Quarterback, California (from South Carolina), 2015–⁠18

Brandon McIlwain

Number: No. 5
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 190 lb
Class (2018): Sophomore
Hometown: Newtown, PA

Brandon McIlwain played quarterback at South Carolina (2015–⁠16) and California (2017–⁠18).

315passing yards, career highat Arizona, 2018 123rushing yards, career highvs. Oregon, 2018 2rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Arizona, 2018

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

600

741

6–⁠77–⁠6

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2016	South Carolina	62	118	52.5	600	5.1	2	1
2018	California	77	120	64.2	741	6.2	2	8
Career		139	238	58.4	1,341	5.6	4	9

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2016	South Carolina	63	127	2.0	2	18
2018	California	76	408	5.4	4	28
Career		139	535	3.8	6	28

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2015	South Carolina	5	QB	Yr 1
2016	South Carolina	5	QB	Yr 2
2017	California	5	QB	Yr 3
2018	California	5	QB	So. (Yr 4)	6′1″	190

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage	Adj. pass	Adj. rush
2016	South Carolina	181	0.04	4th (n=152)	0.25	6.3	35%	0.05	0.15
2018	California	194	-0.01	2nd (n=160)	0.26	-1.9	28%	-0.01	0.17

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2018 California 10 games, 741 passing yards, 2 TD; 408 rushing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	vs.North Carolina	W 24–⁠17	1	2	9	0	0	26
Sep 8	atBYU	W 21–⁠18	5	7	38	0	0	74
Sep 15	vs.Idaho State	W 45–⁠23	4	7	45	1	0	29
Sep 29	vs.Oregon	L 24–⁠42	11	21	128	1	2	123
Oct 6	atArizona	L 17–⁠24	32	43	315	0	3	107
Oct 13	vs.UCLA	L 7–⁠37	20	32	156	0	2	17
Oct 20	atOregon State	W 49–⁠7	–	–	–	–	–	27
Oct 27	vs.Washington	W 12–⁠10	1	1	−2	0	0	6
Nov 3	atWashington State	L 13–⁠19	3	7	52	0	1	−1
Nov 24	vs.Colorado	W 33–⁠21	–	–	–	–	–	–

2016 South Carolina 8 games, 600 passing yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	atVanderbilt	W 13–⁠10	5	11	35	0	0	29
Sep 10	atMississippi State	L 14–⁠27	11	22	126	2	0	17
Sep 17	vs.East Carolina	W 20–⁠15	16	28	195	0	0	34
Sep 24	atKentucky	L 10–⁠17	15	30	177	0	0	11
Oct 1	vs.Texas A&M	L 13–⁠24	9	15	34	0	1	7
Oct 22	vs.Massachusetts	W 34–⁠28	–	–	–	–	–	17
Oct 29	vs.Tennessee	W 24–⁠21	0	1	0	0	0	−1
Nov 26	atClemson	L 7–⁠56	6	11	33	0	0	13