Freshman quarterback for Illinois. 2018: 442 passing yards, 1 TD, 3 INT.
6′4″ · 215 lb · Frisco, TX
The story
1 quarterback for Illinois. 2018: 442 passing yards, 1 TD, 3 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearM.J. Rivers II
The receipt on tape: 168 pass yds against South Florida, Week 3, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Illinois, 442 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (92nd percentile). Strength: interceptions (85th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 106 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.7 |
| Road3g | 41.7 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 158 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 31.2 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.5 |
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 · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Illinois | 47 | 85 | 55.3% | 442 | 5.2 | 1 | 3 | 95.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 47 | 85 | 55.3% | 442 | 5.2 | 1 | 3 | 95.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Illinois | 40 | 29 | 0.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 40 | 29 | 0.7 | 0 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 19-25vs South Florida | 20/29 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | — | Season-high 168 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 24-63vs Penn State | 17/28 | 149 | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-49@ Wisconsin | 7/13 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 33-63@ Maryland | 3/13 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 35-54@ Nebraska | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-63vs Iowa | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | — | |
| Total | 47/85 | 442 | 1 | 3 | 4.2 | — |