Last confirmed: Illinois, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 225 lb · Atlanta, GA
AJ Bush: QB · Illinois · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
AJ Bush
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. 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 him by name this season.
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| 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 |
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | 19 | 129 | 6.8 | 0 |
| Career | 157 | 862 | 5.5 | 8 |
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 — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Frank Beamer, Justin Fuente and Lovie Smith.
