Brandon Peters finished the season opener with just 12 more passing yards than rushing yards.
Despite offensive coordinator Rod Smith saying he needs to “take the lid off” his quarterback and let him use his legs, Peters’ performance on Friday against Wisconsin was not good.
Peters entered year two of his Illini career with goals of keeping the chains moving and improving his 55.3% completion rate from a year ago. In the season opener, the Michigan-transfer completed just 42% of his passes and the Illini offense had just eight first downs.
“Luckily we still have eight more games,” Peters said.