Illustration of John Leister wearing the Michigan State Spartans uniform

John Leister

Michigan State
QB
Position
#18
Number
1982
47.4%
Comp Pct
1,321
Pass Yds
4
Pass TD
5.3
Yds/Pass
88.1
Rating
10
Games
-10
Rush Yds
1
Rush TD
11
Int
-
Sacked
Career
45.6%
Comp Pct
3,999
Pass Yds
20
Pass TD
5.8
Yds/Pass
94.0
Rating
40
Games
74
Rush Yds
2
Rush TD
35
Int
-
Sacked

Summary

John Leister played 4 seasons for Michigan State. He threw for 3,999 yards and 20 touchdowns.

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14
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15
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16
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Indiana

41.6

Utah

41.3

South Florida

40.5

Tennessee

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11.7

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1
Duke Duke
9
5
.643
2
Virginia Virginia
11
3
.786
3
Miami Miami
13
2
.867
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
8
5
.615
5
SMU SMU
9
4
.692
6
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
9
4
.692
7
California California
7
6
.538
8
Clemson Clemson
7
6
.538
9
NC State NC State
8
5
.615
10
Louisville Louisville
9
4
.692
11
Wake Forest Wake Forest
9
4
.692
12
Stanford Stanford
4
8
.333
13
Florida State Florida State
5
7
.417
14
North Carolina North Carolina
4
8
.333
15
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
3
9
.250
16
Boston College Boston College
2
10
.167
17
Syracuse Syracuse
3
9
.250
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
12
2
.857
2
Alabama Alabama
11
4
.733
3
Ole Miss Ole Miss
13
2
.867
4
Texas A&M Texas A&M
11
2
.846
5
Texas Texas
10
3
.769
6
Oklahoma Oklahoma
10
3
.769
7
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
10
3
.769
8
Missouri Missouri
8
5
.615
9
Tennessee Tennessee
8
5
.615
10
LSU LSU
7
6
.538
11
Kentucky Kentucky
5
7
.417
12
Florida Florida
4
8
.333
13
Auburn Auburn
5
7
.417
14
Mississippi State Mississippi State
5
8
.385
15
South Carolina South Carolina
4
8
.333
16
Arkansas Arkansas
2
10
.167
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
15
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
12
2
.857
3
Oregon Oregon
13
2
.867
4
Michigan Michigan
9
4
.692
5
USC USC
9
4
.692
6
Iowa Iowa
9
4
.692
7
Illinois Illinois
9
4
.692
8
Minnesota Minnesota
8
5
.615
9
Washington Washington
9
4
.692
10
Nebraska Nebraska
7
6
.538
11
Northwestern Northwestern
7
6
.538
12
Penn State Penn State
7
6
.538
13
UCLA UCLA
3
9
.250
14
Rutgers Rutgers
5
7
.417
15
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
8
.333
16
Maryland Maryland
4
8
.333
17
Michigan State Michigan State
4
8
.333
18
Purdue Purdue
2
10
.167
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
UNLV UNLV
10
4
.714
2
New Mexico New Mexico
9
4
.692
3
San Diego State San Diego State
9
4
.692
4
Boise State Boise State
9
5
.643
5
Fresno State Fresno State
9
4
.692
6
Hawaii Hawaii
9
4
.692
7
Utah State Utah State
6
7
.462
8
Air Force Air Force
4
8
.333
9
Wyoming Wyoming
4
8
.333
10
Nevada Nevada
3
9
.250
11
San José State San José State
3
9
.250
12
Colorado State Colorado State
2
10
.167
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
12
2
.857
2
Tulane Tulane
11
3
.786
3
Navy Navy
11
2
.846
4
South Florida South Florida
9
4
.692
5
East Carolina East Carolina
9
4
.692
6
Memphis Memphis
8
5
.615
7
Army Army
7
6
.538
8
UTSA UTSA
7
6
.538
9
Temple Temple
5
7
.417
10
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
4
8
.333
11
Rice Rice
5
8
.385
12
UAB UAB
4
8
.333
13
Tulsa Tulsa
4
8
.333
14
Charlotte Charlotte
1
11
.083
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
10
2
.833
2
UConn UConn
9
4
.692
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
12
2
.857
2
BYU BYU
12
2
.857
3
Utah Utah
11
2
.846
4
Houston Houston
10
3
.769
5
Arizona Arizona
9
4
.692
6
Arizona State Arizona State
8
5
.615
7
Iowa State Iowa State
8
4
.667
8
Kansas State Kansas State
6
6
.500
9
TCU TCU
9
4
.692
10
Cincinnati Cincinnati
7
6
.538
11
Baylor Baylor
5
7
.417
12
Kansas Kansas
5
7
.417
13
UCF UCF
5
7
.417
14
West Virginia West Virginia
4
8
.333
15
Colorado Colorado
3
9
.250
16
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
1
11
.083
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
7
6
.538
2
Oregon State Oregon State
2
10
.167
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
10
4
.714
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
7
7
.500
3
Ohio Ohio
9
4
.692
4
Toledo Toledo
8
5
.615
5
Central Michigan Central Michigan
7
6
.538
6
Akron Akron
5
7
.417
7
Buffalo Buffalo
5
7
.417
8
Kent State Kent State
5
7
.417
9
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
8
.333
10
Ball State Ball State
4
8
.333
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
4
8
.333
12
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
3
9
.250
13
UMass UMass
0
12
.000
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
12
2
.857
2
Troy Troy
8
6
.571
3
Old Dominion Old Dominion
10
3
.769
4
Southern Miss Southern Miss
7
6
.538
5
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
6
7
.462
6
Louisiana Louisiana
6
7
.462
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
7
6
.538
8
Arkansas State Arkansas State
7
6
.538
9
Marshall Marshall
5
7
.417
10
Texas State Texas State
7
6
.538
11
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
8
.385
12
South Alabama South Alabama
4
8
.333
13
Georgia State Georgia State
1
11
.083
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
3
9
.250
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
10
4
.714
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
9
5
.643
3
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
9
4
.692
4
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
8
5
.615
5
Missouri State Missouri State
7
6
.538
6
FIU FIU
7
6
.538
7
Delaware Delaware
7
6
.538
8
Liberty Liberty
4
8
.333
9
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
3
9
.250
10
New Mexico State New Mexico State
4
8
.333
11
UTEP UTEP
2
10
.167
12
Sam Houston Sam Houston
2
10
.167