Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Illinois
John Paddock
QB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
John Paddock is a balanced quarterback profile with 10 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
31
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
55
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Ball State • Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Fordham
Player Story
John Paddock built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a quarterback from Bloomfield Hills, MI wearing No. 4, spending time with Ball State and Illinois. The clearest part of John Paddock's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
John Paddock, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Ball State. John Paddock is a balanced quarterback profile with 10 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 4,031
- Passing yards
- 4,189
- Touchdowns
- 27
Quick Answers
John Paddock quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 4,031
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Fordham
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Bloomfield Hills · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Bloomfield Hills · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2023 Total offense rank
- 1,239 total offense · QB 131st (top 33%) · Big Ten 15th (top 10%) · National 150th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Ball State | 1 | 33 | 43 | -10 | 0 | 43.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ball State | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ball State | 2 | 123 | 132 | -9 | 0 | 43.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 12 | 2,631 | 2,715 | -84 | 18 | 59.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 6 | 1,239 | 1,294 | -55 | 9 | 45.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ball State to Illinois | G5/FCS to P4 | 86.1 | Nov 29, 2022 |
John Paddock played QB for Ball State and Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, John Paddock recorded 4,189 passing yards, -158 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Ball State paired 2,631 primary output with 51.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 63.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ball State, Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Win with 499 yards of offense and 63.9 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
6
Primary Metric / G
206.5
Efficiency
63.4
Usage
10
Consistency
49.9
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 109. Purdue: 24. Minnesota: 85. Indiana: 499. Iowa: 210. Northwestern: 312
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 19 by 57.4. Purdue: 6 by 55.6. Minnesota: 3 by 100. Indiana: 39 by 63.9. Iowa: 49 by 46.2. Northwestern: 38 by 57.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins292 · Games = 2 · +128.3 vs Losses
Losses163.8 · Games = 4 · -128.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
100 vs Minnesota
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Northwestern300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 43-45 | 24 | 34 | 334 | 70.6 | 3 | 2 | 57.2 | 4 | -22 | -5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Iowa | L 13-15 | 22 | 47 | 215 | 46.8 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Indiana300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 48-45 | 24 | 36 | 507 | 66.7 | 4 | 1 | 63.9 | 3 | -8 | -2.70 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Minnesota | W 27-26 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Purdue | L 19-44 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 55.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Penn State | L 13-30 | 10 | 16 | 129 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 57.4 | 3 | -20 | -6.70 | 0 | 1 |
Player Story
John Paddock story
John Paddock built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a quarterback from Bloomfield Hills, MI wearing No. 4, spending time with Ball State and Illinois. The clearest part of John Paddock's career was his passing role: 4,189 passing yards, 27 touchdown passes, and 656 attempts across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Ball State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ball State and Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: John Paddock moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Ball State
2018-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Illinois
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201820192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Ball State | 33 | 60.8 | 5.7 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ball State | 5 | 56.9 | 0 | -28 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | -5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ball State | 123 | 64.6 | 4.9 | 123 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 2,631 | 51.1 | 7.8 | 2,508 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 1,239 | 63.4 | 10 | -1,392 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Fordham
Week 2 · W 57-29
Win with 5 yards of offense and 56.9 efficiency.
5
Total Offense
78.5 takeover
5 total offense with 56.9 efficiency.
#2
@ Penn State
Week 2 · L 13-44
50
Total Offense
76.4 takeover
Loss with 50 yards of offense and 84.3 efficiency.
50 total offense with 84.3 efficiency.
#3
vs Western Michigan
Week 2 · L 30-37 · Conference game
291
Total Offense
72.5 takeover
Loss with 291 yards of offense and 72.7 efficiency.
291 total offense with 72.7 efficiency.
#4
vs Indiana
Week 11 · W 48-45 · Conference game
499
Total Offense
61 takeover
Win with 499 yards of offense and 63.9 efficiency.
499 total offense with 63.9 efficiency.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 10 · W 27-26 · Conference game
85
Total Offense
58.5 takeover
Win with 85 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.
85 total offense with 100 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Ball State
2,631 primary output · 51.1 efficiency · 7.8 usage
59.8
#2
2023 Regular Season · Illinois
45.7
1,239 primary · 63.4 efficiency · 10 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Ball State
43.7
33 primary · 60.8 efficiency · 5.7 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
4
300+ total offense
4
3+ TD games
5
Above avg efficiency
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