Receiver, Illinois, 2014–⁠18

Mike Dudek

Lettered 2014, 2017 (school media guide)

Number
No. 18
Height
5′11″
Weight
195 lb
Class (2018)
Senior
Hometown
Naperville, IL

Mike Dudek played receiver at Illinois (2014–⁠18).

Career highs

11catches, career highvs. Penn State, 2014200receiving yards, career highvs. Purdue, 20142receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Iowa, 2014

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Illinois761,03813.7656
2017Illinois2426210.9131
2018Illinois46516.3024
Career1041,36513.1756

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2014Illinois140
2017Illinois6650
2018Illinois1260
Career8950

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2014Illinois18WRYr 1
2015Illinois18WRYr 2
2016Illinois18WRYr 3
2017Illinois18WRYr 4
2018Illinois18WRSr. (Yr 5)5′11″195

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Illinois1100.6773rd (n=496)0.5273.313%
2017Illinois340.5251st (n=507)0.5217.78%
2018Illinois70.63––4.4–

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

2018 Illinois 1 game, 4 catches, 65 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Kent StateW 31–⁠244650247
2017 Illinois 7 games, 24 catches, 262 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Ball StateW 24–⁠21247131–
Sep 9vs.Western KentuckyW 20–⁠7646016–
Sep 15atSouth FloridaL 23–⁠47665027–
Sep 29vs.NebraskaL 6–⁠28237019–
Oct 7atIowaL 16–⁠4532008–
Oct 14vs.RutgersL 24–⁠3521409–
Oct 28vs.WisconsinL 10–⁠24333020–
2014 Illinois 13 games, 76 catches, 1,038 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.Youngstown StateW 28–⁠17361149–
Sep 6vs.Western KentuckyW 42–⁠344551322
Sep 13atWashingtonL 19–⁠44543018–
Sep 20vs.Texas StateW 42–⁠35790130–
Sep 27atNebraskaL 14–⁠4569002827
Oct 4vs.PurdueL 27–⁠388200047–
Oct 11atWisconsinL 28–⁠38459026–
Oct 25vs.MinnesotaW 28–⁠24541016−7
Nov 1atOhio StateL 14–⁠55368056–
Nov 15vs.IowaL 14–⁠306802311
Nov 22vs.Penn StateW 16–⁠1411115025–
Nov 29atNorthwesternW 47–⁠337631170
Dec 26 ✦vs.Louisiana TechL 18–⁠3577301450

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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