Chase Garbers
Chase Garbers (born June 6, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the California Golden Bears.
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Position | Quarterback |
Class | Sophomore |
Career history | |
College |
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Bowl games | 2018 Cheez-It Bowl 2019 Redbox Bowl |
High school | Corona del Mar (Newport Beach, California) |
Personal information | |
Born: | June 6, 1999 |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
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.
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.[4]
The Bears finished the 2018 season with a 7–6 record, including a loss at the Cheez-It Bowl against the TCU Horned Frogs. Struggling to find a rhythm on offense, the Bears' offensive efficiency ranked as the second worst among all Power Five teams.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
Garbers suffered a broken collarbone during the Arizona State game that sidelined him for the next five games, four of which were losses.[8] He returned briefly for the USC game, but sustained a concussion close to the end of the first half.[9]
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.[10][11] Garbers ran for a 16-yard game-winning touchdown, earning praise from Green Bay Packers quarterback and former Cal quarterback Aaron Rodgers.[12] 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.[13] Garbers had a career best-tying 4 touchdowns and was named Offensive MVP for the game.[14] The Bears finished the 2019 season with an 8–5 record (4–5 in Pac-12 play), with Garbers going undefeated in the 7 games in which he started and finished.[15]
Statistics
Season | Games | Passing[1] | Rushing[1] | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg/P | Avg/G | TD | Int | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
2017 | |||||||||||||||
2018 | 11 | 9 | 6–3 | 159 | 260 | 61.2 | 1,506 | 5.8 | 125.5 | 14 | 10 | 98 | 420 | 4.3 | 2 |
2019 | 9 | 9 | 7–2 | 131 | 215 | 60.9 | 1,772 | 8.2 | 196.9 | 14 | 3 | 90 | 223 | 2.5 | 3 |
Totals | 20 | 18 | 13–5 | 290 | 475 | 61.1 | 3,278 | 6.9 | 156.1 | 28 | 13 | 188 | 643 | 3.4 | 5 |
References
- "2019 Football Roster: Chase Garbers". CalBears.com. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- Linton, Chance (September 30, 2019). "Cal QB Chase Garbers out indefinitely with injury". 247Sports.com. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- Letourneau, Connor (June 21, 2016). "3-star QB Chase Garbers commits to Cal". SF Chronicle. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- Simmons, Rusty (September 8, 2018). "Cal beats BYU behind stalwart defensive effort". SF Chronicle. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- Wild, Andrew (December 5, 2018). "Is a coaching change the answer for Cal's offense?". DailyCal.org. The Daily Californian.
- Curtis, Jake (September 23, 2019). "Cal: No. 15 ranking 'just noise' as it chases 5-0 start to season". SF Chronicle. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- "Pac-12 football: No. 23 California holds off Mississippi; No. 22 Washington routs BYU". Associated Press. Los Angeles Times. September 21, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- Curtis, Jake (November 11, 2019). "Cal Football: Chase Garbers Cleared to Play, Might Start Vs. USC". CalMaven. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- Wagaman, Michael (November 17, 2019). "Cal demolished by USC; QB Chase Garbers injured again". SF Chronicle. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- Ohman, Emily (November 25, 2019). "The Axe is back: Cal beats Stanford for 1st time in decade". The Daily Californian. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- "California vs. Stanford - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- Curtis, Jake (November 26, 2019). "Cal Football: Chase Garbers -- The Man Who Ended Bears' Big Game Losing Streak". CalMaven. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- Rusty Simmons (December 30, 2019). "Cal beats Illinois in Redbox Bowl, first bowl win since 2015". SF Chronicle. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- "Chase Garbers leads California past Illinois in Redbox Bowl". Associated Press. Los Angeles Times. December 30, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- Stevens, Matthew (December 30, 2019). "Illini Fail to Stop Cal Air Attack in 35-20 Redbowl Bowl Loss". IlliniMaven. Retrieved January 11, 2020.