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Michigan State's best quarterbacks since 2004
Connor Cook leads with 9,194 passing yards in 43 games at Michigan State; Kirk Cousins had 9,131.
Every quarterback with 5 or more games at Michigan State since 2004, ranked by passing yards; the lines are each player's passing yards game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.
17 quarterbacks with 5+ games at Michigan Statepassing yards
| # | player | seasons | games | passing yards | passing touchdowns | wins | yards of total offense | interceptions thrown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor Cook | 2012–2015 | 43 | 9,194 | 71 | 37 | 9,403 | 22 |
| 2 | Kirk Cousins | 2008–2011 | 43 | 9,131 | 66 | 28 | 9,004 | 30 |
| 3 | Brian Lewerke | 2016–2019 | 41 | 8,293 | 47 | 23 | 9,548 | 32 |
| 4 | Payton Thorne | 2020–2022 | 29 | 6,501 | 49 | 16 | 6,771 | 24 |
| 5 | Drew Stanton | 2004–2006 | 31 | 6,241 | 40 | 13 | 7,684 | 27 |
| 6 | Brian Hoyer | 2005–2008 | 36 | 6,147 | 35 | 20 | 5,918 | 23 |
| 7 | Aidan Chiles | 2024–2025 | 20 | 3,807 | 23 | 8 | 4,259 | 14 |
| 8 | Andrew Maxwell | 2010–2013 | 25 | 3,014 | 14 | 16 | 2,882 | 9 |
| 9 | Alessio Milivojevic | 2024–2026 | 17 | 2,530 | 17 | 4 | 2,457 | 7 |
| 10 | Tyler O'Connor | 2013–2016 | 23 | 2,344 | 20 | 15 | 2,508 | 11 |
| 11 | Rocky Lombardi | 2018–2020 | 17 | 1,902 | 11 | 7 | 2,068 | 14 |
| 12 | Noah Kim | 2022–2023 | 8 | 1,264 | 9 | 3 | 1,322 | 6 |
| 13 | Katin Houser | 2022–2023 | 12 | 1,132 | 6 | 5 | 1,133 | 5 |
| 14 | Keith Nichol | 2009–2011 | 33 | 826 | 9 | 23 | 963 | 3 |
| 15 | Damon Dowdell | 2004 | 5 | 657 | 4 | 1 | 787 | 6 |
| 16 | Damion Terry | 2014–2017 | 24 | 356 | 1 | 17 | 602 | 2 |
| 17 | Cam Fancher | 2026 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 1 |
Also at Michigan State: running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, defenders, kickers, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.