Illinois exercised the Big Ten demons with a 38-17 road victory at the State University of New Jersey on Saturday. A solid performance across the board calls for a largely positive report card, though this review committee still sees room for improvement in several areas.

A.J. Bush: B

The grading pencil may have written in and erased both a plus and a minus next to this mark before settling on the solid B for the generally above average performance. While 89 yards passing, with 4.9 yards per attempt, don’t typically draw much praise at the quarterback position, Bush added 116 yards on the ground and three total touchdowns to balance out his score sheet.