Michael Penix Jr. with the Atlanta Falcons, 2024
With the Atlanta Falcons, 2024. Photo: Bobak Ha’Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Best season
4,903
Passing yards, 2023 (Washington, 14–⁠1)
Best game
495 yards
At Ohio State, week 12, 2020: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In FBS in passing yards, 2023
Drafted
No. 8
Overall, 2024 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

Career highs

516passing yards, career highvs. Arizona, 20225touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Boise State, 20232rushing touchdowns, career highat Washington State, 2022

Honors

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

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2018Indiana132454.21235.100
2019Indiana11016068.81,3948.7104
2020Indiana12321956.21,6497.5144
2021Indiana8716253.79395.847
2022Washington36255465.34,6418.4318
2023Washington36355665.34,9038.83611
Career1,0581,67563.213,6498.19534

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2018Indiana5377.4013
2019Indiana221195.4224
2020Indiana18251.4225
2021Indiana17−24−1.429
2022Washington35922.6430
2023Washington3580.2313
Career1322571.91330

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Indiana9QBYr 1
2019Indiana9QBYr 2
2020Indiana9QBYr 3
2021Indiana9QBYr 4
2022Washington9QBYr 5
2023Washington9QBSr. (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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2018Indiana290.03––0.817%––
2019Indiana1820.3886th (n=155)0.2769.140%0.37–
2020Indiana2350.2750th (n=116)0.2762.355%0.33–
2021Indiana1750.051st (n=145)0.338.149%0.20–
2022Washington5760.4486th (n=250)0.32254.860%0.520.16
2023Washington5800.4781st (n=255)0.32270.259%0.610.15

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
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2vs.Boise StateW 56–⁠19294045050−2
Sep 9vs.TulsaW 43–⁠1028384093111
Sep 16atMichigan StateW 41–⁠7273547340–
Sep 23vs.CaliforniaW 59–⁠321925304415
Sep 30atArizonaW 31–⁠24304036300−5
Oct 14vs.OregonW 36–⁠33223730241−5
Oct 21vs.Arizona StateW 15–⁠7274227502−1
Oct 28atStanfordW 42–⁠33213836941−12
Nov 4atUSCW 52–⁠42223025621−4
Nov 11vs.UtahW 35–⁠28244233220−14
Nov 18atOregon StateW 22–⁠2013281622022
Nov 25vs.Washington StateW 24–⁠21183320421−9
Dec 1vs.OregonW 34–⁠31273931911−4
Jan 1 ✦vs.TexasW 37–⁠3129384302031
Jan 8 ✦vs.MichiganL 13–⁠34275125512−5
2022 Washington 13 games, 4,641 passing yards, 31 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Kent StateW 45–⁠2026393454027
Sep 10vs.Portland StateW 52–⁠6202733721–
Sep 17vs.Michigan StateW 39–⁠282440397404
Sep 24vs.StanfordW 40–⁠22223730920−5
Sep 30atUCLAL 32–⁠40334834542−1
Oct 8atArizona StateL 38–⁠45335331101−6
Oct 15vs.ArizonaW 49–⁠3936445164013
Oct 22atCaliforniaW 28–⁠21365137420−14
Nov 4vs.Oregon StateW 24–⁠213052298118
Nov 12atOregonW 37–⁠3426354082120
Nov 19vs.ColoradoW 54–⁠71931229106
Nov 26atWashington StateW 51–⁠3325434853134
Dec 29 ✦vs.TexasW 27–⁠203254287216
2021 Indiana 5 games, 939 passing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4atIowaL 6–⁠34143115603−7
Sep 11vs.IdahoW 56–⁠1411166820−13
Sep 18vs.CincinnatiL 24–⁠381740224235
Sep 25atWestern KentuckyW 33–⁠31355337300−17
Oct 2atPenn StateL 0–⁠241022118018
2020 Indiana 6 games, 1,649 passing yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 24vs.Penn StateW 36–⁠35193617011−18
Oct 31atRutgersW 37–⁠2117262383020
Nov 7vs.MichiganW 38–⁠213050342304
Nov 14atMichigan StateW 24–⁠0253832022−8
Nov 21atOhio StateL 35–⁠42265049551−2
Nov 28vs.MarylandW 27–⁠11619840029
2019 Indiana 6 games, 1,394 passing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.Ball StateW 34–⁠2424403261267
Sep 7vs.Eastern IllinoisW 52–⁠014201972012
Sep 28atMichigan StateL 31–⁠40334228630−4
Oct 12vs.RutgersW 35–⁠02029282315
Oct 19atMarylandW 34–⁠289141411135
Nov 2vs.NorthwesternW 34–⁠31015162004
2018 Indiana 2 games, 123 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 15vs.Ball StateW 38–⁠1045290013
Oct 20vs.Penn StateL 28–⁠33919940024

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.

DrillCombine 2024Combine or pro day 2024
Height6′2¼″
Weight216 lb
Arm length33⅝″
Hand size10½″
Wingspan81″W
40-yard dash4.58 s
10-yard split1.58 sW
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump10′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.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2024Atlanta Falcons5611057753311
2025Atlanta Falcons91662761,9829370
2026 (so far)Atlanta Falcons35277719314
NFL career172794583,47615785

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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