Breakout athletes: Mitch Anderson, East

1970: First-team all-conference quarterback in football
1970: Conference leader in passing yards, percentage and touchdown passes

Rockford East statistics
Year	Comp.	Att.	Pct.	Yards	TD	Int.
1969	Unavailable
1970	53	105	50.5%	1,006	12	2

1972-1974: Division 1 quarterback at Northwestern
1973: Second team all-Big 10

Northwestern statistics
Year	Comp.	Att.	Pct.	Yards	TD	Int.	Rating
1972	95	187	50.8%	1,333	7	10	112.3
1973	91	197	46.2%	1,224	12	9	109.4
1974	101	225	44.9%	1,282	7	16	88.9
Totals	287	609	47.1%	3,839	26	35	102.7

1975: Taken by Atlanta Falcons in the 17^th round of the NFL draft