Michigan State Football: Brian Lewerke on pace to break plethora of records
If Brian Lewerke keeps the pace he had in 2017 over the next two seasons, assuming he stays, he could break a plethora of Michigan State records.
Just two years into his Michigan State career, Brian Lewerke has a chance to do something that only Connor Cook and Kirk Cousins have really done: dominate the record books.
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While Lewerke is still two years away from sitting atop the record books, he’s on pace to smash just about every important record there is from passing yards to touchdowns to rushing yards by a quarterback.
As it sits right now, Lewerke is on the outside of the top 10, looking in, in terms of passing yards but he’s already No. 9 in school history in touchdown passes with 22.
Besides touchdown passes, which he will need to average 25 over the next two years to break Cook’s record of 71, let’s take a look at what he needs to do in order to secure other school bests.
To break Cook’s passing yardage record, he’ll need to average 3,010 yards over his final two seasons. He has the potential to break Jeff Smoker’s single-season mark of 3,395 yards as well as Cousins’ 25 touchdown passes — he could do both this year.
Lewerke already holds the record for single-game passing yards and was one touchdown away from single-game touchdowns (5) — he could own both before the end of his career.
As for rushing yards from a quarterback, he needs to average 500 yards over the next two years to pass Charlie Baggett for first all-time — he also needs 17 more rushing touchdowns to break the quarterback record, also held by Baggett.
Unfortunately, he will need to be almost perfect to break Drew Stanton’s career completion percentage record of 64.2 percent. It’s possible if he completes around 68-70 percent over the next two seasons, but it’ll be tough — it’s definitely attainable. Moreover, if he averages about 250 completions (had 246 in 2017) in 2018-19, he will break the career completions record, too.
Heck, with two sparkling seasons, contending for Big Ten and national titles, Lewerke could become the winningest quarterback in school history as well (he needs to win 25 more games, though).
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By the end of his Spartan career, Brian Lewerke could be the record-holder in nearly a dozen categories, making him Mark Dantonio’s most successful passer, and potentially the best in school history.