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Jersey Number 11
Alessio Milivojevic
- Position:
- QB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 218
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- St. Francis
Redshirt sophomore quarterback enters his third season with the Spartans in 2026 . . . has played in 10 career games, including four consecutive starts to close out the 2025 season.
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in nine games with four straight starts to close out the season (vs. Minnesota, Penn State, Iowa and Maryland) . . . played a total of 319 snaps at quarterback . . . completed 64 percent of his passes (111-of-173) for 1,267 yards, 10 touchdowns and three interceptions . . . averaged 140.8 passing yards per game . . . in his four starts, was 79-of-136 (.580) passing for 986 yards (246.5 ypg) and seven TDs . . . Academic All-Big Ten honoree . . . registered his first win as a starting quarterback in the regular-season finale against Maryland at Ford Field (11/29), completing 27-of-39 passes for 292 yards and a career-high four touchdowns; had TD passes to four different receivers (1 yard to Kai Rios, 15 yards to Nick Marsh, 9 yards to Jack Velling, 10 yards to Omari Kelly) . . . with MSU leading 31-28 and facing a fourth-and-7 on the Maryland 10-yard line at the two-minute timeout in the fourth quarter, passed to Omari Kelly in the end zone uncovered for the game-sealing touchdown in the 38-28 victory . . . was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for his performance against the Terrapins . . . was 25-of-42 passing for 255 yards and two touchdowns at Iowa (11/22); the Hawkeyes entered the game No. 6 in the FBS in both total defense and passing defense . . . both of his TDs at Iowa went to Chrishon McCray (45 yards and 5 yards) . . . made his first start in Spartan Stadium in opening Penn State (11/15) as signal-caller and was 17-of-27 passing for 128 yards . . . was 4-of-4 for 44 yards during MSU’s scoring drive in the second quarter, part of MSU’s eight-play, 52-yard drive, capped by freshman placekicker Martin Connington’s 24-yard field goal to give MSU a 10-7 lead at the 8:40 mark of the second quarter, then completed his next three passes as well for seven consecutive completions . . . added six carries, including a career-long rush for 16 yards . . . made first start of collegiate career in starting under center in game at Minnesota (11/1); was 20-of-28 passing for 311 yards against the Gophers . . . connected with graduate wide receiver Rodney Bullard Jr. for a 71-yard TD pass, catch and run on MSU’s opening possession of the second half, as Bullard caught it at the MSU 45 and out-ran the Minnesota defense to the end zone for the TD as well as for Milivojevic’s longest pass of his Spartan career . . . the 311 passing yards ranked third most by a freshman/redshirt freshman quarterback at MSU and were fourth-most by a Spartan making their first career start at QB . . . was 5-of-6 passing for 60 yards and connected with Michael Masunas for a 21-yard TD pass in Michigan game (10/25), adding two rushing attempts . . . played the final series in game at Indiana (10/18), going 3-for-5 for 50 yards passing, while rushing twice for 9 yards, in seven plays, leading MSU to a field goal in last few minutes . . . came on in relief of Aidan Chiles early in the second half of the UCLA game (10/11) after Chiles was sidelined with an injury, and was 8-of-18 passing for 100 yards, passing for a TD for the second game in a row, connecting with Nick Marsh for a 5-yard scoring pass . . . completed first pass as a Spartan on first attempt of the day in game at Nebraska (10/4), coming early in the second quarter with a 10-yard pass to sophomore wide receiver Nick Marsh, coming on in place of Chiles who was temporarily sidelined with an injury . . . then registered the first TD pass of his Spartan career two plays later with a 2-yard TD toss to junior tight end Jack Velling . . . finished 6-of-7 passing for 71 yards and one TD, adding one rush for a 1-yard TD, scoring the first rushing TD of his career.
2024 SEASON: Redshirted . . . made his collegiate debut against Rutgers on Nov. 30 in his only appearance of the season; played two snaps against the Scarlet Knights . . . enrolled at Michigan State in January 2024 and competed in spring practice.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Consensus No. 1 quarterback in the state of Illinois for the Class of 2024 by ESPN.com, 247 Sports and On3 . . . ranked one of the top overall prospects in the state of Illinois by On3 (No. 9), Rivals (No. 20), 247 Sports (No. 22) and ESPN.com (No. 32) . . . rated among the top quarterbacks in the Class of 2024 by Rivals (No. 20), On3 (No. 31), 247Sports (No. 41) and ESPN.com (No. 54) . . . completed 73 percent of his passes (251-for-345) for 3,408 yards (262.2 ypg) and 40 touchdowns against just four interceptions his senior season . . . also rushed for 331 yards and nine TDs on 51 carries . . . compiled 3,739 yards of total offense (3,408 passing, 331 rushing) and accounted for 49 total TDs (40 passing, nine rushing) . . . helped the St. Francis Spartans to a 10-3 record as a senior and a berth in the Class 5A semifinals . . . first-team all-state selection in Class 5A by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association (IHSFCA), Rivals.com and The News-Gazette . . . also named the Suburban Life Player of the Year and the captain of the DuPage County All-Area Team . . . first-team all-area honoree by the Chicago Sun Times . . . also named to the IHSFCA Academic All-State Team . . . completed 28-of-36 passes for 284 yards and four TDs in a second-round playoff win over Sterling on Nov. 4 . . . was 21-of-26 passing for 308 yards and a season-high five TDs in the first round of the state playoffs against Rochelle . . . helped St. Francis to an 11-2 record and a berth in the Class 4A semifinals as a junior in 2022 . . . threw for 30 touchdowns his junior campaign to earn several honors, including all-conference, all-county and all-area . . . three-year varsity letterwinner played for Coach Bob McMillen at St. Francis High School . . . threw for a total of 7,267 yards and 84 touchdowns during his three seasons on varsity at St. Francis . . . son of Ivan and Lynn Milivojevic.
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in nine games with four straight starts to close out the season (vs. Minnesota, Penn State, Iowa and Maryland) . . . played a total of 319 snaps at quarterback . . . completed 64 percent of his passes (111-of-173) for 1,267 yards, 10 touchdowns and three interceptions . . . averaged 140.8 passing yards per game . . . in his four starts, was 79-of-136 (.580) passing for 986 yards (246.5 ypg) and seven TDs . . . Academic All-Big Ten honoree . . . registered his first win as a starting quarterback in the regular-season finale against Maryland at Ford Field (11/29), completing 27-of-39 passes for 292 yards and a career-high four touchdowns; had TD passes to four different receivers (1 yard to Kai Rios, 15 yards to Nick Marsh, 9 yards to Jack Velling, 10 yards to Omari Kelly) . . . with MSU leading 31-28 and facing a fourth-and-7 on the Maryland 10-yard line at the two-minute timeout in the fourth quarter, passed to Omari Kelly in the end zone uncovered for the game-sealing touchdown in the 38-28 victory . . . was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for his performance against the Terrapins . . . was 25-of-42 passing for 255 yards and two touchdowns at Iowa (11/22); the Hawkeyes entered the game No. 6 in the FBS in both total defense and passing defense . . . both of his TDs at Iowa went to Chrishon McCray (45 yards and 5 yards) . . . made his first start in Spartan Stadium in opening Penn State (11/15) as signal-caller and was 17-of-27 passing for 128 yards . . . was 4-of-4 for 44 yards during MSU’s scoring drive in the second quarter, part of MSU’s eight-play, 52-yard drive, capped by freshman placekicker Martin Connington’s 24-yard field goal to give MSU a 10-7 lead at the 8:40 mark of the second quarter, then completed his next three passes as well for seven consecutive completions . . . added six carries, including a career-long rush for 16 yards . . . made first start of collegiate career in starting under center in game at Minnesota (11/1); was 20-of-28 passing for 311 yards against the Gophers . . . connected with graduate wide receiver Rodney Bullard Jr. for a 71-yard TD pass, catch and run on MSU’s opening possession of the second half, as Bullard caught it at the MSU 45 and out-ran the Minnesota defense to the end zone for the TD as well as for Milivojevic’s longest pass of his Spartan career . . . the 311 passing yards ranked third most by a freshman/redshirt freshman quarterback at MSU and were fourth-most by a Spartan making their first career start at QB . . . was 5-of-6 passing for 60 yards and connected with Michael Masunas for a 21-yard TD pass in Michigan game (10/25), adding two rushing attempts . . . played the final series in game at Indiana (10/18), going 3-for-5 for 50 yards passing, while rushing twice for 9 yards, in seven plays, leading MSU to a field goal in last few minutes . . . came on in relief of Aidan Chiles early in the second half of the UCLA game (10/11) after Chiles was sidelined with an injury, and was 8-of-18 passing for 100 yards, passing for a TD for the second game in a row, connecting with Nick Marsh for a 5-yard scoring pass . . . completed first pass as a Spartan on first attempt of the day in game at Nebraska (10/4), coming early in the second quarter with a 10-yard pass to sophomore wide receiver Nick Marsh, coming on in place of Chiles who was temporarily sidelined with an injury . . . then registered the first TD pass of his Spartan career two plays later with a 2-yard TD toss to junior tight end Jack Velling . . . finished 6-of-7 passing for 71 yards and one TD, adding one rush for a 1-yard TD, scoring the first rushing TD of his career.
2024 SEASON: Redshirted . . . made his collegiate debut against Rutgers on Nov. 30 in his only appearance of the season; played two snaps against the Scarlet Knights . . . enrolled at Michigan State in January 2024 and competed in spring practice.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Consensus No. 1 quarterback in the state of Illinois for the Class of 2024 by ESPN.com, 247 Sports and On3 . . . ranked one of the top overall prospects in the state of Illinois by On3 (No. 9), Rivals (No. 20), 247 Sports (No. 22) and ESPN.com (No. 32) . . . rated among the top quarterbacks in the Class of 2024 by Rivals (No. 20), On3 (No. 31), 247Sports (No. 41) and ESPN.com (No. 54) . . . completed 73 percent of his passes (251-for-345) for 3,408 yards (262.2 ypg) and 40 touchdowns against just four interceptions his senior season . . . also rushed for 331 yards and nine TDs on 51 carries . . . compiled 3,739 yards of total offense (3,408 passing, 331 rushing) and accounted for 49 total TDs (40 passing, nine rushing) . . . helped the St. Francis Spartans to a 10-3 record as a senior and a berth in the Class 5A semifinals . . . first-team all-state selection in Class 5A by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association (IHSFCA), Rivals.com and The News-Gazette . . . also named the Suburban Life Player of the Year and the captain of the DuPage County All-Area Team . . . first-team all-area honoree by the Chicago Sun Times . . . also named to the IHSFCA Academic All-State Team . . . completed 28-of-36 passes for 284 yards and four TDs in a second-round playoff win over Sterling on Nov. 4 . . . was 21-of-26 passing for 308 yards and a season-high five TDs in the first round of the state playoffs against Rochelle . . . helped St. Francis to an 11-2 record and a berth in the Class 4A semifinals as a junior in 2022 . . . threw for 30 touchdowns his junior campaign to earn several honors, including all-conference, all-county and all-area . . . three-year varsity letterwinner played for Coach Bob McMillen at St. Francis High School . . . threw for a total of 7,267 yards and 84 touchdowns during his three seasons on varsity at St. Francis . . . son of Ivan and Lynn Milivojevic.
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