Career Highs

Attempts: 45 at Iowa, 10/7/17
Completions: 22 at Iowa, 10/7/17
Passing Yards: 308 vs. Rutgers, 10/14/17
Passing Touchdowns: 2, twice (last vs. Rutgers, 10/14/17)
Long Pass: 77 vs. Indiana, 11/11/17
Carries: 8 vs. Indiana, 11/11/17
Rushing Yards: 13 vs. Rutgers, 10/14/17
Long Rush: 12 vs. Rutgers, 10/14/17
Total Offense: 321 vs. Rutgers, 10/14/17

2017 Sophomore

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in seven games with five starts at quarterback
• Completed 94 of 181 passes for 1,273 yards and seven touchdowns
• Led Illinois in total offense (1,192 yards)
• Team-high 308 passing yards vs. Rutgers
• Team-high two touchdown passes vs. Indiana and Rutgers
• Team-long 77-yard passing play to Louis Dorsey at vs. Indiana
• First start of the season at Iowa
• Played in the second half against South Florida, throwing for 211 yards and two touchdowns

2016 Redshirt Freshman

• Five games played with four starts at quarterback
• 38-of-94 passing for 470 yards, four touchdowns and five interceptions
• George Jr. and his father, Jeff George, are first father/son combo to start at quarterback for Illinois
• Career-best two touchdowns passes while leading the Illini to a win over Michigan State
• Career-high 16 completions and 156 yards passing vs. Minnesota
• Career-long 43-yard completion to Malik Turner at Michigan
• First career start at Michigan
• Played in his first career game in the opener against Murray State
• Academic All-Big Ten

2015 Freshman

• Redshirted the 2015 season

High School

• Grayshirted the 2014 season before enrolling at Illinois in January 2015
• Three-star recruit by ESPN.com in 2014
• Ranked as the No. 24 player in Indiana in 2014
• Led Warren Central to 2013 Class 6A State title (father Jeff, Sr., led Warren Central to 1986 state title)
• Three-year football letterwinner and four-year baseball letterwinner

Personal

• Born April 19, 1996
• Son of Jeff and Teresa George
• Has one brother and one sister
• Father, Jeff, Sr., played quarterback at Illinois in 1988 and '89, leading the Illini to bowl games each season and still ranking on UI top-10 lists in several categories
• Jeff, Sr., was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts and played 12 NFL seasons with five different teams
• Lists New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady as his favorite athlete
• Enrolled in the College of Business