NIL Opportunities

2023 All-Big Ten

2023 Senior

• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches)
• Played in seven games with three starts at quarterback
• Made first Illinois start in 48-45 win vs. Indiana (11/11/23), throwing for 507 yards while tossing four TD passes, including the OT game-winner to Isaiah Williams, to earn B1G Offensive Player of the Week honors
• Paddock’s 507 passing yards vs. Indiana marked a Memorial Stadium record, the second-most in Illinois history, and the most ever by a winning Illini quarterback
• Led Illinois to a win at Minnesota (11/4/23) after entering the game for the first time with 1:25 remaining and facing a 4th-and-11 from the Minnesota 15-yard line with Illinois trailing by five. Paddock needed just 35 seconds to drive the Illini 85 yards on three straight completions, including a 46-yard game-winning touchdown throw to Isaiah Williams. Paddock finished the game 3-for-3 passing for 85 yards, one touchdown, and a 448.0 passer rating in one of the all-time great performances by an Illini back-up quarterback.
• Saw first extended action at helm of Illinois offense in 4th quarter vs. #7 Penn State (9/16/23)
• Ten completions to six different receivers for 129 yards and hit freshman WR Malik Elzy for his first-career TD reception vs. #7 Penn State (9/16/23)
• Made Illinois debut at Kansas (9/8/23) taking one snap on Josh McCray’s successful two-point conversion rush from the 1-yard line
• Transferred to Illinois with one year of eligibility remaining
• Enrolled at Illinois for the spring semester of 2023

2022 Senior - Ball State

• Started all 12 games at quarterback
• 286-for-480 passing for 2,719 yards and 18 touchdowns on the season
• Career highs in completions (40) and passing yards (403) against Northern Illinois 10/1/22
• Multiple touchdown passes in seven games, including three touchdown passes against Murray State and Northern Illinois

2021 Junior - Ball State

• Played in two games as team's backup quarterback
• 18-for-26 passing for 132 yards on the season
• 5-for-6 passing for 50 yards at Penn State 9/11/21
• 13-for 20 passing for 82 yards against Wyoming 9/18/21

2020 Sophomore - Ball State

• Served as the team’s backup quarterback
• Did not play in a game

2019 Redshirt Freshman - Ball State

• Played in two games as the team’s backup quarterback
• 1-for-2 passing for five yards on the season

2018 Freshman - Ball State

• Played in one game and redshirted the season
• Made his collegiate debut in the season finale at Miami (Ohio) 11/20/18
• Completed 5-of-6 passes for 43 yards on the season 

High School

• Two-star recruit by 247Sports
• Played for head coach Dan Loria at Bloomfield Hills
• Three-year letterwinner
• Team captain
• Two-time honorable mention all-state
• Three-time all-conference
• Winningest quarterback in program history
• School record holder in passing yards (4,086) and touchdowns (26)
• Led Bloomfield Hills to the division championship as a junior
• Led Bloomfield Hills to the playoffs for the first time in program history
• Also golfed in high school
• Finished in the top 15 in the state in golf
• Two-time all-conference in golf

Personal

• Son of Steven and Ashley Paddock
• Four sisters, Maclane, Caroline, Ashley, and Erin; and four brothers, Wright, Briggs, Tommy, and Mack
• Fourth-generation Illini following his great grandfather, grandfather, and uncle as Fighting Illini football players
• Great grandfather, Robert C. Wright, lettered at Illinois in 1935
• Grandfather, John Wright Sr., lettered at Illinois from 1965-67 and was a two-time All-American, Academic All-American, two-time All-Big Ten selection, and went on to play in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions
• Uncle, John Wright Jr., lettered at Illinois in 1990 and 1991
• Graduated from Ball State with a degree in professional selling