Ethan Garbers: QB · UCLA · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ethan Garbers
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. The four seasons at UCLA span two head coaches: Chip Kelly and Deshaun Foster. The first one came in 2024: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 383 passing yards and 48 rushing yards against Rutgers — Week 8, 2024.
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
54.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 27.1% conversion-per-dropback — 45.8% 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
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
USA Today Oct 29
On3 Oct 24
Yahoo Sports Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-13@ Hawai'i | 19/38 | 272 | 1 | 2 | 7.2 | 39.6 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-42vs Indiana | 14/23 | 137 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 45.5 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-34@ No. 16 LSU | 22/36 | 281 | 2 | 1 | 7.8 | 47.4 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-34vs No. 8 Oregon | 12/20 | 118 | 0 | 2 | 5.9 | 24.7 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-21vs Minnesota | 25/36 | 293 | 1 | 3 | 8.1 | 70.8 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 8 | W 35-32@ Rutgers | 32/38 | 383 | 4 | 0 | 10.1 | 96.6 | Season-high 383 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 27-20@ Nebraska | 17/25 | 219 | 2 | 0 | 8.8 | 94.4 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-17vs Iowa | 21/34 | 203 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 67.6 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-31@ Washington | 27/44 | 267 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 76.0 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 13 | L 13-19vs USC | 20/29 | 265 | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | 47.1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13vs Fresno State | 26/40 | 289 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 | 67.2 | |
| Total | 235/363 | 2727 | 16 | 11 | 7.5 | — |
Week 8 · 2024
W 35-32
at Rutgers
383 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.6 · 48 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD
Edged out Rutgers on the road in a shootout.
With K. Jones — 5 rec · 114 yds · 1 TD · 11 rush yds (2 car) · M. Matavao — 6 rec · 104 yds
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 364 passing plays (236 completions) against the box score's 363 attempts (235 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.02117 of 205 QBsSack rate
8.1%165 of 205 QBsSacked on 8.1% of dropbacks (165 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (117 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 64.7% completion on 363 attempts · 42 deep completions averaging 28.2 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2024 baseline
No situation moves him more than 26 percentile points from his baseline.
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 218 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 1.3 |
| Road5g | 284 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 220 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 1.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 271 | 2.0 | 7.9 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deshaun Foster
Pass share
54.7%
398 pass / 330 run
Plays / game
60.7
12 games
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
363 pass attempts and 83 carries in 11 games, more passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #49 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCLA, 4,462 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jimmy Lake, Chip Kelly and Deshaun Foster.
