Player leaders
Michigan State Player Season Leaders
Player season leaders, trends, and cumulative production across all available seasons.
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54
Seasons
19
Season Type
Regular
Latest Season
2025
Leader context
Michigan State player production history
This page shows which Michigan State players led the program in each selected category, then ties those single-season leaders to trend lines and cumulative over-time production.
The active metric is Passing YDS for regular games. The selected season is 2025.Use the roster link when you want current-player context and the national leaderboard when you want to compare this program's leaders against the broader FBS field.
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Season Leaders
Passing YDS · Regular
| 1 | Aidan Chiles | | QB | 1,392 |
| 2 | Alessio Milivojevic | | QB | 1,267 |
| 3 | Omari Kelly | | WR | 13 |
Yearly Leader Trend
Passing YDS · Regular
Year-by-Year Winners
| 2025 | Aidan Chiles | | 1,392 |
| 2024 | Aidan Chiles | | 2,415 |
| 2023 | Katin Houser | | 1,098 |
| 2022 | Payton Thorne | | 2,679 |
| 2021 | Payton Thorne | | 2,886 |
| 2020 | Rocky Lombardi | | 1,090 |
| 2019 | Brian Lewerke | | 2,759 |
| 2018 | Brian Lewerke | | 1,868 |
| 2017 | Brian Lewerke | | 2,580 |
| 2016 | Tyler O'Connor | | 1,970 |
| 2015 | Connor Cook | | 2,921 |
| 2014 | Connor Cook | | 2,900 |
| 2013 | Connor Cook | | 2,423 |
| 2012 | Andrew Maxwell | | 2,578 |
| 2011 | Kirk Cousins | | 3,016 |
| 2010 | Kirk Cousins | | 2,705 |
| 2009 | Kirk Cousins | | 2,460 |
| 2008 | Kirk Cousins | | 274 |
| 2007 | Nick Foles | | 57 |
Over-Time Leaderboard
| 1 | Kirk Cousins | | 4 | 8,455 | 2011 (3,016) |
| 2 | Connor Cook | | 4 | 8,291 | 2015 (2,921) |
| 3 | Brian Lewerke | | 4 | 7,588 | 2019 (2,759) |
| 4 | Payton Thorne | | 3 | 6,147 | 2021 (2,886) |
| 5 | Aidan Chiles | | 2 | 3,807 | 2024 (2,415) |
| 6 | Andrew Maxwell | | 4 | 2,943 | 2012 (2,578) |
| 7 | Tyler O'Connor | | 4 | 2,344 | 2016 (1,970) |
| 8 | Rocky Lombardi | | 3 | 1,902 | 2020 (1,090) |
| 9 | Alessio Milivojevic | | 2 | 1,267 | 2025 (1,267) |
| 10 | Noah Kim | | 2 | 1,264 | 2023 (1,090) |
| 11 | Katin Houser | | 2 | 1,100 | 2023 (1,098) |
| 12 | Keith Nichol | | 2 | 770 | 2009 (764) |
| 13 | Damion Terry | | 4 | 356 | 2016 (253) |
| 14 | Tommy Schuster | | 1 | 202 | 2024 (202) |
| 15 | Sam Leavitt | | 1 | 139 | 2023 (139) |
| 16 | Keshawn Martin | | 4 | 130 | 2008 (59) |
| 17 | R.J. Shelton | | 2 | 59 | 2016 (59) |
| 18 | Nick Foles | | 1 | 57 | 2007 (57) |
| 19 | Aaron Bates | | 1 | 50 | 2010 (50) |
| 20 | Anthony Russo | | 1 | 43 | 2021 (43) |
| 21 | Alante Brown | | 1 | 42 | 2023 (42) |
| 22 | Connor Heyward | | 2 | 36 | 2018 (36) |
| 23 | Jayden Reed | | 1 | 25 | 2022 (25) |
| 24 | Darrell Stewart Jr. | | 2 | 21 | 2019 (17) |
| 25 | Tyler Hunt | | 1 | 15 | 2021 (15) |
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