Quarterback, Illinois, 1981–82
Tony Eason
Lettered 1981–82 (school media guide)
- Born
- Oct 8, 1959, in Blythe, California
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Tony Eason played quarterback at Illinois (1981–82). He finished eighth in the 1982 Heisman vote. The New England Patriots took Eason in the first round, No. 15 overall in the 1983 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: AP third team 1982; Gannett News Service second team 1982; NEA second team 1982; Football News third team 1982
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 1981 | 11 | 11 | 248 | 406 | 61.1 | 3,360 | 20 | 14 | 140.0 | 87 | -29 | -0.3 | 5 |
| 1982 | 12 | 12 | 313 | 505 | 62.0 | 3,671 | 18 | 19 | 127.3 | 73 | 10 | 0.1 | 1 |
| Career | 23 | 23 | 561 | 911 | 7,031 | 38 | 33 | 160 | -19 | 6 | |||
From the college statistics table in Eason’s Wikipedia article (Tony Eason, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
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