Gardner Minshew

Former quarterback at Washington State. 2018: 4,776 passing yards, 38 TD, 9 INT.

QB · Washington State · #5

6′2″ · 216 lb · Brandon, MS

Watch-list name (model)Jacksonville — drafted 2019, Rd 6, Pick 5, #178 overall

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 1872 nationally · Signed with Hudson Valley

Statement game473 yds · 7 TDvs Arizona (FBS) · W 69-28

Top 0.1% passing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Washington State. 2018: 4,776 passing yards, 38 TD, 9 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Hudson Valley in 2015.
Drafted round 6 by the Jacksonville in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Washington State, 8,263 passing yards — drafted at #178 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Hudson Valley3-star out of Brandon

20167 games

Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Northwest Mississippi C.C.

2019

Drafted by Jacksonvilleround 6, pick 178

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1872 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #178

Jacksonville · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Mike Leach

Washington State

Played his entire career under Mike Leach.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 8th NFL season

#178Rd 6 · Pick 5

JacksonvilleEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2018Washington State11-2HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (100th percentile). Strength: completion % (99th percentile). Concern: interceptions (29th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#1 / 169 · 100th pct

4776

Completion %#3 / 169 · 99th pct

70.7%

Pass TDs#4 / 169 · 98th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 159 · 92nd pct

Rush TDs#51 / 169 · 67th pct

Rush yards#95 / 169 · 44th pct

119

Yards / att#98 / 169 · 42nd pct

7.2

Interceptions#112 / 169 · 29th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home8g	364	2.8	7.0	1.0
Road5g	373	3.2	7.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	389	3.0	7.6	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	342	2.8	6.7	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Moore

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Washington State	468	662	70.7%	4,776	7.2	38	9	147.5	--	--	--
2017	East Carolina	174	304	57.2%	2,140	7.0	16	7	129.1	--	--	--
2016	East Carolina	119	202	58.9%	1,347	6.7	8	4	124.0	--	--	--
Career		761	1,168	65.2%	8,263	7.1	62	20	138.7	--	--	--

Season	Team
2018	Washington State	58	119	2.1	4	--
2017	East Carolina	18	-40	-2.2	0	--
2016	East Carolina	20	-36	-1.8	0	--
Career		96	43	0.4	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2018

W 28–24

vs Utah

445 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With O. Draguicevich — 48 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 59 LONG · E. Winston Jr. — 4 rec · 115 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week