Quarterback, Butler, 2021–⁠23

Bret Bushka

Number: No. 4
Height: 5′10″
Weight: 190 lb
Class (2023): Junior
Hometown: Lombard, IL

Bret Bushka played quarterback at Butler (2021–⁠23).

338passing yards, career highvs. Dayton, 2022 5touchdown passes, career highat Morehead State, 2023 102rushing yards, career highat Davidson, 2022

Passing

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

2,377

1,591

7–⁠47–⁠4

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2022	Butler	205	317	64.7	2,377	7.5	20	10
2023	Butler	160	257	62.3	1,591	6.2	12	6
Career		365	574	63.6	3,968	6.9	32	16

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2022	Butler	126	627	5.0	5	36
2023	Butler	102	416	4.1	5	60
Career		228	1,043	4.6	10	60

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2022	Butler	4	QB	So.
2023	Butler	4	QB	Jr.	5′10″	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
2022	Butler (FCS)	361	0.36	66th (n=250)	0.32	128.7	56%
2023	Butler (FCS)	310	0.31	48th (n=255)	0.32	96.0	53%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2023 Butler 10 games, 1,591 passing yards, 12 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	atMontana	L 20–⁠35	24	35	263	2	1	3
Sep 9	vs.Taylor	W 41–⁠13	13	22	185	1	0	23
Sep 23	atStetson	W 28–⁠18	9	19	54	0	1	50
Sep 30	vs.Presbyterian	W 27–⁠17	17	26	148	1	1	99
Oct 7	atSt. Thomas (MN)	L 10–⁠17	16	31	111	0	0	63
Oct 14	vs.Davidson	L 33–⁠35	13	29	129	1	1	92
Oct 21	atDayton	W 37–⁠10	18	23	191	2	1	23
Oct 28	vs.Valparaiso	W 17–⁠7	13	21	89	0	0	51
Nov 4	atMorehead State	W 49–⁠7	16	17	281	5	1	15
Nov 18	vs.Drake	L 9–⁠13	21	34	140	0	0	−3

No box score in the source for Sep 16 vs. Wabash, so that game is not listed.

2022 Butler 11 games, 2,377 passing yards, 20 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 3	vs.St. Thomas University (Fl)	W 31–⁠26	25	35	309	4	1	60
Sep 10	vs.Taylor	W 45–⁠10	14	20	117	1	1	80
Sep 17	atSouth Dakota State	L 17–⁠45	18	31	211	1	1	29
Oct 1	atDavidson	L 0–⁠31	14	29	150	0	3	102
Oct 8	vs.Dayton	W 31–⁠0	25	29	338	3	0	33
Oct 15	atValparaiso	W 26–⁠25	24	34	259	2	0	69
Oct 22	vs.Marist	W 31–⁠10	14	23	159	1	0	69
Oct 29	vs.Morehead State	W 56–⁠20	8	10	195	2	0	25
Nov 5	atSan Diego	W 26–⁠23	25	41	268	1	0	41
Nov 12	atDrake	L 24–⁠27	25	36	248	3	2	57
Nov 19	vs.St. Thomas (MN)	L 13–⁠27	13	29	123	2	2	62