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Michigan State Football Records
All-time career leaders for Michigan State Spartans football across 18 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
Michigan State Spartans team pageUpdated Oct 6, 2026
Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 20- 1Connor Cook2012–20159,194
- 2Kirk Cousins2008–20119,131
- 3Jeff Smoker2000–20038,932
- 4Brian Lewerke2016–20198,293
- 5Drew Stanton2003–20066,524
- 1Connor Cook2012–201571
- 2Kirk Cousins2008–201166
- 3Jeff Smoker2000–200361
- 4Payton Thorne2020–202249
- 5Brian Lewerke2016–201947
- 1Jeff Smoker2000–200339
- 2John Leister1979–198235
- 3Dave Yarema1982–198633
- 3Todd Schultz1994–199733
- 5Brian Lewerke2016–201932
Career Completions
Top 20- 1Kirk Cousins2008–2011723
- 2Brian Lewerke2016–2019721
- 3Jeff Smoker2000–2003685
- 4Connor Cook2012–2015673
- 5Drew Stanton2003–2006543
Career Pass Attempts
Top 20- 1Brian Lewerke2016–20191,249
- 2Connor Cook2012–20151,170
- 3Jeff Smoker2000–20031,150
- 4Kirk Cousins2008–20111,128
- 5Brian Hoyer2005–2008896
- 1Drew Stanton2003–200664.2
- 2Kirk Cousins2008–201164.1
- 3Jim Miller1990–199362.6
- 4Dan Enos1987–199062.1
- 5Payton Thorne2020–202260.9
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 20- 1Lorenzo White1984–19874,887
- 2Javon Ringer2005–20084,398
- 3Tico Duckett1989–19924,212
- 4Blake Ezor1986–19893,749
- 5Sedrick Irvin1996–19983,504
- 1Lorenzo White1984–198743
- 2Jeremy Langford2011–201440
- 3Jehuu Caulcrick2004–200739
- 4Sedrick Irvin1996–199835
- 5Blake Ezor1986–198934
Career Rushing Attempts
Top 20- 1Lorenzo White1984–19871,082
- 2Javon Ringer2005–2008843
- 3Tico Duckett1989–1992836
- 4Blake Ezor1986–1989800
- 5Sedrick Irvin1996–1998755
Receiving records
Career Receptions
Top 20- 1B.J. Cunningham2008–2011218
- 2Aaron Burbridge2012–2015165
- 3Darrell Stewart Jr.2016–2019150
- 4Tony Lippett2011–2014149
- 5Matt Trannon2003–2006148
Career Receiving Yards
Top 20- 1B.J. Cunningham2008–20113,086
- 2Andre Rison1985–19882,992
- 3Charles Rogers2001–20022,821
- 4Kirk Gibson1975–19782,347
- 5Tony Lippett2011–20142,247
- 1Charles Rogers2001–200227
- 2B.J. Cunningham2008–201125
- 3Kirk Gibson1975–197824
- 4Josiah Price2013–201621
- 5Andre Rison1985–198820
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Total Offense
Top 10- 1Brian Lewerke2016–20199,548
- 2Connor Cook2012–20159,403
- 3Kirk Cousins2008–20119,004
- 4Jeff Smoker2000–20038,714
- 5Drew Stanton2003–20068,036
Career All-Purpose Yards
Top 10- 1Javon Ringer2005–20085,426
- 2Lorenzo White1984–19875,152
- 3Derrick Mason1993–19965,114
- 4Sedrick Irvin1996–19984,833
- 5Tico Duckett1989–19924,511
Career Total Touchdowns
Top 10- 1Lorenzo White1984–198743
- 2Jeremy Langford2011–201442
- 2Sedrick Irvin1996–199842
- 4Jehuu Caulcrick2004–200740
- 5Javon Ringer2005–200835
Career Points
Top 11- 1Matt Coghlin2017–2021382
- 2Brett Swenson2006–2009377
- 3Michael Geiger2013–2016357
- 4Dave Rayner2001–2004334
- 5John Langeloh1987–1990308
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 20- 1Dan Bass1976–1979541
- 2Percy Snow1986–1989473
- 3Greg Jones2007–2010465
- 4Ike Reese1994–1997420
- 5Josh Thornhill1998–2001395
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 20- 1Kenny Willekes2016–201951
- 2Julian Peterson1998–199948
- 3Greg Jones2007–201046.5
- 4Denicos Allen2010–201346
- 5Shilique Calhoun2012–201544
Looking for today’s roster? See Michigan State player ratings in College Football 27.
Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.