Ethan Garbers
 Garbers in 2024 | |
| UCLA Bruins – No. 4 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  |
| Major | Political Science |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | July 28, 2002 |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Corona del Mar (Newport Beach) |
Ethan Garbers (born July 28, 2002) is an American college football quarterback for the UCLA Bruins. He previously played for the Washington Huskies.
Early years
[edit]Garbers hometown is Newport Beach, California, and he attended Corona del Mar High School. In his high school career, he completed 643 of his 947 passes for 9,462 yards and 128 touchdowns to just 15 interceptions. Garbers also rushed for 784 yards and 18 touchdowns.[2] Garbers committed to play college football at the University of Washington.[3]
College career
[edit]Washington
[edit]Garbers did not take a single snap for Washington as a freshman in 2020.[4] After the season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal.[4]
UCLA
[edit]Garbers transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, to continue his college career.[5] In week 10 of the 2021 season, he made his first career start, where he completed 27 of his 44 passes for 265 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception, but the Bruins fell to Utah 44–24.[6] Garbers finished the 2021 season going 31 for 51 on his passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns to two interceptions.[7] In 2022 he went 26 for 37 on passing attempts for 294 yards and two touchdowns to two interceptions.[7] In 2023, Garbers was named the starting quarterback for UCLA's season opener against Coastal Carolina, beating out Dante Moore and Collin Schlee.[8]
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Washington Huskies | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Redshirt 
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| UCLA Bruins | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 0–1 | 31 | 51 | 60.8 | 305 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 116.1 | 18 | 31 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0–0 | 26 | 37 | 70.3 | 294 | 7.9 | 2 | 2 | 144.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 6 | 4–2 | 98 | 146 | 67.1 | 1,136 | 7.8 | 11 | 3 | 153.2 | 35 | 127 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 5–6 | 235 | 363 | 64.7 | 2,727 | 7.5 | 16 | 11 | 136.3 | 83 | 136 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| Career[7] | 40 | 18 | 9–9 | 390 | 597 | 65.3 | 4,462 | 7.5 | 31 | 18 | 139.2 | 143 | 294 | 2.1 | 3 | |
Personal life
[edit]Garbers' brother Chase played quarterback in college for the California Golden Bears.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dominant Second Half Carries UCLA to 35-22 Victory Over Boise State in LA Bowl". mynewsla.com. December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ "Ethan Garbers's Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023. [better source needed]
- ^ Turner, Andrew (March 6, 2019). "Corona del Mar quarterback Ethan Garbers commits to Washington". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ a b Vorel, Mike (December 24, 2020). "True freshman Ethan Garbers is the latest UW Huskies quarterback to enter transfer portal". Seattle Times. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ a b Vorel, Mike (December 29, 2020). "Former UW Huskies QB Ethan Garbers announces transfer to UCLA". Seattle Times. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "UCLA 24-44 Utah". ESPN. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Ethan Garbers College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
- ^ Bolch, Ben (August 28, 2023). "Chip Kelly names Ethan Garbers UCLA's starting quarterback". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 28, 2023.