Player Dossier

2012-2016

Illinois

Wes Lunt

QB • 6'4" • Rochester, IL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Wes Lunt is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

5

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

18

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Oklahoma State • Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Illinois

Player Story

Wes Lunt built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Rochester, IL wearing No. 12, spending time with Illinois and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Wes Lunt's career was his passing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8924

Rochester · Rochester, IL

Committed To
Oklahoma State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Wes Lunt, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Illinois. Wes Lunt is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
6,704
Passing yards
7,008
Touchdowns
43

Quick Answers

Wes Lunt quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · QB
Career Total Offense
6,704
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 34 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Western Illinois
Recruit profile
4-star · Rochester · Oklahoma State
High school pipeline
Rochester · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Class 2016
2016 Total offense rank
1,311 total offense · QB 129th (top 41%) · Big Ten 15th (top 9%) · National 155th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2012 PostseasonOklahoma State612120042.6
2012 Regular SeasonOklahoma State61,0901,096-6642.6
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois00000-
2014 PostseasonIllinois834340051.2
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois81,6491,729-801451.2
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois122,6082,761-1531564.2
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois81,3111,376-65848.4

Related Context

Wes Lunt played QB for Oklahoma State and Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Wes Lunt recorded 7,008 passing yards, -304 rushing yards, and 43 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Illinois paired 2,608 primary output with 55.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 54.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2016 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 Oklahoma State, Illinois.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Win with 439 yards of offense and 59.5 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Postseason · Illinois

Games

8

Primary Metric / G

210.4

Efficiency

54.7

Usage

8.6

Consistency

66.3

Best Game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 34. Youngstown State: 284. Western Kentucky: 439. Washington: 208. Texas State: 262. Purdue: 315. Iowa: 97. Penn State: 44

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 8 by 61.8. Youngstown State: 39 by 56.4. Western Kentucky: 53 by 59.5. Washington: 29 by 56.2. Texas State: 40 by 52.7. Purdue: 41 by 60. Iowa: 28 by 47.5. Penn State: 19 by 43.9

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins257.3 · Games = 4 · +93.8 vs Losses
Losses163.5 · Games = 4 · -93.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

Best efficiency game

61.8 vs Louisiana Tech

Result
Fri 12/26@ Louisiana TechL 18-35483450.00061.8
Sat 11/22vs Penn StateW 16-148175847.10043.92-14-700
Sat 11/15vs IowaL 14-30142510256.01047.53-5-1.7005
Sat 10/4vs Purdue300-yard gameL 27-38273933269.220602-17-8.5000
Sat 9/20vs Texas StateW 42-35253926664.12152.71-4-400
Sat 9/13@ WashingtonL 19-44162523064.02156.24-22-5.5000
Sat 9/6vs Western Kentucky300-yard game · 3+ TDW 42-34355045670.03159.53-17-5.7000
Sat 8/30vs Youngstown State3+ TDW 28-17243828563.24056.41-1-100

Player Story

Wes Lunt story

Wes Lunt built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Rochester, IL wearing No. 12, spending time with Illinois and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Wes Lunt's career was his passing role: 7,008 passing yards, 42 touchdown passes, and 1,085 attempts across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Illinois. 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. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois and Oklahoma State.

The arc is straightforward: Wes Lunt 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. 1

    Oklahoma State

    2012

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Illinois

    2013-2016

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2012201220132014201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 PostseasonOklahoma State1,102694.2
2012 Regular SeasonOklahoma State1,102694.20
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois0-1,102
2014 PostseasonIllinois1,68354.78.61,683
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois1,68354.78.60
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois2,60855.410.1925
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois1,31153.313.7-1,297

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Western Illinois

Week 2 · W 44-0

Win with 316 yards of offense and 73.4 efficiency.

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Total Offense

86.7 takeover

316 total offense with 73.4 efficiency.

#2

@ Arizona

Week 2 · L 38-59

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Total Offense

83.7 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

436 total offense with 67.4 efficiency.

#3

vs Wisconsin

Week 8 · L 13-24 · Conference game

278

Total Offense

76.6 takeover

Loss with 278 yards of offense and 65.2 efficiency.

278 total offense with 65.2 efficiency.

#4

vs TCU

Week 9 · W 36-14 · Conference game

324

Total Offense

74.5 takeover

Win with 324 yards of offense and 74.7 efficiency.

324 total offense with 74.7 efficiency.

#5

vs Western Michigan

Week 3 · L 10-34

292

Total Offense

65.8 takeover

Loss with 292 yards of offense and 55.4 efficiency.

292 total offense with 55.4 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Illinois

2,608 primary output · 55.4 efficiency · 10.1 usage

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#2

2014 Postseason · Illinois

51.2

1,683 primary · 54.7 efficiency · 8.6 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Illinois

51.2

1,683 primary · 54.7 efficiency · 8.6 usage

Milestones

13

250+ passing yards

6

300+ total offense

6

3+ TD games

11

Above avg efficiency