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18 Robert Tonyan Jr.

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 220
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown McHenry, Ill.
  • Highschool McHenry East HS

Biography

2015

Honorable Mention All-MVFC

Honorable Mention MVFC Scholar-Athlete

Honorable Mention All-MVFC and an Honorable Mention MVFC Scholar-Athlete...Played in all 11 games, started in six…Led ISU in receiving with 601 yards (54.6 YPG) and six TDs on 40 receptions…His 601 yards ranks 14th all-time for a single-season in ISU history...Enters his senior season just 25 yards outside of 10th all-time in receiving yards with 1,348 yards...45th nationally in receiving TDs…Seventh in the MVFC in yards, ninth in receptions…Completed two passes for 56 yards (transitioned from QB to WR in 2014)…Owned ISU’s longest reception of the year (57 yards)…10 receptions of at least 20 yards…Had nine catches for 117 yards and three TDs vs. No. 3 Illinois State…His three TDs tied a single-game school record…His second TD reception at Illinois State was the No. 4 play on SportsCenter’s Top-10 that night…One of 39 FCS receivers with three or more receiving TDs in a single game.

 

2014

Successfully made the conversion to wide receiver from quarterback and played in 13 games ... Ranked 10th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference with 4.2 catches per game ... Hauled in 54 receptions for 747 yards, including a long of 54 yards in the regular season finale at Western Illinois ... Scored four touchdowns with one each against Liberty, Southern Illinois, Missouri State and in the FCS Playoffs at Eastern Kentucky ... Season-best eight receptions on two occassions against Liberty and against at Western Illinois ... His career-high of 172 receiving yards came at Western Illinois which ranks as the seventh-highest in a single game in program history.

 

2013

Played in 11 games for the Sycamores at the quarterback position ... Earned his first career start at Illinois State, the first of three starts under center during the season ... Completed 35-of-102 passes for 348 yards and three toouchdowns ... Connected on a 57-yard touchdown pass in his debut at Indiana ... Had 69 passing yards at Illinois State ... Recorded 52 rushing yards on the season, including a season-best 34 against the Redbirds ... Posted rushing touchdowns against Quincy and Illinois State ... Made one tackle at Missouri State ... Threw touchdowns passes at Indiana, versus Quincy and at Illinois State.

 

2012

Sat out the season as a redshirt.

 

High School

Lettered two years in both football and basketball at McHenry High School-East Campus…  Earned All-State nominations in 2010 and 2011 and 2011 All-State Honorable Mention 7A… Named All-Fox Valley Conference in 2010 and 2011… Set McHenry record of 5,000 passing yards and had career totals of 40 passing TD’s, single season 2,734 yards and 22 TD’s… Had a career completion percentage of 57.1.

 

Personal

Born April 30, 1994 to Robert and Tammy Tonyan…has a sister Danielle…Majoring in physical education.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2012Freshman

    QB
    6'5" 200 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2013Redshirt Freshman

    QB
    6'5" 200 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2014Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'5" 220 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2015Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'5" 220 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2016Redshirt Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'5" 220 lbs
    18