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2021 Football Roster

Michael Penix Jr.
Photo by: Xavier Daniels/ Indiana Athletics
Michael Penix Jr.
Photo by: Gretta Cohoon/Indiana Athletics
Michael Penix Jr.
Photo by: Xavier Daniels/ Indiana Athletics
Michael Penix Jr.
Photo by: Gretta Cohoon/Indiana Athletics
Michael Penix Jr.
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Michael Penix Jr.

  • Position:
    QB
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 218
  • Year:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Tampa, Fla.
  • High School:
    Tampa Bay Tech
Penix Jr. finished his career 342-of-576 (59.4 percent) with 29 touchdowns, 15 interceptions, and five 300-yard games. He rushed for 165 yards on 64 attempts with six scores. Penix shares fifth in 300-yard games, and ranks sixth in completion percentage and 10th in passing TDs on Indiana’s career lists.

2021 Honors: Team captain ... Maxwell Award Watch List ... Davey O’Brien Award Watch List ... Big Ten Preseason Honors ... Walter Camp Player of the Year Award Watch List ... Manning Award Watch List ... Johnny Unitas Award Watch List.
 
2021 (Junior): Started the first five games before he suffered a season-ending injury ... completed 87-of-162 for 939 yards and four touchdowns ... reached the end zone twice on the ground ... went 35-of-53 (66.0) for 353 yards and a rushing score in the win at Western Kentucky (9/25) ... highest graded Power 5 quarterback ... completions shared fifth and attempts ninth in program history ... both were career-highs.

2020 Honors: Team captain ... second-team All-Big Ten (coaches, media) ... Davey O’Brien Award Semifinalist ... Davey O’Brien Award Class of 2020 ... Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Great 8 (Michigan, Ohio State) ... Manning Award Quarterback of the Week (Michigan, Ohio State) ... Maxwell Award Watch List ... honored as Indiana’s Anthony Thompson Most Valuable Player.

2020 (Sophomore): One of 17 semifinalists for the Davey O’Brien Award ... started all six games in which he appeared before he suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the Maryland win (11/28) ... completed 124-of-220 (56.4 percent) for 1,645 yards with 14 touchdowns and four interceptions ... averaged a Big Ten-leading 274.2 yards per game (18th nationally) and recorded a 136.54 pass-efficiency rating ... his three 300-yard games shared third on IU’s single-season list ... prior to his injury he led the conference in passing yardage, passing yardage per game, passing TDs, completions, attempts, 60-yard passing plays, 50-yarders, 40-yarders, and 30-yarders ... rushed for a pair of scores and 25 yards ... totaled 278.3 yards of offense (2nd in the Big Ten, 29th nationally) ... ran for one score with :22 remaining, threw for a touchdown in overtime, and converted the ensuing two-point attempts following both TDs in the season-opening, 36-35 win over No. 8 Penn State (10/24) ... collected three passing scores and one rushing touchdown in the victory at Rutgers (10/31) ... went 30-of-50 (60.0) for 342 yards with three TDs in the No. 23 Michigan win (11/7) ... the 342 yards are the second-highest total by a Hoosier against the Wolverines ... tacked on two more scores, including a 65-yarder, on 25-of-38 (65.8) for 320 yards in the victory at Michigan State (11/14) ... threw for a career-high 491 yards (2nd in program history, 1st in the Big Ten/6th nationally in 2020) with a career-best five touchdowns (T-3rd in program history, T-2nd in the Big Ten/T-8th nationally) on 27-of-51 (career-high attempts) at No. 3 Ohio State (11/21) ... the 491 yards are the most against OSU at Ohio Stadium since 1985 and the fourth-highest put up against the Buckeyes, including the most by an Indiana quarterback ... he became the fourth to throw five TDs against Ohio State ... he is the second Hoosier (Nate Sudfeld, 3 in 2015) with three-straight 300-yarders ... his three-game total of 1,153 yards is the second-best total in school history (Ben Chappell – 1,188 in 2010).

2019 Honors: Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Ball State, Michigan State).

2019 (Freshman): Started all six games in which he appeared ... suffered a season-ending injury (right sternoclavicular joint) in the Northwestern win (11/2) ... set the program single-season completion percentage mark (68.8), which also ranks sixth in Big Ten history ... completed 110-of-160 for 1,394 yards with 10 touchdowns and four interceptions ... posted a 157.56 pass-efficiency rating ... rushed for 118 yards on 22 attempts (5.4 average) with two TDs ... averaged 232.3 passing yards and 252.2 total yards per game ... became the first Indiana freshman to start the opening game since Antwaan Randle El in 1998 ... went 24-of-40 for 326 yards with a 75-yard score in the season-opening Ball State win (8/31) ... added 67 rushing yards on seven carries (9.6) ... joined Randle El as the only Hoosier freshman to surpass 300 passing yards in his first start ... one of just four IU freshmen to ever reach the 300-yard benchmark (Kellen Lewis, Bob Hoernschemeyer) ... total yardage and passing yardage trail only Randle El (467, 385) for the most in an Indiana freshman debut ... 33-of-42 (78.6) for 286 yards and three scores in his first career road start at No. 25 Michigan State (9/28) ... completed a school-record 20-straight passes, the second-longest streak in conference history (Iowa’s Chuck Long, 22 in 1984) ... 33 completions shared eighth on the school’s single-game list ... reached the end zone on the ground for four total touchdowns ... tossed for three TDs and 282 yards on 20-of-29 (69.0) in the Rutgers victory (10/12) ... IU offensive player of the week (Michigan State).     

2018: Redshirted the 2018 season ... suffered a season-ending ACL injury against No. 18 Penn State (10/20) ... made his collegiate debut in the season-opening win at Florida International (9/1) and played in the Ball State win (9/15) ... went 21-of-34 (61.8 percent) for 219 yards with one touchdown in the three games ... rushed seven times for 45 yards ... completed 8-of-10 for 96 yards and the TD vs. FIU ... went 9-of-19 for 94 yards and rushed twice for 24 yards against the Nittany Lions ... enrolled in spring classes and participated in practice.

Prep/Personal: Quarterback for head coach Jayson Roberts at Tampa Bay Technical High School ... the left-hander threw 61 touchdowns and just six interceptions in his two years as a starter (24 games) ... team captain added 16 TDs on the ground ... Hillsborough County Player of the Year passed for 2,165 yards with 30 scores, five INTs, and a 114.2 quarterback rating as a senior ... rushed for 449 yards on 37 carries (12.1 average) with 10 touchdowns ... recorded two 100-yard games ... 2016 Tampa Bay Times All-Hillsborough County selection ... threw for 2,078 yards with 31 TDs, only one interception, and a 117.2 rating ... averaged 7.1 yards per rush and posted 200 yards and six TDs ... ranked the No. 13 pro-style quarterback nationally and the No. 54 prospect in Florida by Rivals ... center fielder on the baseball team ... jumped 22 feet in the long jump and tallied a time of 22.8 in the 200-meter dash ... parents are Takisha Penix and Michael Penix Sr. ... sport marketing and management major ... born on May 8, 2000.