Michigan State Football: Who'll be named All-Big Ten first-team in 2018?

Michigan State Football: Who’ll be named All-Big Ten first-team in 2018?

ANN ARBOR, MI - OCTOBER 07: Joe Bachie #35 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates with his team after intercepting the ball during the third quarter of the game against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan State defeated Michigan 14-10. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /

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ANN ARBOR, MI – OCTOBER 07: Brian Lewerke #14 of the Michigan State Spartans rolls out to pass during the second quarter of the game against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /

Brian Lewerke, QB

Brian Lewerke has a solid season in 2017. He limited turnovers as time went on, he extended plays, made clutch third-down throws, and most importantly, he won a lot of close games.

However, other than the games against Northwestern and Penn State, he didn’t really light up the box score. But to be fair, MSU doesn’t really need him to do that either.

Trace McSorley, on the other hand, is the definition of a statistical machine. As things are looking right now, he will be Brian Lewerke’s main competition for this honor. When comparing Penn State’s high-scoring, spread offense to MSU’s signature power-run offensive identity, it’s hard to imagine Lewerke beating out McSorley statistically.

For reference, McSorley threw for 275 yards per game in 2017, while Lewerke threw for 214 yards per game. This is not to say that either McSorley or Penn State’s offense as a whole is significantly better than Lewerke or MSU, it just means they are significantly different.

While the Spartans did open up the offense a bit in 2017, they are still far from an up-tempo, high passing yardage offensive scheme.

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