Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Western Illinois | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-27@ Purdue | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | Season-high 19 yds |
| Total | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 19 |
Alexander Capka-Jones
Last confirmed: Illinois, 2025. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 190 lb · Oak Park, CA · Moorpark College
No game stats on our list this season yet.
This week
Alexander Capka-Jones
Second year in the Illinois receiving corps. One game to point at: 19 receiving yards and 1 reception against Purdue — Week 6, 2025.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Illinois in the news
Where to follow him
Career stats
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Game log
Signature game
Week 6 · 2025
W 43-27
at Purdue
1 rec · 19 yds
With L. Altmyer — 390 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.9 · H. Beatty — 5 rec · 186 yds · 1 TD
Teams and coaches
2 seasons under Bret Bielema — 19-7 over that span.
2024Illinois10-3HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Illinois9-4HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 REC/g, 15.5 YDS/g, 15.5 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
45.6%
372 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
62.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
2 catches in 2 games
Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Three seasons at Illinois
- Jan 2026 Entered the transfer portal
- 2025 Illinois BielemaYear 3 · 2 games
- 2024 Illinois BielemaYear 2 · 2 games
- 2023 Illinois BielemaYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with Illinois in 2023 as a 3-star junior college recruit out of Moorpark College, No. 98 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Illinois in the 2023 class, a 3-star recruit.
- Entered the transfer portal from Illinois, Jan 15, 2026.
His career
2023
- Signed with Illinois3-star out of Moorpark College
2026
- Entered the portalfrom Illinois
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023–2025
Illinois
Played his entire career under Bret Bielema.
In the portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Illinois
DestinationTBD