Quarterback, Michigan State, 2004–⁠08

Brian Hoyer

Brian Hoyer played quarterback at Michigan State (2004–⁠08).

330passing yards, best game on filevs. Minnesota, 2006 4touchdown passes, best game on filetwice; last vs. Penn State, 2007

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

155

863

2,725

2,404

5–⁠64–⁠87–⁠69–⁠4AP 24

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2005‡	Michigan State	14	21	66.7	155	7.4	2	0
2006	Michigan State	82	144	56.9	863	6.0	4	3
2007	Michigan State	223	376	59.3	2,725	7.2	20	11
2008	Michigan State	180	353	51.0	2,404	6.8	9	9
On file (2005–⁠08)		499	894	55.8	6,147	6.9	35	23

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2005‡	Michigan State	2	6	3.0	0	7
2006	Michigan State	13	−36	−2.8	0	14
2007	Michigan State	47	−105	−2.2	1	23
2008	Michigan State	43	−94	−2.2	1	19
On file (2005–⁠08)		105	−229	−2.2	2	23

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Oct 29 vs. Indiana): the source has no box score for it.

Game by game

2008 Michigan State 13 games, 2,404 passing yards, 9 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 30	atCalifornia	L 31–⁠38	20	48	321	1	1	1
Sep 6	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 42–⁠10	8	12	148	0	0	2
Sep 13	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 17–⁠0	5	15	88	0	1	−14
Sep 20	vs.Notre Dame	W 23–⁠7	12	26	143	0	0	6
Sep 27	atIndiana	W 42–⁠29	14	26	261	2	0	5
Oct 4	vs.Iowa	W 16–⁠13	13	24	184	1	1	−7
Oct 11	atNorthwestern	W 37–⁠20	14	20	169	2	0	−15
Oct 18	vs.Ohio State	L 7–⁠45	5	13	27	0	1	−15
Oct 25	atMichigan	W 35–⁠21	17	29	282	3	0	−45
Nov 1	vs.Wisconsin	W 25–⁠24	19	44	252	0	0	−28
Nov 8	vs.Purdue	W 21–⁠7	10	22	154	0	2	27
Nov 22	atPenn State	L 18–⁠49	25	40	206	0	2	−14
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Georgia	L 12–⁠24	18	34	169	0	1	3

2007 Michigan State 13 games, 2,725 passing yards, 20 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	vs.UAB	W 55–⁠18	14	17	201	1	0	−1
Sep 8	vs.Bowling Green	W 28–⁠17	17	29	250	2	2	−6
Sep 15	vs.Pittsburgh	W 17–⁠13	14	28	183	0	0	−24
Sep 22	atNotre Dame	W 31–⁠14	11	24	135	4	1	−7
Sep 29	atWisconsin	L 34–⁠37	22	36	323	2	0	−38
Oct 6	vs.Northwestern	L 41–⁠48	17	31	194	1	0	14
Oct 13	vs.Indiana	W 52–⁠27	20	23	190	1	0	−9
Oct 20	atOhio State	L 17–⁠24	12	23	126	0	1	−8
Oct 27	atIowa	L 27–⁠34	25	42	308	0	0	9
Nov 3	vs.Michigan	L 24–⁠28	19	35	161	1	1	−22
Nov 10	atPurdue	W 48–⁠31	22	31	266	2	0	−13
Nov 17	vs.Penn State	W 35–⁠31	16	21	257	4	2	−8
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Boston College	L 21–⁠24	14	36	131	2	4	8

2006 Michigan State 7 games, 863 passing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 9	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 52–⁠20	4	4	33	1	0	–
Sep 30	vs.Illinois	L 20–⁠23	2	3	33	0	0	–
Oct 14	vs.Ohio State	L 7–⁠38	11	14	81	0	0	−4
Oct 21	atNorthwestern	W 41–⁠38	5	6	46	0	1	–
Oct 28	atIndiana	L 21–⁠46	4	6	49	1	0	–
Nov 11	vs.Minnesota	L 18–⁠31	26	50	330	1	2	−29
Nov 18	atPenn State	L 13–⁠17	30	61	291	1	0	−3

2005 Michigan State 3 games, 155 passing yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Rush
Sep 3	vs.Kent State	W 49–⁠14	4	5	28	0	6
Sep 24	atIllinois	W 61–⁠14	6	8	70	2	–
Oct 22	vs.Northwestern	L 14–⁠49	4	8	57	0	–

No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Indiana, so that game is not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2009
Height	6′2″
Weight	215 lb
Arm length	32″
Hand size	9½″
40-yard dash	5.05 s
10-yard split	1.73 s^W
Vertical jump	32″
Broad jump	9′1″
3-cone drill	7.10 s
20-yard shuttle	4.42 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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Career highs

Passing

Rushing

Game by game

Before the draft