovie Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (92nd percentile). Concern: pass tds (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 117 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
| Road3g | 30.7 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 85.4 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 16.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017
W 20–7
107 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 46.4 · 44 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD
With B. Hayes — 34 AVG · 52 LONG · 7 NO · M. Epstein — 111 rush yds (21 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-21vs Ball State | 10/19 | 145 | 1 | 1 | 7.6 | 21.1 | Season-high 145 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 20-7vs Western Kentucky | 14/25 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 46.4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-47@ South Florida | 8/18 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 17.2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-28vs Nebraska | 9/15 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 6.6 | 40.8 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-45@ Iowa | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-52@ Ohio State | 4/14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.1 | |
| Total | 45/91 | 443 | 1 | 4 | 4.8 | 25.9 |