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Illinois's best quarterbacks since 2004
Nathan Scheelhaase leads with 8,568 passing yards in 48 games at Illinois; Luke Altmyer had 7,607.
Every quarterback with 5 or more games at Illinois since 2004, ranked by passing yards; the lines are each player's passing yards game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.
21 quarterbacks with 5+ games at Illinoispassing yards
| # | player | seasons | games | passing yards | passing touchdowns | wins | yards of total offense | interceptions thrown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Scheelhaase | 2010–2013 | 48 | 8,568 | 55 | 19 | 10,634 | 37 |
| 2 | Luke Altmyer | 2023–2025 | 35 | 7,607 | 57 | 23 | 8,348 | 21 |
| 3 | Wes Lunt | 2014–2016 | 28 | 5,900 | 36 | 10 | 5,602 | 12 |
| 4 | Juice Williams | 2008–2009 | 23 | 4,805 | 34 | 8 | 6,031 | 23 |
| 5 | Brandon Peters | 2019–2021 | 25 | 3,483 | 28 | 11 | 3,832 | 12 |
| 6 | Tommy DeVito | 2022 | 13 | 2,650 | 15 | 8 | 2,685 | 4 |
| 7 | Tim Brasic | 2005–2006 | 16 | 2,325 | 11 | 3 | 2,822 | 16 |
| 8 | Reilly O'Toole | 2011–2014 | 30 | 2,319 | 18 | 11 | 2,709 | 17 |
| 9 | Jeff George Jr. | 2016–2017 | 11 | 1,743 | 11 | 1 | 1,612 | 15 |
| 10 | Katin Houser | 2026 | 6 | 1,440 | 12 | 3 | 1,560 | 4 |
| 11 | AJ Bush Jr. | 2018 | 10 | 1,413 | 6 | 4 | 2,146 | 10 |
| 12 | John Paddock | 2023 | 6 | 1,278 | 9 | 2 | 1,239 | 3 |
| 13 | Jon Beutjer | 2004 | 8 | 1,082 | 8 | 2 | 1,084 | 4 |
| 14 | Eddie McGee | 2007–2010 | 34 | 917 | 3 | 16 | 1,304 | 10 |
| 15 | Chayce Crouch | 2015–2017 | 17 | 852 | 4 | 9 | 1,212 | 6 |
| 16 | Artur Sitkowski | 2021–2022 | 8 | 807 | 6 | 5 | 856 | 3 |
| 17 | Brad Bower | 2004 | 7 | 658 | 4 | 3 | 704 | 3 |
| 18 | M.J. Rivers II | 2018 | 7 | 547 | 3 | 1 | 612 | 3 |
| 19 | Matt Robinson | 2018–2020 | 11 | 508 | 1 | 2 | 492 | 1 |
| 20 | Chris Pazan | 2004–2005 | 8 | 474 | 2 | 1 | 420 | 4 |
| 21 | Aaron Bailey | 2013–2014 | 13 | 122 | 2 | 5 | 325 | 1 |
Also at Illinois: running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, defenders, kickers, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.