Artur Sitkowski
Artur Sitkowski is an American college football coach. He is the assistant quarterbacks coach for the Illinois Urbana-Champaign">Illinois Fighting Illini football">Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a position he has held since 2024. He played college football for Illinois and Rutgers.Early life and high school
Sitkowski attended Old Bridge High School in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, before transferring to IMG Academy. As a junior, Sitkowski completed 104 of 209 passes for 1,216 yards with six touchdowns and nine interceptions and rushed 77 times for 215 yards and eight touchdowns. Sitkowski originally committed to play college football for the Miami Hurricanes. However, Sitkowski flipped his commitment to play for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.College career
Sitkowski opened his true freshman season in 2018 as Rutgers starting quarterback. In his first start he completed 20 passes for 205 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions in a win over 2018 [Texas State Bobcats football team|Texas State]. In week 7 of the 2018 season, Sitkowski completed just two of his 16 pass attempts for eight yards and four interceptions in a loss to 2018 [Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland]. He finished the 2018 season completing 134 of 273 pass attempts for 1,158 yards and four touchdowns to 18 interceptions. Ahead of the 2019 season, Sitkowski lost the starting job to McLane Carter. He made his first start of the 2019 season in week 4 after Carter suffered a concussion. Sitkowski completed 23 of 33 passing attempts for 304 yards and a touchdown with an interception in a 30–16 loss to 2019 [Boston College Eagles football team|Boston College]. However after just making one more start against 2019 [Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan], Sitkowski took a redshirt. After the 2019 season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal. However, Sitkowski decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal and return to play for the Scarlet Knights in 2020. He made his first start of the 2020 season in week 7 versus 2020 [Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue], completing 18 of 27 passes for 141 yards and two touchdowns in an upset win over Purdue. Sitkowski finished the 2020 season going 52 of 82 on his passes for 44 yards and three touchdowns. After the conclusion of the 2020 season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal.Illinois
Sitkowski transferred to play for Illinois. He made his Illinois debut in week one after starter Brandon Peters went down with an injury and completed 12 of his 15 passes for 124 yards and two touchdowns, as he helped lead the Fighting Illini to a 30–22 win over 2021 [Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]. Sitkowski was named the team's starter for their week two matchup versus 2021 [UTSA Roadrunners football team|UTSA]. In his start he threw for 266 yards and three touchdowns in a loss to UTSA. In week 9 of the 2021 season, after Sitkowski helped the Fighting Illini upset #7 2021 [Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State] in the 2021 Illinois vs. [Penn State football game|longest game in NCAA history] it was revealed, Sitkowski broke his arm and would miss the rest of the 2021 season. Sitkowski finished the 2021 season completing 74 of his 148 pass attempts for 704 yards and six touchdowns with two interceptions, while also adding 31 yards on the ground. In week 6 of the 2022 season, Sitkowski replaced injured starter Tommy DeVito. Sitkowski completed 13 of his 19 passes for 74 yards and an interception in a 9–6 win over 2022 [Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]. In Sitkowski's final season he completed 18 of his 25 pass attempts for 103 yards and an interception, while adding 18 yards on the ground.College statistics
Coaching career
After the 2022 season, Sitkowski joined the Illinois football coaching staff as a graduate assistant.