2016 Redshirt Senior

• Played eight games with seven starts at quarterback
• Team captain
• 36 TDs, 12 INT in his Illinois career (28 G)
• Finished his Illini career seventh in passing yards (5,900), seventh in completions (550) and eighth in TD passes (36) in Illinois history
• Missed four games with an injury
• 127-of-232 passing for 1,376 yards, eight touchdowns and three interceptions on the season
• Season-high 377 yards on 28-of-54 passing at Northwestern in the season finale
• 300-yard passing performances against Western Michigan (312) and Northwestern (377)
• First interception did not come until 96th pass attempt of the season
• Selected for the East West Shrine Game
• Maxwell Award watch list (offensive player of the year)
• Davey O'Brien Award watch list (best quarterback)
• Manning Award watch list (best quarterback)
• Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list
• Phil Steele preseason All-Big Ten third team
• Athlon Sports preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
• Lindy's preseason "Strongest Arm in the Big Ten"
• Senior Bowl preseason watch list
• Academic All-Big Ten

2015 Redshirt Junior

• Started all 12 games at quarterback
• 270-of-481 passing for 2,761 yards, 14 touchdowns and six interceptions on the season
• Ninth on UI single-season passing yards list (2,761)
• Fourth on UI single-season completions list (270)
• Averaged 230.1 yards passing per game with an efficiency rating of 111.46
• Led the Big Ten and ranked 20th in the nation in completions per game (22.5) 
• Ranked sixth in the Big Ten in passing yards (2,761)
• Threw for 250+ yards five times
• 300-yard passing performances against Western Illinois (316) and Iowa (317)
• Tied career high with four touchdown passes, all in the first half, in the season opener vs. Kent State
• Led two touchdown drives in the fourth quarter to beat Nebraska 14-13, including game-winning 1-yard TD to Geronimo Allison with 10 seconds left
• First career rushing touchdown vs. Northwestern
• Academic All-Big Ten

2014 Redshirt Sophomore

• Saw action in eight games, starting seven
• Was at his best in the fourth quarter, completing 36-of-48 passes (75.0 percent) for 449 yards with five touchdowns and zero interceptions to rank fourth in FBS in fourth-quarter efficiency (187.95) and third in completion percentage (75.0) (min. 30 att.)
• Led the Illini to three fourth-quarter comeback wins in 2014
• Led all Power Five QBs in 4th qtr QB rating when the game was within 7 points (20-for-25, 5 TD, 0 INT)
• Threw for a career-high 456 yards against Western Kentucky, second-most in Memorial Stadium history (J. Williams, 462, 2008) and fourth on the UI single-game passing yardage list
• Threw a career-long 62-yard TD pass to Justin Hardee against Western Kentucky
• Started his Illini debut against Youngstown State, turning in the best Illini quarterback debut in school history in terms of passing yards (285) and touchdowns (4)
• Finished 24-of-38 for 285 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions
• Academic All-Big Ten

2013 Sophomore

• Sat out season due to NCAA transfer rules

2012 Freshman (at Oklahoma State)

• Enrolled early in January 2012 and entered the fall of 2013 atop the depth chart at quarterback
• Made five starts for the Cowboys as a true-freshman, the first three games of the season and two in the middle of the season, before injuries ended both streaks
• Was the first true-freshman QB to start a season-opener at OSU since at least 1950, completing 11-of-11 passes for 123 yards in less than a quarter of play in an 84-0 win over Savannah State
• Followed with a 436-yard, four-TD performance at Arizona in his first road start
• On the season, completed 81-of-131 passes (61.8 percent) for 1,108 yards, six touchdowns and seven interceptions in six games

High School

• Two-time state champion, leading Rochester to Class 4A state titles in 2010 and '11
• All-state pick by the Chicago Tribune and was the 2011 Champaign News-Gazette state player of the year after throwing for 3,650 yards, 31 touchdowns and just four interceptions despite missing several games early in the season due to injury
• Set a state record with 590 passing yards and four touchdowns in the 2011 state title game at Illinois' Memorial Stadium
• Amassed more than 7,000 passing yards, had 65 touchdown passes and just eight interceptions over his last two seasons at Rochester
• Was a four-star recruit and ranked as No. 7 QB in the nation coming out of high school by Rivals
• Participated in the Semper-Fidelis All-America game
• High school coach was Derek Leonard
• Also lettered in basketball three years
• Member of the high honor roll, Spanish Club and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Personal

• Son of Andy and Jane Lunt
• Has one brother and one sister
• Brother, Wil, played quarterback at Western Illinois University from 2009-12
• Born Oct. 7, 1993
• Interested in becoming an athletic director after college
• Lists former Illinois basketball All-American Dee Brown as his Fighting Illini hero growing up
• Majoring in sport management

Career Highs

Attempts: 54 at Northwestern, 11/26/16
Completions: 35 vs. Western Kentucky, 9/6/14
Passing Yards: 456 vs. Western Kentucky, 9/6/14
Touchdown Passes: 4, twice (last vs. Kent State, 9/5/15)
Long Pass: 68 vs. Murray State, 9/3/16
Carries: 6 vs. North Carolina, 9/10/16
Rushing Yards: 5 at Nebraska, 10/1/16
Rushing Touchdowns: 1 vs. Northwestern, 11/28/15
Long Rush: 14, twice (last at Nebraska, 10/1/16)
Total Offense: 439 vs. Western Kentucky, 9/6/14