michigan state qb most passing yards career

Connor Cook has the most career passing yards by a Michigan State quarterback, with 9,194 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Connor Cook
C. Cook
9,194
42
673
1,170
57.5
7.9
218.9
71
22
139.8
6.1
1.9
2Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
9,131
43
723
1,128
64.1
8.1
212.3
66
30
146.1
5.9
2.7
3Jeff Smoker
J. Smoker
8,556
39
663
1,118
59.3
7.7
219.4
58
38
133.9
5.2
3.4
4Brian Lewerke
B. Lewerke
8,293
41
721
1,249
57.7
6.6
202.3
47
32
120.8
3.8
2.6
58
387
5Drew Stanton
D. Stanton
6,524
37
543
846
64.2
7.7
176.3
42
28
138.7
5.0
3.3
6Payton Thorne
P. Thorne
6,494
29
524
860
60.9
7.6
223.9
49
24
137.6
5.7
2.8
48
351
7Brian Hoyer
B. Hoyer
6,159
37
500
896
55.8
6.9
166.5
35
23
121.3
3.9
2.6
8Dave Yarema
D. Yarema
5,569
35
447
727
61.5
7.7
159.1
41
29
136.5
5.6
4.0
9Bill Burke
B. Burke
5,059
37
385
714
53.9
7.1
136.7
42
29
124.7
5.9
4.1
10Jim Miller
J. Miller
4,844
35
452
718
63.0
6.7
138.4
17
28
119.6
2.4
3.9
11Todd Schultz
T. Schultz
3,985
25
338
548
61.7
7.3
159.4
25
28
127.6
4.6
5.1
12Aidan Chiles
A. Chiles
3,807
20
320
526
60.8
7.2
190.4
23
14
130.7
4.4
2.7
51
367
13Tony Banks
T. Banks
3,781
19
279
452
61.7
8.4
199.0
19
18
137.9
4.2
4.0
14Dan Enos
D. Enos
3,590
33
281
449
62.6
8.0
108.8
12
22
128.8
2.7
4.9
15Ed Smith
E. Smith
3,480
21
249
497
50.1
7.0
165.7
23
24
114.5
4.6
4.8
16Andrew Maxwell
A. Maxwell
3,014
26
278
530
52.5
5.7
115.9
14
9
105.5
2.6
1.7
17Bobby McAllister
B. McAllister
2,777
39
176
355
49.6
7.8
71.2
14
16
119.3
3.9
4.5
18Bryan Clark
B. Clark
2,725
43
204
409
49.9
6.7
63.4
20
20
112.2
4.9
4.9
19Steve Juday
S. Juday
2,576
25
198
384
51.6
6.7
103.0
21
24
113.5
5.5
6.3
20John Leister
J. Leister
2,440
29
210
439
47.8
5.6
84.1
10
21
92.5
2.3
4.8
21Tyler O'Connor
T. O'Connor
2,344
23
188
316
59.5
7.4
101.9
20
11
135.7
6.3
3.5
23
130
22Charles Baggett
C. Baggett
2,335
30
128
287
44.6
8.1
77.8
14
30
108.1
4.9
10.5
23Damon Dowdell
D. Dowdell
2,170
21
192
347
55.3
6.3
103.3
16
12
116.2
4.6
3.5
24Ryan Van Dyke
R. Van Dyke
2,111
23
161
288
55.9
7.3
91.8
14
14
123.8
4.9
4.9
25Rocky Lombardi
R. Lombardi
1,902
17
159
332
47.9
5.7
111.9
11
14
98.5
3.3
4.2
14
119
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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