Katin Houser
Illinois Fighting Illini
88
Great

Katin Houser

Illinois Fighting IlliniAverage
QBOffenseGreatTRANSFER · East Carolina
Projected Starter

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Katin Houser is the projected starter at QB for Illinois Fighting Illini.

Redshirt senior · #4 · 6'3", 225 lbs

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Depth at QB · Illinois Fighting Illini

  1. 1488Katin HouserStarter
  2. 2765Michael Clayton II
  3. 3265Carson Boyd
  4. 41255Dane Eisenmenger

Illinois Starting Lineup

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Up next for Illinois

Illinois plays Nebraska at home on Fri, Nov 6. The listed kickoff time is 08:00 PM ET.

The Story

The X-Factor

A 4-star recruit out of St. John Bosco, ranked #215 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 3,300 passing yards, 19 TD, 6 INT. That's 100% of the team's production at his spot and 88th-percentile production nationally — good for a 88 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #215 NatlTeam Share100%Percentile88th
Anaheim, CA
Jersey
#4
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
225 lbs
Transfer
East Carolina

Stats

SeasonPass YdsTDINT
—3300196

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9170
National Rank
#215
High School
St. John Bosco
Hometown
Anaheim, CA

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated offense; 88th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.81 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 88.

Team offense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 88% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 29% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.81)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WMDYDS 223
CMP-ATT
18-32
YDS
223
TD
1
INT
1
QBR
118.8
CAR
2
YDS
18
AVG
9.0
TD
0

Final W 20-17

Oct 10WMSUYDS 194
CMP-ATT
20-29
YDS
194
TD
1
INT
1
QBR
129.6
CAR
5
YDS
14
AVG
2.8
TD
1

Final W 38-37 OT

Oct 3LPURYDS 225
CMP-ATT
21-37
YDS
225
TD
2
INT
1
QBR
120.3
CAR
8
YDS
42
AVG
5.3
TD
0

Final L 24-17

Sep 26LOSUYDS 263
CMP-ATT
21-37
YDS
263
TD
1
INT
0
QBR
125.4
CAR
7
YDS
14
AVG
2.0
TD
0

Final L 42-19

Sep 19WSIUYDS 305
CMP-ATT
23-29
YDS
305
TD
2
INT
1
QBR
183.5
CAR
3
YDS
3
AVG
1.0
TD
0

Final W 48-10

Sep 12LDUKEYDS 271
CMP-ATT
24-35
YDS
271
TD
3
INT
1
QBR
156.2
CAR
4
YDS
18
AVG
4.5
TD
0

Final L 31-27

Sep 4WUABYDS 182
CMP-ATT
13-17
YDS
182
TD
3
INT
0
QBR
224.6
CAR
3
YDS
29
AVG
9.7
TD
1

Final W 42-23

Katin Houser's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

X-Factor
QB: 3300 pass yds · 19 TD · 6 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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