Connor Cook in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Oneputtkelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Michigan State, 2011–⁠15

Connor Cook

Lettered 2012–⁠15 (school media guide)

Number
No. 18
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Hinckley, OH
Born
Jan 29, 1993

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Connor Cook played quarterback at Michigan State (2011–⁠15). He won the 2015 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He finished ninth in the 2015 Heisman vote. The Oakland Raiders took Cook in round 4, No. 100 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,214
Passing yards, 2014 (Michigan State, 11–⁠2)
Heisman vote
9th
In the 2015 vote
Drafted
No. 100
Round 4, 2016 NFL Draft (Oakland Raiders)

Career highs

398passing yards, career highvs. Indiana, 20154touchdown passes, career highfour times; last at Nebraska, 2015

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2013 and 2015

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2012Michigan State91752.9945.511
2013Michigan State22338058.72,7557.3226
2014Michigan State21236558.13,2148.8248
2015Michigan State22940856.13,1317.7247
Career6731,17057.59,1947.97122

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Michigan State4−3−0.8011
2013Michigan State69761.1120
2014Michigan State51801.6213
2015Michigan State52561.1022
Career1762091.2322

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Michigan State18QB
2012Michigan State18QB
2013Michigan State18QB
2014Michigan State18QB
2015Michigan State18QB6′4″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Michigan State3950.2353rd (n=144)0.2288.941%0.23–
2014Michigan State4160.4598th (n=147)0.24188.541%0.64–
2015Michigan State4580.3681st (n=151)0.24167.349%0.450.14

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Michigan State 13 games, 3,131 passing yards, 24 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4atWestern MichiganW 37–⁠24153125620–
Sep 12vs.OregonW 31–⁠282032192214
Sep 19vs.Air ForceW 35–⁠21152324740−4
Sep 26vs.Central MichiganW 30–⁠1011191431016
Oct 3vs.PurdueW 24–⁠2113191391048
Oct 10atRutgersW 31–⁠242439367214
Oct 17atMichiganW 27–⁠23183932810−23
Oct 24vs.IndianaW 52–⁠2630523984018
Nov 7atNebraskaL 38–⁠392337335417
Nov 14vs.MarylandW 24–⁠762077017
Nov 28vs.Penn StateW 55–⁠16192624830−5
Dec 5vs.IowaW 16–⁠131632191018
Dec 31 ✦vs.AlabamaL 0–⁠38193921002−24
2014 Michigan State 13 games, 3,214 passing yards, 24 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 29vs.Jacksonville StateW 45–⁠71213285301
Sep 6atOregonL 27–⁠46294734322−7
Sep 20vs.Eastern MichiganW 73–⁠1456832011
Sep 27vs.WyomingW 56–⁠14812126203
Oct 4vs.NebraskaW 27–⁠22112923411−6
Oct 11atPurdueW 45–⁠3119372383134
Oct 18atIndianaW 56–⁠172432332318
Oct 25vs.MichiganW 35–⁠111222227100
Nov 8vs.Ohio StateL 37–⁠4925453582015
Nov 15atMarylandW 37–⁠151431240005
Nov 22vs.RutgersW 45–⁠31624254205
Nov 29atPenn StateW 34–⁠101325180110
Jan 1 ✦vs.BaylorW 42–⁠4124423142211
2013 Michigan State 14 games, 2,755 passing yards, 22 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.Western MichiganW 26–⁠13616420035
Sep 7vs.South FloridaW 21–⁠6611320010
Sep 14vs.Youngstown StateW 55–⁠1715222024025
Sep 21atNotre DameL 13–⁠171632135104
Oct 5atIowaW 26–⁠1425442772121
Oct 12vs.IndianaW 42–⁠282231235218
Oct 19vs.PurdueW 14–⁠013251070027
Oct 26atIllinoisW 42–⁠31516208307
Nov 2vs.MichiganW 29–⁠6183325211−15
Nov 16atNebraskaW 41–⁠28153119310−1
Nov 23atNorthwesternW 30–⁠6162329320−9
Nov 30vs.MinnesotaW 14–⁠3102014311−21
Dec 7vs.Ohio StateW 34–⁠242440304310
Jan 1 ✦vs.StanfordW 24–⁠20223633221−15
2012 Michigan State 3 games, 94 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 8atCentral MichiganW 41–⁠7564701–
Oct 13vs.IowaL 16–⁠19–––––−3
Dec 29 ✦vs.TCUW 17–⁠1641147100

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016
Height6′4″
Weight217 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.79 s
10-yard split1.68 sW
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump9′5″
3-cone drill7.21 s
20-yard shuttle4.28 s

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

In the NFL

1 season, 1 game with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2016Oakland Raiders11421150110

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2020XFLHouston Roughnecks

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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