Chase Garbers
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Garbers with the Cal Golden Bears in 2019
No. 14 – San Antonio Brahmas
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1999-06-06) June 6, 1999 (age 24)
Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:Corona del Mar
(Newport Beach, CA)
College:California (2017–2021)
Undrafted:2022
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Chase Garbers (born June 6, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears.

Early years

Garbers attended Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, California. He was the full-time starting quarterback in his 2015 junior and 2016 senior campaigns, earning Daily Pilot Dream Team Player of the Year and first-team All-Pacific Coast League honors in both years, while he was also his conference MVP as a senior. Over his high school career, Garbers had a combined 589-of-854 (69.0%) passes for 7,970 yards with 90 touchdowns and 10 interceptions for a 129.1 quarterback rating.[1]

Garbers was listed as four-star recruit, ranked No. 12 pro-style quarterback and No. 315 overall prospect in the country for the 2017 class.[2]

College career

In 2016, Garbers committed to the University of California, Berkeley.[3] He redshirted his first year at California in 2017. Garbers graduated with a B.A. in Political Economy in May 2021, then went on to earn a graduate certificate in business administration in December 2021.[4]

2018 season

In 2018, Garbers shared Cal's starting quarterback position with Brandon McIlwain in a two-quarterback system, though Garbers started the majority of the season. In his first career start, Garbers completed 18 of 28 passes for 171 yards and two touchdowns against BYU.[5]

Garbers led the Bears to their first victory against USC since 2003, winning 15-14 on the road. Garbers threw for 93 yards and one touchdown and rushed for another touchdown after falling behind 0-14 in the first half.[6]

The Bears finished the 2018 season with a 7–6 record, including a loss at the Cheez-It Bowl against the TCU Horned Frogs.[7][8] Struggling to find a rhythm on offense, the Bears' offensive efficiency ranked as the second worst among all Power Five teams.[9] Garbers finished the season with 14 touchdowns, 10 interceptions, and 1,506 yards passing.[1]

2019 season

In 2019, Garbers was named Cal's starting quarterback. He helped lead the Bears to a 4–0 start to the season, including a 20–19 upset win against No. 14 ranked Washington, earning the Bears a No. 15 ranking, their highest since 2009.[10] Garbers had career highs in completions, yards passing, and touchdown passes in the Ole Miss game with 23-of-35 passes for 357 yards with four touchdown throws.[11]

Garbers suffered a broken collarbone during the Arizona State game that sidelined him for the next five games, four of which were losses.[12] He returned briefly for the USC game, but sustained a concussion close to the end of the first half.[13]

Garbers returned to lead the Bears to a 24–20 win against Stanford in the Big Game, the first Big Game win for Cal since 2009.[14][15] Garbers ran for a 16-yard game-winning touchdown, earning praise from Green Bay Packers quarterback and former Cal quarterback Aaron Rodgers.[16] This win clinched bowl eligibility for the Bears while making the Cardinal ineligible for the post-season for the first time in ten years.

The Bears went to the Redbox Bowl, where they won against the Illinois Fighting Illini 35–20, their first bowl win since 2015.[17] Garbers had a career best-tying 4 touchdowns and was named Offensive MVP for the game.[18] The Bears finished the 2019 season with an 8–5 record (4–5 in Pac-12 play), with Garbers going undefeated in the seven games in which he started and finished.[19][20]

2020 season

Garbers entered his redshirt junior season on the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Preseason Watch List.[21] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pac-12 had a seven-game Conference-only lineup for the 2020 season.[22] However, the Bears were ultimately only able to play four games for the season due to game cancellations. Garbers started the season 0–3, losing to UCLA, Oregon State, and Stanford. The Bears achieved their sole win in their last game against Oregon on December 5, ending the season with a 1–3 record.[23]

2021 season

Garbers entered his redshirt senior season as the starting quarterback. On November 6, 2021, Garbers was declared inactive for Cal's game versus Arizona on November 6, 2021, due to COVID-19, and the Bears were forced to postpone their game the following week for the same reason.[24][25] On November 20, Garbers returned from COVID to lead the Bears to a 41–11 rout of rival Stanford, opening the game with an 84-yard pass to tight end Trevon Clark for the longest pass in the series history.[26][27] Under Garbers, the Bears set a series record 636 yards of offense, and Garbers became the first Cal quarterback to win back-to-back road games at Stanford in 99 years, since Charles Erb in 1921 and 1922.[28]

Statistics

Season Team Games Passing[1] Rushing[1]
GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg Y/G TD Int Att Yds Avg TD
2017 California 0 0 0−0 Redshirt Redshirted
2018 California 12 9 6−3 159 260 61.2 1,506 5.8 125.5 14 10 98 420 4.3 2
2019 California 9 9 7−2 131 215 60.9 1,772 8.2 196.9 14 3 90 223 2.5 3
2020 California 4 4 1−3 85 136 62.5 771 5.7 192.8 6 3 39 75 1.9 2
2021 California 11 11 5−6 223 348 64.5 2,531 7.3 230.1 16 8 104 456 4.4 4
Totals 36 33 19−14 598 959 62.4 6,580 6.8 182.8 50 24 331 1,174 3.5 11

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 1+7⁄8 in
(1.88 m) 		215 lb
(98 kg) 		30+5⁄8 in
(0.78 m) 		9+1⁄4 in
(0.23 m)		 4.83 s 1.56 s 2.79 s 32.0 in
(0.81 m)		 9 ft 4 in
(2.84 m)
Source:[29]

Las Vegas Raiders

Garbers signed with the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent on May 12, 2022.[30] He was waived on August 30, 2022, and signed to the practice squad the next day.[31][32] On December 31, 2022, with two regular season games remaining, Garbers was promoted to the active roster to backup quarterback to new starter Jarrett Stidham, after Derek Carr was benched for the remainder of the season.[33] Garbers was released on July 25, 2023.[34] He was re-signed by the Las Vegas Raiders a week later.[35] He was again released by the Las Vegas Raiders on August 27, 2023.[36]

San Antonio Brahmas

On January 19, 2024, Garbers signed with the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL).[37]

Personal

Garbers' younger brother, Ethan, is a quarterback at the University of California, Los Angeles.

References

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  3. ^ Letourneau, Connor (June 21, 2016). "3-star QB Chase Garbers commits to Cal". SF Chronicle. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
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  20. ^ Stevens, Matthew (December 30, 2019). "Illini Fail to Stop Cal Air Attack in 35-20 Redbowl Bowl Loss". IlliniMaven. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
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  28. ^ Kunnath, Avinash (November 22, 2021). "Chase Garbers is the first Cal QB IN 99 YEARS to win multiple Big Games at Stanford. He's the second Cal QB ever to do that, joining Charles Erb who did it in 1921 and 1922". Twitter. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  29. ^ "2022 Draft Scout Chase Garbers, California NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  30. ^ "Raiders announce undrafted free agent signings". Raiders.com. May 12, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  31. ^ "Raiders finalize initial 53-man roster for the 2022 season". Raiders.com. August 30, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
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  33. ^ Curtis, Jake (December 28, 2022). "Chase Garbers Will Be Raiders' Backup Quarterback This Weekend". FanNation Cal Sports Report. Sports Illustrated Media Group. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  34. ^ Grindley, Wyatt (July 25, 2023). "Raiders Signing DT Kyle Peko, Releasing Two Players". NFLTradeRumors.co. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
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  36. ^ "Raiders waive 8 players, place 3 on Reserve/Injured list". Raiders.com. August 27, 2023.
  37. ^ "The UFL Agree to Terms with 42 Players". UFLBoard.com. January 19, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.

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