Max Shikenjanski

#6 · QB · Minnesota6′2″ · 185 lb · Stillwater, MN · Stillwater Area

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Max Shikenjanski is a quarterback at Minnesota who has played in 1 of Minnesota's 8 games this season, most recently Sep 3.

Minnesota is 5-3.

Rated a two-star prospect, with two seasons of snaps at Minnesota since.

50 passing yards · 0 passing TD · 2 rushing yards

Style of play

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

2/17Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (11.8%).

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Minnesota	3	3	100.0%	50	16.7	0	240.0
2025	Minnesota	4	5	80.0%	80	16.0	1	280.4
Career		7	8	87.5%	130	16.2	1	265.2

Season	Team
2026	Minnesota	1	2	2.0	1	2
2025	Minnesota	3	−2	−0.7	1	8
Career		4	0	0.0	2	8

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 59-7vs Eastern Illinois	3/3	50	0	0	16.7	91.7	Season-high 50 yds

Signature game

Week 1 · 2026

W 59-7

vs Eastern Illinois

50 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.7

Dominant 52-point win at home against Eastern Illinois.

With J. Tracy — 5 rec · 98 yds · D. Lindsey — 264 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.2

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Big Ten
Passing yards	50	T-271st of 370	T-38th of 50
Yards an attempt	16.7	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	0	—	—
Passer rating	240.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	100.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	2	T-266th of 370	T-32nd of 50
Rushing touchdowns	1	T-117th of 370	T-14th of 50

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 3 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Big Ten quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Jayden Maiava	2,525	20	5	296	8.5
2	Julian Sayin	2,007	19	4	192	10.5
3	Ryan Browne	1,964	11	5	250	7.9
4	Aidan Chiles	1,898	13	1	202	9.4
5	Josh Hoover	1,860	19	2	206	9.0
6	Rocco Becht	1,839	13	5	234	7.9
7	Anthony Colandrea	1,824	15	7	263	6.9
8	Malik Washington	1,805	9	7	289	6.2
9	Katin Houser	1,663	13	5	216	7.7
10	Drake Lindsey	1,592	10	6	259	6.1
11	Demond Williams Jr.	1,495	9	3	187	8.0
12	Colton Joseph	1,346	11	5	187	7.2
13	Alessio Milivojevic	1,263	7	3	185	6.8
14	Hank Brown	1,190	8	3	169	7.0
15	Dylan Raiola	1,097	9	2	145	7.6
16	Dylan Lonergan	1,066	10	6	127	8.4
17	Nico Iamaleava	982	4	4	116	8.5
18	Dante Moore	926	9	0	99	9.4
19	Bryce Underwood	924	5	6	124	7.5
20	Elijah Brown	714	7	3	99	7.2
21	Ty Dieffenbach	683	3	1	100	6.8
22	AJ Surace	662	7	5	83	8.0
23	Tommy Carr	503	2	1	68	7.4
24	Jeremy Hecklinski	472	4	2	67	7.0
25	Luke Fahey	463	3	2	51	9.1
26	Grant Wilson	230	3	0	22	10.5
27	Brock Thomas	228	1	1	40	5.7
28	Michael Clayton II	172	4	0	26	6.6
29	Jonas Williams	126	0	1	14	9.0
30	Alex Manske	102	0	0	14	7.3
31	Evans Chuba	96	1	0	14	6.9
32	Ryan Hopkins	93	0	1	13	7.2
33	TJ Lateef	82	1	0	11	7.5
34	Leo Hannan	67	0	1	15	4.5
35	Cardell Williams	63	1	0	7	9.0
36	Cam Fancher	59	0	1	11	5.4
37	Tavien St. Clair	52	1	1	7	7.4
38	Max Shikenjanski	50	0	0	3	16.7
39	Sean Ashenfelder	50	0	1	10	5.0
40	Kayd Coffman	42	1	1	10	4.2
41	Jack Capaldi	35	0	0	2	17.5
42	Brady Palmer	34	0	0	6	5.7
43	Akili Smith Jr.	31	0	0	4	7.8
44	Jimmy Sullivan	13	0	0	4	3.2
45	Tyler Cherry	10	0	0	3	3.3
46	Connor Barry	8	0	0	2	4.0
47	Carson Boyd	5	0	0	1	5.0
48	Madden Iamaleava	0	0	0	1	0.0
49	Nicco Marchiol	0	0	0	1	0.0
50	Daniel Kaelin	-1	0	0	2	-0.5

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Pass targets

Moore and Estrada saw 2 of the 3 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Hayden Moore	1	1	33	-3.0	36.0
Ryan Estrada	1	1	11	-1.0	12.0
Zion Steptoe	1	1	6	0.0	6.0

Play by play: 3 passes, 3 caught, 50 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under P.J. Fleck, all balanced, slow tempo offenses — 13-8 over that span.

2025Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced, slow tempo

2026Minnesota5-3HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 36. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

36Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Box-score rates

Yards / att#1 / 159 · 100th pct

16.7

Completion %#1 / 159 · 100th pct

100.0%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 1 game: 50.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 16.7 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Pass share

54.3%

269 pass / 226 run

Plays / game

61.9

8 games

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Minnesota’s quarterbacks

Max Shikenjanski	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 3 of 3, 50 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 16.7 yards an attempt on 3 attempts · ran for 2 yds, 1 TD
Drake Lindsey	Threw in all 8 games · 161 of 259, 1,592 yds, 10 TD, 6 INT · 6.1 yards an attempt on 259 attempts · ran for -39 yds, 0 TD
Brady Palmer	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 4 of 6, 34 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 5.7 yards an attempt on 6 attempts · ran for 8 yds, 0 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

3 pass attempts and 1 carry in 1 game

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Starter

The No. 3,198 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Big Ten.

Max Shikenjanski

Style of play

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Minnesota’s quarterbacks

Awards

3 pass attempts and 1 carry in 1 game

Starter

Four seasons at Minnesota

2023