B10 West - Top Offense Returnees 2022

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Passing

1. Purdue

Aidan O'Connell 28 TD, 11 INT (71.6%) 3,712 yards 

2. Minnesota

Tanner Morgan 10 TD, 9 INT (59.6%) 2,044 yards 

3. Wisconsin

Graham Mertz 10 TD, 11 INT (59.5%) 1,958 yards 

4. Iowa

Spencer Petras 10 TD, 9 INT (57.3%) 1,880 yards

5. Northwestern 

Ryan Hillinski 3 TD, 4 INT (54%) 978 yards 

6. Illinois

Artur Sitkowski 6 TD, 2 INT (50%) 704 yards 

7. Nebraska 

Logan Smothers 0 TD, 1 INT (69.7%) 317 yards 

Rushing

1. Wisconsin

Braelon Allen 1,268 yards, 12 TD (6.8 ypc)

2. Northwestern 

Evan Hull 1,009 yards, 7 TD (5.1 ypc)

3. Illinois

Chase Brown 1,005 yards, 5 TD (5.9 ypc)

4. Minnesota

Mar'Keise Irving 699 yards, 4 TD (5.3 ypc)

5. Purdue

King Doerue 533 yards, 2 TD (3.9 ypc)

6. Nebraska 

Rahmir Johnson 495 yards, 4 TD (4.4 ypc)

7. Iowa

Gavin Williams 305 yards, 0 TD (4.7 ypc)

Receiving

1. Purdue

Milton Wright 732 yards, 7 TD (12.8 avg)

2. Iowa

Sam Laporta 605 yards, 3 TD (12.6 avg)

3. Northwestern 

Malik Washington 587 yards, 2 TD (13.0 avg)

4. Illinois

Isaiah Williams 525 yards, 4 TD (11.2 avg)

5. Minnesota

Chris Autman-Bell 506 yards, 6 TD (14.1 avg)

6. Nebraska 

Omar Manning 380 yards, 2 TD (14.6 avg)

7. Wisconsin

Chimere Dike 272 yards, 1 TD (14.3 avg)

Top Offense Transfer

1. Minnesota

OL Chuck Filiaga (89)

2. Nebraska

QB Casey Thompson  (87), WR Trey Palmer, WR Isaiah Garcia-Castanada, OT Hunter Anthony 

3. Wisconsin

WR Keontez Lewis (86)

4. Purdue

WR Tyrone Tracy (85)

5. Illinois

QB Tommy DeVito (82)

Iowa

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Northwestern 

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Rahmir's YPC stats are not as high as they should have been largely due to poor zone blocking.

Combine another year worth of experience for him with hopefully at least some kind of blocking improvement and I think he can be the work horse we need. Just has so much potential as a receiving threat also.

 
New eyes (coaches), new plays, new blocking schemes, new QBs, etc.   i think that starting tailback spot is truly wide open.  RJ has ability and his experience will be a big plus in his eval.  But, I don’t think there are any RBs that can be ruled out for significant PT yet.  This is a good thing.  Now, by time spring game ends, I should think the list is half as long in the coaches’ minds.  We won’t know until Irish eyes are smiling.  

 
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