 Garbers in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born: | July 28, 2002 Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Position: | Quarterback |
| High school: | Corona del Mar (Newport Beach, California) |
| College: | Washington (2020) UCLA (2021–2024) |
| NFL draft: | 2025: undrafted |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Ethan Garbers (born July 28, 2002) is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Washington Huskies and UCLA Bruins.
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.[1] Garbers committed to play college football at the University of Washington.[2]
College career
[edit]Washington
[edit]Garbers did not take a single snap for Washington as a freshman in 2020.[3] After the season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal.[3]
UCLA
[edit]Garbers transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, to continue his college career.[4] 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.[5] Garbers finished the 2021 season going 31 for 51 on his passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns to two interceptions.[6] In 2022 he went 26 for 37 on passing attempts for 294 yards and two touchdowns to two interceptions.[6] In 2023, Garbers was named the starting quarterback for UCLA's season opener against Coastal Carolina, beating out Dante Moore and Collin Schlee.[7] However, head coach Chip Kelly started Moore in the following game.[8]
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |||
| 2020 | Washington | Redshirt 
| |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | UCLA | 12 | 1 | 0–1 | 31 | 51 | 60.8 | 305 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 116.1 | 18 | 31 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | UCLA | 6 | 0 | 0–0 | 26 | 37 | 70.3 | 294 | 7.9 | 2 | 2 | 144.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | UCLA | 11 | 6 | 4–2 | 98 | 146 | 67.1 | 1,136 | 7.8 | 11 | 3 | 153.2 | 35 | 127 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | UCLA | 11 | 11 | 5–6 | 235 | 363 | 64.7 | 2,727 | 7.5 | 16 | 11 | 136.3 | 83 | 136 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| Career[6] | 40 | 18 | 9–9 | 390 | 597 | 65.3 | 4,462 | 7.5 | 31 | 18 | 139.2 | 143 | 294 | 2.1 | 3 | ||
Professional career
[edit]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 2+3⁄8 in (1.89 m) |
207 lb (94 kg) |
32 in (0.81 m) |
9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
4.96 s | 1.80 s | 2.87 s | 4.48 s | 7.41 s | 34.0 in (0.86 m) |
9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) | ||
| All values from Pro Day[9][10] | ||||||||||||
On May 8, 2025, Garbers signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent after going unselected in the 2025 NFL draft.[11] He was waived on July 23.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Garbers' brother Chase played quarterback in college for the California Golden Bears.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Bolch, Ben (September 9, 2023). "UCLA's Dante Moore proves he's worthy No. 1 QB, but Chip Kelly won't commit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ^ "Defensive Players Shine at UCLA NFL Pro Day; Schwesinger to Hold Separate Workout". OCRegister.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
- ^ "Ethan Garbers College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
- ^ Hill, Kassidy (May 8, 2025). "Panthers sign 6 draft picks, 19 undrafted free agents ahead of rookie minicamp". Panthers.com. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
- ^ Gantt, Darin. "Panthers add cornerback before first practice of training camp". panthers.com. Retrieved July 23, 2025.