THIRD AND DATA

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Team
Season
Position
Player

Lars Rau

P · #81 · Illinois

Profile

Measurements
6'3" · 195 lb
Seasons
3
Recruiting
Unrated
Class rank
—
Hometown
Novato, CA
High school
San Marin

Returning player.

Career

vs Power 4 · 8 games

Rushing1 CAR · 29 YDS · 29.0 AVG · 0 TD · 29 LONG

Punting29 NO · 1223 YDS · 42.2 AVG · 2 TB · 10 In 20 · 55 LONG

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Position
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2026

Illinois
Inside the 20, and touchbacks
Inside the 20Touchbacks
2
2
3
−1
1
−1
1
1
Longest punt
53
46
44
55
50
52
44
Yds per punt
47.5
37.3
44.0
44.5
43.4
45.5
38.3
Duke
@ Ohio State
Purdue
@ Michigan State
Oregon
@ Maryland
Nebraska
@ UCLA
Iowa
@ Northwestern

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Fixtures still to play are faint — an empty column under a bold or plain opponent is a game he did not appear in. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 7 games

Rushing1 CAR · 29 YDS · 29.0 AVG · 0 TD · 29 LONG

Punting27 NO · 1159 YDS · 42.9 AVG · 2 TB · 10 In 20 · 55 LONG

Rushing

WkOpponentResultCARYDSAVGTDLONG
10vs NebraskaW 24–1312929.0029

Punting

WkOpponentResultNOYDSAVGTBIn 20LONG
11@ UCLAL 14–22415338.30144
10vs NebraskaW 24–13418245.50152
9@ MarylandW 20–17521743.41150
8vs OregonW 21–10835644.51355
6@ Michigan StateW 38–3714444.00044
5vs PurdueL 17–24311237.30246
4@ Ohio StateL 19–4229547.50253

 

2025

Illinois

No box-score line against a Power 4 opponent in 2025.

 

2024

Texas State
Longest punt
36
Yds per punt
32.0
Arizona State

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 1 game

Punting2 NO · 64 YDS · 32.0 AVG · 0 TB · 0 In 20 · 36 LONG

Punting

WkOpponentResultNOYDSAVGTBIn 20LONG
3vs Arizona StateL 28–3126432.00036