Mitch Leidner

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.

2016 Minnesota 12 games, 2,169 passing yards, 8 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	vs.Oregon State	W 30–⁠23	13	26	130	0	0	76
Sep 10	vs.Indiana State	W 58–⁠28	20	30	295	4	0	9
Sep 24	vs.Colorado State	W 31–⁠24	16	20	174	0	1	50
Oct 1	atPenn State	L 26–⁠29	24	40	241	1	1	6
Oct 8	vs.Iowa	L 7–⁠14	13	33	166	0	2	1
Oct 22	vs.Rutgers	W 34–⁠32	11	18	156	0	1	39
Oct 29	atIllinois	W 40–⁠17	10	19	112	0	0	−4
Nov 5	vs.Purdue	W 44–⁠31	14	23	231	0	1	74
Nov 12	atNebraska	L 17–⁠24	18	27	180	0	1	15
Nov 19	vs.Northwestern	W 29–⁠12	14	25	197	1	1	28
Nov 26	atWisconsin	L 17–⁠31	9	26	158	1	4	46
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Washington State	W 17–⁠12	11	20	129	1	0	26

2015 Minnesota 13 games, 2,701 passing yards, 14 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 3	vs.TCU	L 17–⁠23	19	35	197	1	0	23
Sep 12	atColorado State	W 23–⁠20	23	45	233	2	0	47
Sep 19	vs.Kent State	W 10–⁠7	17	27	184	1	2	15
Sep 26	vs.Ohio	W 27–⁠24	22	31	264	0	0	22
Oct 3	atNorthwestern	L 0–⁠27	10	21	72	0	1	1
Oct 10	atPurdue	W 41–⁠13	8	12	59	2	1	14
Oct 17	vs.Nebraska	L 25–⁠48	26	40	301	1	2	−1
Oct 31	vs.Michigan	L 26–⁠29	16	33	317	1	0	37
Nov 7	atOhio State	L 14–⁠28	27	44	281	2	1	−13
Nov 14	atIowa	L 35–⁠40	19	27	259	1	0	32
Nov 21	vs.Illinois	W 32–⁠23	15	25	88	1	0	64
Nov 28	vs.Wisconsin	L 21–⁠31	16	37	223	1	3	10
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Central Michigan	W 21–⁠14	24	30	223	1	1	19

2014 Minnesota 12 games, 1,798 passing yards, 11 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 28	vs.Eastern Illinois	W 42–⁠20	9	17	144	1	0	15
Sep 6	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 35–⁠24	5	11	67	1	1	32
Sep 13	atTCU	L 7–⁠30	12	26	151	0	3	4
Sep 27	atMichigan	W 30–⁠14	14	22	167	1	0	−5
Oct 11	vs.Northwestern	W 24–⁠17	10	15	153	0	1	31
Oct 18	vs.Purdue	W 39–⁠38	9	18	165	2	0	84
Oct 25	atIllinois	L 24–⁠28	12	30	240	1	1	3
Nov 8	vs.Iowa	W 51–⁠14	10	13	138	4	0	77
Nov 15	vs.Ohio State	L 24–⁠31	7	19	85	0	2	56
Nov 22	atNebraska	W 28–⁠24	8	17	135	0	0	111
Nov 29	atWisconsin	L 24–⁠34	5	18	95	0	0	54
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Missouri	L 17–⁠33	21	31	258	1	0	−10

2013 Minnesota 10 games, 619 passing yards, 3 TD; 407 rushing yards, 7 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 29	vs.UNLV	W 51–⁠23	–	–	–	–	–	25
Sep 7	atNew Mexico State	W 44–⁠21	–	–	–	–	–	11
Sep 14	vs.Western Illinois	W 29–⁠12	7	8	105	0	0	64
Sep 21	vs.San José State	W 43–⁠24	5	12	71	0	0	151
Oct 5	atMichigan	L 13–⁠42	14	21	145	1	1	66
Oct 19	atNorthwestern	W 20–⁠17	1	3	11	0	0	27
Oct 26	vs.Nebraska	W 34–⁠23	1	2	7	0	0	2
Nov 2	atIndiana	W 42–⁠39	1	3	27	0	0	35
Nov 30	atMichigan State	L 3–⁠14	3	7	48	0	0	2
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Syracuse	L 17–⁠21	11	22	205	2	0	24

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

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