
Quarterback, Washington (from Indiana), 2018–23
Michael Penix Jr.
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 213 lb
- Class (2023)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Tampa, FL
- Born
- May 8, 2000
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Michael Penix Jr. played quarterback at Indiana (2018–21) and Washington (2022–23). He won the 2023 Maxwell Award. He finished second in the 2023 Heisman vote. The Atlanta Falcons took Penix in the first round, No. 8 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
516passing yards, career highvs. Arizona, 20225touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Boise State, 20232rushing touchdowns, career highat Washington State, 2022Honors
- 2020Second-team All-Big Ten
- 2022College Football Comeback Player of the Year
- 2022National leader in total offense per game (364.1)
- 2022Eighth in the Heisman vote
- 2023Maxwell Award
- 2023National leader in passing yards (4904)
- 2023Second in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2023
All-America: Walter Camp 2023
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Passing
| Season | Team | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Indiana | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 123 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Indiana | 110 | 160 | 68.8 | 1,394 | 8.7 | 10 | 4 |
| 2020 | Indiana | 123 | 219 | 56.2 | 1,649 | 7.5 | 14 | 4 |
| 2021 | Indiana | 87 | 162 | 53.7 | 939 | 5.8 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | Washington | 362 | 554 | 65.3 | 4,641 | 8.4 | 31 | 8 |
| 2023 | Washington | 363 | 556 | 65.3 | 4,903 | 8.8 | 36 | 11 |
| Career | 1,058 | 1,675 | 63.2 | 13,649 | 8.1 | 95 | 34 | |
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Indiana | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 13 |
| 2019 | Indiana | 22 | 119 | 5.4 | 2 | 24 |
| 2020 | Indiana | 18 | 25 | 1.4 | 2 | 25 |
| 2021 | Indiana | 17 | −24 | −1.4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2022 | Washington | 35 | 92 | 2.6 | 4 | 30 |
| 2023 | Washington | 35 | 8 | 0.2 | 3 | 13 |
| Career | 132 | 257 | 1.9 | 13 | 30 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Indiana | 9 | QB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2019 | Indiana | 9 | QB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2020 | Indiana | 9 | QB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2021 | Indiana | 9 | QB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2022 | Washington | 9 | QB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2023 | Washington | 9 | QB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 6′3″ | 213 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Indiana | 29 | 0.03 | – | – | 0.8 | 17% | – | – |
| 2019 | Indiana | 182 | 0.38 | 86th (n=155) | 0.27 | 69.1 | 40% | 0.37 | – |
| 2020 | Indiana | 235 | 0.27 | 50th (n=116) | 0.27 | 62.3 | 55% | 0.33 | – |
| 2021 | Indiana | 175 | 0.05 | 1st (n=145) | 0.33 | 8.1 | 49% | 0.20 | – |
| 2022 | Washington | 576 | 0.44 | 86th (n=250) | 0.32 | 254.8 | 60% | 0.52 | 0.16 |
| 2023 | Washington | 580 | 0.47 | 81st (n=255) | 0.32 | 270.2 | 59% | 0.61 | 0.15 |
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
2023 Washington 15 games, 4,903 passing yards, 36 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 56–19 | 29 | 40 | 450 | 5 | 0 | −2 |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 43–10 | 28 | 38 | 409 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Sep 16 | at | W 41–7 | 27 | 35 | 473 | 4 | 0 | – |
| Sep 23 | vs. | W 59–32 | 19 | 25 | 304 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Sep 30 | at | W 31–24 | 30 | 40 | 363 | 0 | 0 | −5 |
| Oct 14 | vs. | W 36–33 | 22 | 37 | 302 | 4 | 1 | −5 |
| Oct 21 | vs. | W 15–7 | 27 | 42 | 275 | 0 | 2 | −1 |
| Oct 28 | at | W 42–33 | 21 | 38 | 369 | 4 | 1 | −12 |
| Nov 4 | at | W 52–42 | 22 | 30 | 256 | 2 | 1 | −4 |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 35–28 | 24 | 42 | 332 | 2 | 0 | −14 |
| Nov 18 | at | W 22–20 | 13 | 28 | 162 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Nov 25 | vs. | W 24–21 | 18 | 33 | 204 | 2 | 1 | −9 |
| Dec 1 | vs. | W 34–31 | 27 | 39 | 319 | 1 | 1 | −4 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 37–31 | 29 | 38 | 430 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
| Jan 8 ✦ | vs. | L 13–34 | 27 | 51 | 255 | 1 | 2 | −5 |
2022 Washington 13 games, 4,641 passing yards, 31 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 45–20 | 26 | 39 | 345 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 52–6 | 20 | 27 | 337 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 39–28 | 24 | 40 | 397 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 40–22 | 22 | 37 | 309 | 2 | 0 | −5 |
| Sep 30 | at | L 32–40 | 33 | 48 | 345 | 4 | 2 | −1 |
| Oct 8 | at | L 38–45 | 33 | 53 | 311 | 0 | 1 | −6 |
| Oct 15 | vs. | W 49–39 | 36 | 44 | 516 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Oct 22 | at | W 28–21 | 36 | 51 | 374 | 2 | 0 | −14 |
| Nov 4 | vs. | W 24–21 | 30 | 52 | 298 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Nov 12 | at | W 37–34 | 26 | 35 | 408 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 54–7 | 19 | 31 | 229 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Nov 26 | at | W 51–33 | 25 | 43 | 485 | 3 | 1 | 34 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | W 27–20 | 32 | 54 | 287 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2021 Indiana 5 games, 939 passing yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at | L 6–34 | 14 | 31 | 156 | 0 | 3 | −7 |
| Sep 11 | vs. | W 56–14 | 11 | 16 | 68 | 2 | 0 | −13 |
| Sep 18 | vs. | L 24–38 | 17 | 40 | 224 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Sep 25 | at | W 33–31 | 35 | 53 | 373 | 0 | 0 | −17 |
| Oct 2 | at | L 0–24 | 10 | 22 | 118 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
2020 Indiana 6 games, 1,649 passing yards, 14 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | vs. | W 36–35 | 19 | 36 | 170 | 1 | 1 | −18 |
| Oct 31 | at | W 37–21 | 17 | 26 | 238 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Nov 7 | vs. | W 38–21 | 30 | 50 | 342 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 14 | at | W 24–0 | 25 | 38 | 320 | 2 | 2 | −8 |
| Nov 21 | at | L 35–42 | 26 | 50 | 495 | 5 | 1 | −2 |
| Nov 28 | vs. | W 27–11 | 6 | 19 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
2019 Indiana 6 games, 1,394 passing yards, 10 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 34–24 | 24 | 40 | 326 | 1 | 2 | 67 |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 52–0 | 14 | 20 | 197 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Sep 28 | at | L 31–40 | 33 | 42 | 286 | 3 | 0 | −4 |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 35–0 | 20 | 29 | 282 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Oct 19 | at | W 34–28 | 9 | 14 | 141 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 34–3 | 10 | 15 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2018 Indiana 2 games, 123 passing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | vs. | W 38–10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Oct 20 | vs. | L 28–33 | 9 | 19 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Named to the 2024 Senior Bowl (National team) but didn’t play.
| Drill | Combine 2024 | Combine or pro day 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2¼″ | |
| Weight | 216 lb | |
| Arm length | 33⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 10½″ | |
| Wingspan | 81″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.58 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.58 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 36½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′5″ |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 17 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Atlanta Falcons | 5 | 61 | 105 | 775 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 2025 | Atlanta Falcons | 9 | 166 | 276 | 1,982 | 9 | 3 | 70 |
| 2026 (so far) | Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 52 | 77 | 719 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| NFL career | 17 | 279 | 458 | 3,476 | 15 | 7 | 85 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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