Langston football’s winning tradition has been established. That's important, too, that I'm not above them and they hold me accountable." You've got to hold everyone accountable to do their jobs, and every day I'm gonna hold everybody accountable, and I want them to do their job. I think that's pretty big from a quarterback. So I absolutely hate losing, and I hold everybody accountable. It's on my mind 24/7, and if I do something wrong like today, I probably had a couple of (missed assignments) out there, it's in my head until the next practice. “I say that's a strength because you don't want a quarterback who is OK with losing. “My strength, I would say, is my competitive nature," Illingworth told. Nevada might have the nation’s tallest quarterback tandem. But I was working my tail off during the offseason and I was preparing for this moment, and when I got here, I was ready to work.” You get to connect with the guys, especially with the new system that's going in. It's a huge advantage to have spring ball to have those practices. “Quite frankly, the other guys got a leg up on me because they did spring ball, and I didn't get that advantage.
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“It's been a good adjustment," Illingworth said. Nevada opens its season August 27 at New Mexico State. Wilson hired Derek Sage as offensive coordinator Sage is a long-time Chip Kelly protégé, having worked for Kelly at both New Hampshire and UCLA. Wilson, hired away from the Oregon staff, has 19 years’ experience coaching at Nevada. Former Wolf Pack coach Jay Norvell left for Colorado State. Nevada is rebuilding under new head coach Ken Wilson. That gave Cox a head start in the quarterback competition.Īnd when camp opened Wednesday, Cox ran the first-team offense. Illingworth didn’t sign with Nevada until February, so he missed spring practice. But Illingworth was overmatched when he replaced the injured Sanders in the 2020 Bedlam game, completing just five of 21 passes for 71 yards.īut Sanders returned and led OSU to a great season: 12-2, a Fiesta Bowl victory over Notre Dame and the No. In those three games, Illingworth completed 73.5% of his passes for 483 yards, with three touchdowns and one interception.
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Illingworth also went 2-0 as the starter, quarterbacking the Cowboys past West Virginia 27-13 and Kansas 47-7.Ī year ago, Illingworth started the season opener against Missouri State – Sanders missed the game due to COVID protocols – and completed 22 of 40 passes for 315 yards, one TD and one interception.