Darell Garretson: QB · Oregon State · #10.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Darell Garretson
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for three head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Matt Wells, Gary Andersen and Cory Hall. One game to point at: 289 passing yards and 13 rushing yards against Colorado — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
37.1% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 15.4% conversion-per-dropback — 53.8% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
5 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (26.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
OregonLive Nov 2OregonLive Oct 26
Sports Illustrated Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oregon State | 128 | 221 | 57.9% | 1,465 | 6.6 | 6 | 8 | 115.3 | 34 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 73 | 146 | 50.0% | 617 | 4.2 | 3 | 4 | 86.8 | 14 |
| 2014 | Utah State | 91 | 135 | 67.4% | 1,140 | 8.4 | 8 | 3 | 153.5 | 69 |
| Career | 292 | 502 | 58.2% | 3,222 | 6.4 | 17 | 15 | 117.3 | 38 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oregon State | 44 | 52 | 1.2 | 3 | 24 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 41 | 174 | 4.2 | 3 | 37 |
| 2014 | Utah State | 17 | 4 | 0.2 | 2 | 17 |
| Career | 102 | 230 | 2.3 | 8 | 37 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-32vs Portland State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-52@ No. 21 Washington State | 2/2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 4.2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-42vs No. 6 Washington | 11/22 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 12.2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-38@ No. 14 USC | 16/29 | 197 | 0 | 1 | 6.8 | 7.1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 33-36vs Colorado | 20/37 | 289 | 0 | 1 | 7.8 | 65.9 | Season-high 289 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 14-15vs No. 20 Stanford | 13/21 | 126 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 43.3 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-37@ California | 13/25 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 50.9 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-49@ Arizona | 16/28 | 209 | 4 | 1 | 7.5 | 41.5 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | L 24-40vs Arizona State | 26/37 | 269 | 0 | 2 | 7.3 | 19.7 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-69@ Oregon | 11/20 | 112 | 1 | 2 | 5.6 | 43.2 | |
| Total | 128/221 | 1465 | 6 | 8 | 6.6 | — |
Week 11 · 2017
L 28-49
at Arizona
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
5.02159 of 205 QBsSack rate
4.7%66 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (66 of 205), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (159 of 205).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 57.9% completion on 221 attempts · 19 deep completions averaging 32.3 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 152 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 141 | 1.2 | 7.3 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 116 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 177 | 1.0 | 6.6 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Cory Hall
Pass share
46.9%
361 pass / 408 run
Plays / game
64.1
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
221 pass attempts and 44 carries in 10 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Utah State and Oregon State, 3,222 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 21 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Matt Wells, Gary Andersen and Cory Hall.
