Last confirmed: Illinois, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · Rochester, IL
Wes Lunt: QB · Illinois · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Wes Lunt
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Wes Lunt has been at Illinois through three head coaches in three seasons. A game that shows it: 377 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Northwestern — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
55.2% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 21.2% conversion-per-dropback — 56.2% 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
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
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| 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@ No. 15 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@ No. 7 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 | 5.9 | — |
Week 1 · 2016
W 52-3
vs Murray State
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
5.38127 of 193 QBsSack rate
5.7%90 of 193 QBsRarely sacked (90 of 193), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (127 of 193).
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 54.7% completion on 232 attempts · 16 deep completions averaging 31.8 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
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
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
50.8%
358 pass / 347 run
Plays / game
58.8
12 games
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Illinois, 5,900 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 28 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Gundy, Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit and Lovie Smith.
