8 Will Ark
Will Ark
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    194
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Green Bay, Wis.
  • High School:
    Ashwaubenon
  • Position:
    QB
  • avg
    37.3
  • in 20
    7

Bio

College: 2021: Honorable Mention All-GLIAC... Harold Meese Sportsmanship Award... GLIAC All-Academic Team... Started 10 games and completed 156 passes for 1,715 yards, 14 touchdowns (second in GLIAC), and seven interceptions... Finished second in the GLIAC in passing yards per game with 171.5... Rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns... Punted 19 times for an average of 37.3 yards per punt and a long of 62 with seven punts inside opponent's 20 yard line... 2020: Season Cancelled (Covid19) 2019: All-GLIAC 2nd Team and Tech's Most Outstanding Offensive Player... Wrapped up the season with 128 completions for 1,631 yards and 10 touchdowns in eight games... Finished second in the GLIAC in passing yards per game with 203.9 and tied for fourth in the conference with 10 touchdown passes... On the ground, tacked on two additional touchdowns and averaged 22.3 yards per game on the ground in 2019... In the punting department, closed the season averaging 41.3 yards per punt with 13 dropping inside the opponents 20-yard line out of 33 total punt attempts... His per punt average is a new single season school record... 2018: Stepped into the starting quarterback role, appearing in all 10 games for Tech... Completed 132 passes for 1,654 yards and 10 touchdowns... Added four rushing touchdowns to the stat sheets... Passed for a season high 306 yards and two touchdowns against Ferris State (10/6/18)... Tossed three TD passes at Grand Valley State (9-22-18)... Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team... 2017: Squad Member... 2016: Redshirted...

High School: Prepped at Ashwaubenon High School where he passed for 2,500 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior... 2nd Team All-Conference... Honor Roll student... Earned all-conference second team honors as a quarterback and punter… Also participated in basketball and baseball… Member of the National Honor Society and National Society of Scholars.

Personal: Majoring in Biomedical Engineering...One sibling, Elyse (19)...Birthday is June 18.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 30-27
Oct 16 at Northern Michigan W, 21-14
Oct 23 #1 Ferris State L, 38-10
Oct 30 at #7 Grand Valley State L, 14-9
Nov 6 at Northwood W, 34-0
Nov 13 Saginaw Valley State W, 21-20
  Overall Conf
Punts 19 17
Yards 708 634
Average 37.3 37.3
Long 62 62
Inside 20 7 6
Fair caught 1 1
Touch backs 3 3
Blocked 0 0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 4 Hillsdale W, 14-10 16 32 50.0% 238 7.4 2 0 4 19
Sep 11 St. Thomas L, 12-9 19 29 65.5% 144 5.0 0 1 3 16
Sep 25 #9 Grand Valley State L, 44-21 16 26 61.5% 136 5.2 1 0 4 16
Oct 2 Davenport W, 31-7 8 20 40.0% 113 5.7 2 0 0 0
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 30-27 16 40 40.0% 139 3.5 2 2 2 16
Oct 16 at Northern Michigan W, 21-14 22 39 56.4% 297 7.6 2 1 3 20
Oct 23 #1 Ferris State L, 38-10 15 32 46.9% 145 4.5 1 0 0 0
Oct 30 at #7 Grand Valley State L, 14-9 15 31 48.4% 180 5.8 1 1 1 10
Nov 6 at Northwood W, 34-0 14 24 58.3% 182 7.6 1 1 2 5
Nov 13 Saginaw Valley State W, 21-20 15 28 53.6% 141 5.0 2 1 0 0

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 4 Hillsdale W, 14-10 14 -11 -0.8 6 0 - -
Sep 11 St. Thomas L, 12-9 6 9 1.5 11 0 - -
Sep 25 #9 Grand Valley State L, 44-21 8 6 0.8 8 0 2 2
Oct 2 Davenport W, 31-7 4 9 2.3 4 1 - -
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 30-27 7 13 1.9 13 0 1 0
Oct 16 at Northern Michigan W, 21-14 7 -14 -2.0 10 1 1 0
Oct 23 #1 Ferris State L, 38-10 3 10 3.3 6 0 - -
Oct 30 at #7 Grand Valley State L, 14-9 4 7 1.8 9 0 1 0
Nov 6 at Northwood W, 34-0 4 8 2.0 11 0 - -
Nov 13 Saginaw Valley State W, 21-20 7 11 1.6 9 0 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 4 Hillsdale W, 14-10 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 St. Thomas L, 12-9 - - - - - - -
Sep 25 #9 Grand Valley State L, 44-21 - - - - - 2 2
Oct 2 Davenport W, 31-7 - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 30-27 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 16 at Northern Michigan W, 21-14 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 23 #1 Ferris State L, 38-10 - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at #7 Grand Valley State L, 14-9 - - - - - 1 0
Nov 6 at Northwood W, 34-0 1 16 16.0 16 0 - -
Nov 13 Saginaw Valley State W, 21-20 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 4 Hillsdale W, 14-10 - - - - - 0
Sep 11 St. Thomas L, 12-9 - - - - - 0
Sep 25 #9 Grand Valley State L, 44-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 2 Davenport W, 31-7 - - - - - 0
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 30-27 - - - - - 0
Oct 16 at Northern Michigan W, 21-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 23 #1 Ferris State L, 38-10 - - - - - 0
Oct 30 at #7 Grand Valley State L, 14-9 - - - - - 0
Nov 6 at Northwood W, 34-0 - - - - - 0
Nov 13 Saginaw Valley State W, 21-20 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 4 Hillsdale W, 14-10 1 38 38.0 38 1 0 0 0
Sep 11 St. Thomas L, 12-9 - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 #9 Grand Valley State L, 44-21 1 36 36.0 36 0 0 0 0
Oct 2 Davenport W, 31-7 4 171 42.8 62 1 0 2 0
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 30-27 1 33 33.0 33 0 0 0 0
Oct 16 at Northern Michigan W, 21-14 3 102 34.0 46 1 0 0 0
Oct 23 #1 Ferris State L, 38-10 2 63 31.5 36 1 0 0 0
Oct 30 at #7 Grand Valley State L, 14-9 3 120 40.0 43 2 1 0 0
Nov 6 at Northwood W, 34-0 1 42 42.0 42 1 0 0 0
Nov 13 Saginaw Valley State W, 21-20 3 103 34.3 44 0 0 1 0

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 4 Hillsdale W, 14-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 St. Thomas L, 12-9 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 #9 Grand Valley State L, 44-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Davenport W, 31-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 30-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Northern Michigan W, 21-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 #1 Ferris State L, 38-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at #7 Grand Valley State L, 14-9 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 at Northwood W, 34-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Saginaw Valley State W, 21-20 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 4 Hillsdale W, 14-10 1 -11 - - - -11
Sep 11 St. Thomas L, 12-9 1 9 - - - 9
Sep 25 #9 Grand Valley State L, 44-21 1 6 - - - 6
Oct 2 Davenport W, 31-7 1 9 - - - 9
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 30-27 1 13 - - - 13
Oct 16 at Northern Michigan W, 21-14 1 -14 - - - -14
Oct 23 #1 Ferris State L, 38-10 1 10 - - - 10
Oct 30 at #7 Grand Valley State L, 14-9 1 7 - - - 7
Nov 6 at Northwood W, 34-0 1 8 16 - - 24
Nov 13 Saginaw Valley State W, 21-20 1 11 - - - 11

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 4 Hillsdale W, 14-10 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 11 St. Thomas L, 12-9 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 25 #9 Grand Valley State L, 44-21 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 2 Davenport W, 31-7 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 30-27 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 16 at Northern Michigan W, 21-14 6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 23 #1 Ferris State L, 38-10 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 30 at #7 Grand Valley State L, 14-9 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 6 at Northwood W, 34-0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 13 Saginaw Valley State W, 21-20 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 4 Hillsdale W, 14-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 St. Thomas L, 12-9 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 #9 Grand Valley State L, 44-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Davenport W, 31-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1 - -
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 30-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Northern Michigan W, 21-14 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 23 #1 Ferris State L, 38-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at #7 Grand Valley State L, 14-9 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 at Northwood W, 34-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Saginaw Valley State W, 21-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2018-19 10 132 264 50.0% 1654 165.4 6.3 10 9 57 108.3
2019-20 8 128 217 59.0% 1631 203.9 7.5 10 7 73 130.9
2021-22 10 156 301 51.8% 1715 171.5 5.7 14 7 48 110.4
2022-23 11 184 319 57.7% 2228 202.5 7.0 18 7 79 130.6
Total 39 600 1101 54.5% 7228 185.3 6.6 52 30 79 119.8

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2017-18 - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 10 54 51 5.1 0.9 4 20 2 0
2019-20 8 47 178 22.3 3.8 2 21 1 1
2021-22 10 64 48 4.8 0.8 2 13 5 2
2022-23 11 75 194 17.6 2.6 5 28 3 1
Total 39 240 471 12.1 2.0 13 28 11 4

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2017-18 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 10 - - - - - - -
2019-20 8 - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 1 0.1 16 1.6 16.0 0 16
2022-23 11 - - - - - - -
Total 39 1 0.0 16 0.4 16.0 0 16

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2017-18 - - - - - - - - 0
2018-19 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2019-20 8 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 11 - - - - - - - 0
Total 39 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2017-18 - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 10 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 8 33 1363 41.3 66 13 3 3 1
2021-22 10 19 708 37.3 62 7 1 3 0
2022-23 11 25 913 36.5 55 5 5 2 0
Total 39 77 2984 38.8 66 25 9 8 1

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 - - - - - - - - - -
2019-20 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2017-18 - - - - - 0 -
2018-19 10 51 - - - 51 5.1
2019-20 8 178 - - - 178 22.3
2021-22 10 48 16 - - 64 6.4
2022-23 11 194 - - - 194 17.6
Total 39 471 16 - - 487 12.5

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2017-18 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
2018-19 26 2.6 4 - - - - - 0 - 1 0
2019-20 12 1.5 2 - - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 12 1.2 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0
2022-23 30 2.7 5 - - - - - - - 0 0
Total 80 2.1 13 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2017-18 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 8 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2022-23 11 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 39 1 0 1.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 156 301 51.8% 1715 171.5 5.7 14 7 48 110.4
Conference 7 105 214 49.1% 1197 171.0 5.6 11 6 48 107.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 6 89 167 53.3% 917 152.8 5.5 8 2 48 112.8
Away 4 67 134 50.0% 798 199.5 6.0 6 5 32 107.3
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 6 91 183 49.7% 1110 185.0 6.1 11 5 48 115.0
Losses 4 65 118 55.1% 605 151.3 5.1 3 2 38 103.2
Month September 3 51 87 58.6% 518 172.7 6.0 3 1 43 117.7
October 5 76 162 46.9% 874 174.8 5.4 8 4 48 103.6
November 2 29 52 55.8% 323 161.5 6.2 3 2 28 119.3

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 64 48 4.8 0.8 2 13 5 2
Conference 7 36 44 6.3 1.2 2 13 3 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 42 34 5.7 0.8 1 11 2 2
Away 4 22 14 3.5 0.6 1 13 3 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 43 16 2.7 0.4 2 13 2 0
Losses 4 21 32 8.0 1.5 0 11 3 2
Month September 3 28 4 1.3 0.1 0 11 2 2
October 5 25 25 5.0 1.0 2 13 3 0
November 2 11 19 9.5 1.7 0 11 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 1 0.1 16 1.6 16.0 0 16
Conference 7 1 0.1 16 2.3 16.0 0 16
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 - - - - - - -
Away 4 1 0.3 16 4.0 16.0 0 16
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 1 0.2 16 2.7 16.0 0 16
Losses 4 - - - - - - -
Month September 3 - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - -
November 2 1 0.5 16 8.0 16.0 0 16

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 6 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 19 708 37.3 62 7 1 3 0
Conference 7 17 634 37.3 62 6 1 3 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 11 411 37.4 62 3 0 3 0
Away 4 8 297 37.1 46 4 1 0 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 13 489 37.6 62 4 0 3 0
Losses 4 6 219 36.5 43 3 1 0 0
Month September 3 2 74 37.0 38 1 0 0 0
October 5 13 489 37.6 62 5 1 2 0
November 2 4 145 36.3 44 1 0 1 0

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 48 16 - - 64 6.4
Conference 7 44 16 - - 60 8.6
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 6 34 - - - 34 5.7
Away 4 14 16 - - 30 7.5
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 6 16 16 - - 32 5.3
Losses 4 32 - - - 32 8.0
Month September 3 4 - - - 4 1.3
October 5 25 - - - 25 5.0
November 2 19 16 - - 35 17.5

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 12 1.2 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Conference 12 1.7 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 6 1.0 1 - - - - - - - - 0
Away 6 1.5 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 12 2.0 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Month September 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
October 12 2.4 2 - - - - - - - 0 0
November 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Conference 7 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - 1 -
Away 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Losses 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month September 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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