#12

Wes Lunt

Quarterback for Illinois. 2016: 1,376 passing yards, 8 TD, 3 INT.

QB · Illinois · #12

6′4″ · Rochester, IL

Illinois 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

PRO recruit

No. 360 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 quarterback for Illinois. 2016: 1,376 passing yards, 8 TD, 3 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma State in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Illinois, 5,900 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Oklahoma State4-star out of Rochester

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#360 national

CFB

College

Illinois

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

3 coaches

2014

Tim Beckman

Illinois

2015

Bill Cubit

Illinois

era →

2016

Lovie Smith

Illinois

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit, and Lovie Smith. Multi-era developmental context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Illinois6-7HC: Tim Beckman · Balanced

2015Illinois5-7HC: Bill Cubit · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2016Illinois3-9HC: Lovie Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (86th percentile). Concern: yards / att (10th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#19 / 167 · 86th pct

Fumbles lost#69 / 163 · 45th pct

Pass yards#111 / 167 · 34th pct

1376

Pass TDs#117 / 167 · 25th pct

Completion %#128 / 167 · 23rd pct

54.7%

Rush TDs#133 / 167 · 10th pct

Rush yards#151 / 167 · 10th pct

-65

Yards / att#150 / 167 · 10th pct

5.9

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	169	1.2	6.0	0.4
Road3g	177	0.7	5.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	168	1.2	6.5	0.2
Weeks 8+3g	179	0.7	4.4	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Illinois	127	232	54.7%	1,376	5.9	8	3	113.4	--	--	--
2015	Illinois	270	481	56.1%	2,761	5.7	14	6	111.5	--	--	--
2014	Illinois	153	241	63.5%	1,763	7.3	14	3	141.6	--	--	--
Career		550	954	57.7%	5,900	6.2	36	12	119.5	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Illinois	20	-65	-3.2	0	--
2015	Illinois	24	-153	-6.4	1	--
2014	Illinois	16	-80	-5.0	0	--
Career		60	-298	-5.0	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 52-3vs Murray State	15/21	226	3	0	10.8	95.7	3 TD passes
Wk 2	L 23-48vs North Carolina	17/35	127	2	0	3.6	29.3
Wk 3	L 10-34vs Western Michigan	29/42	312	1	1	7.4	35.2
Wk 5	L 16-31@ Nebraska	13/22	133	0	0	6.0	51.2
Wk 6	L 31-34vs Purdue	4/9	42	0	0	4.7	39.2
Wk 11	L 3-48@ Wisconsin	2/8	22	0	0	2.8	4.4
Wk 12	L 0-28vs Iowa	19/41	137	0	1	3.3	13.0
Wk 13	L 21-42@ Northwestern	28/54	377	2	1	7.0	49.0	Season-high 377 yds
Total		127/232	1376	8	3	5.7	39.6

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Wes Lunt

2012

2016 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

DNA match

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