Mitch Leidner
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| Minnesota Golden Gophers No. 7 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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 Senior |
| Major | Kinesiology |
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| High school | Lakeville (MN) South |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | January 17, 1994 |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 237 lb (108 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Mitch Leidner is a quarterback for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. He was born January 17, 1994. Son of Jeff and Carrie Leidner, and has two younger brothers, from Lakeville, Minnesota. Leidner attended Lakeville South High School. He has played 29 career games starting 23 of those games. In the 2013 season Leidner split time as the quarterback for the Golden Gophers. He was the team's starting quarterback in the 2014 and 2015 seasons, and has returned for his senior season in 2016. [1]
Early life
A 2012 graduate of Lakeville South High School. Mitch Leidner's achievements include helping lead his team to a 15–7 record as a junior and senior, including a 2010 section championship, earning all-metro and all-conference honors as a senior, being named honorable mention all-state in 2011,all-conference and honorable mention all-state choice as a junior in 2010.He passed for 2,096 yards and 17 scores in 2010, tallied 724 yards and 10 passing touchdowns as a senior, and holds school record for single-game touchdown passes with six. He was coached by Larry Thompson.
College career
Liedner has played 29 career games with an 18–11 record, starting 23 of those games with a 14–9 record. Leidner has rushed 980 career yards and 20 touchdowns, he has passed 3,727 yards and 21 touchdowns. Some of his accomplishments would be that he has tied a school record for quarterbacks when he rushed four touchdowns in one game in 2013 against San Jose State as a redshirt freshman[2]
Statistics
Through Week 11 of the 2016 season, Leidner's statistics are as follows:[3]
| Season | Games | Games Started |
Record | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp | Att | Yards | Pct. | TD | Int | QB Rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||||
| 2012 | | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | 10 | 4 | 3–1 | 43 | 78 | 619 | 55.1 | 3 | 1 | 131.9 | 102 | 407 | 4.0 | 7 |
| 2014 | 12 | 12 | 7–5 | 122 | 237 | 1,798 | 51.5 | 11 | 8 | 123.8 | 126 | 452 | 3.6 | 10 |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | 6–7 | 242 | 407 | 2,701 | 59.5 | 14 | 11 | 121.2 | 107 | 270 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | 6–3 | 139 | 236 | 1,685 | 58.9 | 5 | 7 | 119.9 | 77 | 266 | 3.5 | 8 |
| NCAA Career Totals | 44 | 38 | 22–16 | 546 | 958 | 6,803 | 57.0 | 33 | 27 | 119.9 | 412 | 1,395 | 3.4 | 31 |
References
- ↑ "Mitch Leidner". ESPN. ESPN.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ Greder, Andy (8 October 2015). "Gophers will start Mitch Leidner at QB vs. Purdue". Digital Media. Star Tribune. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ "Mitch Leidner". www.sports-reference.com. USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties. Retrieved December 18, 2015.