Usage / Role
32%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018California
Brandon McIlwain
QB • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Newtown, PA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Brandon McIlwain is a balanced quarterback profile with 22.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Carolina • California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Brandon McIlwain built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a quarterback from Newtown, PA wearing No. 5, spending time with California and South Carolina. The clearest part of Brandon McIlwain's career was...
Read the storyBrandon McIlwain, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · California. Brandon McIlwain is a balanced quarterback profile with 22.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,876
- Passing yards
- 1,341
- Rushing yards
- 535
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
Brandon McIlwain quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,876
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Arizona
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Sophomore
- 2018 Total offense rank
- 1,149 total offense · QB 141st (top 39%) · Pac-12 20th (top 15%) · National 173rd (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Carolina | 8 | 727 | 600 | 127 | 4 | 50.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | California | 10 | 1,149 | 741 | 408 | 6 | 60.5 |
Related Context
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Brandon McIlwain played QB for South Carolina and California. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon McIlwain recorded 1,341 passing yards, 535 rushing yards, and -4 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2018 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
California paired 1,149 primary output with 60.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 60.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Carolina, California.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · California
Games
10
Primary Metric / G
114.9
Efficiency
60.4
Usage
22.6
Consistency
31.5
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 35. BYU: 112. Idaho State: 74. Oregon: 251. Arizona: 422. UCLA: 173. Oregon State: 27. Washington: 4. Washington State: 51. Colorado: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 5 by 68.5. BYU: 23 by 65.7. Idaho State: 11 by 70.8. Oregon: 36 by 61.8. Arizona: 63 by 65.3. UCLA: 37 by 53. Oregon State: 4 by 67.5. Washington: 5 by 53.8. Washington State: 12 by 36.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins42 · Games = 6 · -182.3 vs Losses
Losses224.3 · Games = 4 · +182.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Arizona
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Idaho State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/25 | vs Colorado | W 33-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/4 | @ Washington State | L 13-19 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | 36.9 | 5 | -1 | -0.20 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Washington | W 12-10 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 53.8 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Oregon State | W 49-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67.5 | 4 | 27 | 6.80 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs UCLA | L 7-30 | 20 | 32 | 156 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 14 |
| Sun 10/7 | @ Arizona300-yard game · Dual-threat | L 17-24 | 32 | 43 | 315 | 74.4 | 0 | 3 | 65.3 | 20 | 107 | 5.30 | 2 | 25 |
| Sun 9/30 | vs OregonDual-threat | L 24-42 | 11 | 21 | 128 | 52.4 | 1 | 2 | 61.8 | 15 | 123 | 8.20 | 1 | 28 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Idaho State | W 45-23 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 70.8 | 4 | 29 | 7.30 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 9/9 | @ BYUDual-threat | W 21-18 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 65.7 | 16 | 74 | 4.60 | 1 | 17 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs North Carolina | W 24-17 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 68.5 | 3 | 26 | 8.70 | 0 | 17 |
Player Story
Brandon McIlwain story
Brandon McIlwain built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a quarterback from Newtown, PA wearing No. 5, spending time with California and South Carolina. The clearest part of Brandon McIlwain's career was his passing role: 1,341 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes, 238 attempts, and 535 rushing yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 535 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon McIlwain's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
South Carolina
2015-2016
Opening stop
- 2
California
2017-2018
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Carolina | 727 | 46.5 | 24.4 | 727 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | -727 |
| 2018 Regular Season | California | 1,149 | 60.4 | 22.6 | 1,149 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arizona
Week 6 · L 17-24 · Conference game
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
422
Total Offense
88.4 takeover
422 total offense with 65.3 efficiency.
#2
vs East Carolina
Week 3 · W 20-15
229
Total Offense
81.1 takeover
Win with 229 yards of offense and 63.2 efficiency.
229 total offense with 63.2 efficiency.
#3
@ Kentucky
Week 4 · L 10-17 · Conference game
188
Total Offense
72.1 takeover
Loss with 188 yards of offense and 51.9 efficiency.
188 total offense with 51.9 efficiency.
#4
vs Oregon
Week 5 · L 24-42 · Conference game
251
Total Offense
67.5 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
251 total offense with 61.8 efficiency.
#5
@ Mississippi State
Week 2 · L 14-27 · Conference game
143
Total Offense
64.9 takeover
Loss with 143 yards of offense and 53.3 efficiency.
143 total offense with 53.3 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · California
1,149 primary output · 60.4 efficiency · 22.6 usage
60.5
#2
2016 Regular Season · South Carolina
50.2
727 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 24.4 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · South Carolina
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
1
300+ total offense
0
3+ TD games
7
Above avg efficiency
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