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Byron Leftwich

School: Marshall
Position: QB

Career Passing: 939 Cmp, 1442 Att, 11903 Yds, 89 TD
Career Rushing: 190 Att, 187 Yds, 1.0 Avg, 6 TD
Career Scoring: 7 TD, 2 2PM, 46 Pts

Heisman Voting: 6th in 2002

Passing

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Passing
Year School Conf Class Pos Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
1998 Marshall MAC QB 7 13 53.8 85 6.5 -0.4 0 2 78.0
1999 Marshall MAC QB 7 11 63.6 60 5.5 5.5 0 0 109.5
2000 Marshall MAC SO QB 279 457 61.1 3358 7.3 7.4 21 9 134.0
2001 Marshall MAC JR QB 315 470 67.0 4132 8.8 9.7 38 7 164.6
2002 Marshall MAC SR QB 331 491 67.4 4268 8.7 9.0 30 10 156.5
Career Marshall 939 1442 65.1 11903 8.3 8.6 89 28 150.9

Rushing & Receiving

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Year School Conf Class Pos Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1998 Marshall MAC QB 2 -19 -9.5 0 0 0 0 2 -19 -9.5 0
1999 Marshall MAC QB 5 32 6.4 0 0 0 0 5 32 6.4 0
2000 Marshall MAC SO QB 82 83 1.0 1 0 0 0 82 83 1.0 1
2001 Marshall MAC JR QB 64 92 1.4 2 1 11 11.0 1 65 103 1.6 3
2002 Marshall MAC SR QB 37 -1 0.0 3 0 0 0 37 -1 0.0 3
Career Marshall 190 187 1.0 6 1 11 11.0 1 191 198 1.0 7

Scoring

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Touchdowns Kicking
Year School Conf Class Pos Rush Rec Int FR PR KR Oth Tot XPM FGM 2PM Sfty Pts
1998 Marshall MAC QB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 Marshall MAC QB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 Marshall MAC SO QB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
2001 Marshall MAC JR QB 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 20
2002 Marshall MAC SR QB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 20
Career Marshall 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 46

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Career leaders since 2000 ▪ Tackles, passes defended, and forced fumbles since 2005

Awards and Honors

2001 MAC Offensive Player of the Year
2002 MAC Offensive Player of the Year

Heisman Voting

2002 152 Points (6th)

Pass Completions

2000 NCAA 279 (5th)
2000 MAC 279 (1st)
2001 NCAA 315 (2nd)
2001 MAC 315 (1st)
2002 NCAA 331 (4th)
2002 MAC 331 (1st)
Career NCAA* 925 (23rd)
Career MAC* 925 (4th)

Pass Attempts

2000 NCAA 457 (5th)
2000 MAC 457 (1st)
2001 NCAA 470 (3rd)
2001 MAC 470 (1st)
2002 NCAA 491 (6th)
2002 MAC 491 (1st)
Career MAC* 1418 (5th)

Pass Completion Percentage

2000 MAC 61.1 (2nd)
2001 NCAA 67.0 (4th)
2001 MAC 67.0 (2nd)
2002 NCAA 67.4 (3rd)
2002 MAC 67.4 (2nd)
Career MAC* 65.2 (4th)

Passing Yards

2000 NCAA 3358 (7th)
2000 MAC 3358 (1st)
2001 NCAA 4132 (2nd)
2001 MAC 4132 (1st)
2002 NCAA 4268 (4th)
2002 MAC 4268 (1st)
Career NCAA* 11758 (18th)
Career MAC* 11758 (2nd)

Passing Yards Per Attempt

2000 MAC 7.3 (3rd)
2001 MAC 8.8 (1st)
2002 NCAA 8.7 (6th)
2002 MAC 8.7 (2nd)
Career NCAA* 8.3 (24th)
Career MAC* 8.3 (3rd)

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

2000 MAC 7.4 (2nd)
2001 NCAA 9.7 (4th)
2001 MAC 9.7 (1st)
2002 NCAA 9.0 (3rd)
2002 MAC 9.0 (1st)
Career NCAA* 8.7 (16th)
Career MAC* 8.7 (2nd)

Passing Touchdowns

2000 MAC 21 (1st)
2001 NCAA 38 (2nd)
2001 MAC 38 (1st)
2002 NCAA 30 (5th)
2002 MAC 30 (2nd)
Career NCAA* 89 (21st)
Career MAC* 89 (3rd)

Passing Interceptions

2000 MAC 9 (6th)
2001 MAC 7 (7th)
2002 MAC 10 (8th)
Career MAC* 26 (25th)

Passing Efficiency Rating

2000 MAC 134.0 (1st)
2001 NCAA 164.6 (5th)
2001 MAC 164.6 (1st)
2002 NCAA 156.5 (3rd)
2002 MAC 156.5 (1st)
Career NCAA* 151.9 (19th)
Career MAC* 151.9 (3rd)