2013 Football Roster
Jack Milas
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 199
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Arlington Heights, Ill.
- Prev School:
- Rolling Meadows HS
- High School:
- Rolling Meadows
2017 (R-Sr.): Played in all 12 games with five starts at quarterback … started the season as the back-up quarterback, but took over as the starter on Sept. 23 at WKU following an injury to Riley Neal … kept out from quarterback duties on Oct. 26 against Toledo and Nov. 2 at Eastern Michigan due to an injury … led the Cardinals with 970 yards passing … threw for a team season-high 267 yards in his first week as starter on Sept. 23 at WKU … tossed a pair of touchdown passes against Buffalo on Nov. 16 … ran for a season-best 51 yards in the finale versus Miami on Nov. 21.
2016 (R-Jr.): Saw action in all 12 games … served primarily as the team’s back-up quarterback and holder on field goals … filled in as the starting quarterback against No. 17 Western Michigan on Nov. 1 … completed 20 passes for 199 yards and a score against WMU … registered a 47-yard rush versus the Broncos to set up a third quarter field goal.
2015 (R-So.): Played in all 12 games while starting the first three at quarterback … also utilized as the team’s holder on field goals … completed 34 passes in the opener against VMI, the most by any player in program history besides Keith Wenning … finished with a personal-high 338 passing yards in the win over VMI … also ran for 23 yards against the Keydets.
2014 (R-Fr.): Played in six games with six starts … earned first letter … made collegiate debut with a start versus Western Michigan … completed 26-of-42 passes for 326 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions versus the Broncos … tallied 340 yards in total offense versus Western Michigan … rushed for touchdowns against Akron and Eastern Michigan … caught a seven yard pass from wide receiver Cory Lacanaria at Massachusetts … career long pass of 44 yards versus Eastern Michigan.
2013 (Fr.): Took a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in football for coach Matt Mishler at Rolling Meadows … helped team to a 7-3 overall record as a senior and a first-place finish and 4-1 mark in the Mid-Suburban League … all-conference as a junior and senior … received honorable mention all-state honors as a senior … Mid-Suburban League Offensive Player of the Year as a senior … passed for 2,700 yards with 32 touchdowns as a senior … completed 65 percent of his passes as a senior . . . passed for 5,961 yards with 71 touchdowns in career … completed 67 percent of his passes as a prepster … set school records for most touchdown passes in a season, most touchdown passes in a career, most passing yards in a season and most passing yards in a career … Rolling Meadows’ Most Valuable Player as a senior … team captain as a senior … also competed in baseball and basketball for the Mustangs … managed five wins and 10 saves as a junior … team captain in basketball … helped the baseball and basketball teams to conference championships as a junior.
PERSONAL: Son of John and Gail Milas … born Jan. 27, 1995, in Arlington Heights, Illinois … two sisters … sister, Charlotte, played basketball at Cornell (Iowa) College … earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration in December 2017 … full name is John Benjamin Milas IV.
