Ethan Garbers
American football player (born 2002)
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Ethan Garbers (born July 28, 2002) is an American professional football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the Washington Huskies and UCLA Bruins.
Garbers in 2024 | |
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 28, 2002 |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 207 lb (94 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Corona del Mar (Newport Beach, California) |
| College | Washington (2020) UCLA (2021–2024) |
| NFL draft | 2025 (undrafted) |
| Career history | |
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* Offseason or practice squad member only | |
Early life
Garbers hometown is Newport Beach, California, where 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
Washington
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
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]
Professional career
| 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]
On December 9, 2025, Garbers was signed by the Madrid Bravos of the European Football Alliance (EFA).[13] However, he was released on March 10, 2026, when the team ceased operations.[14] On March 19, 2026, Garbers was signed by the Frankfurt Galaxy of the EFA. He was cut by the Galaxy on July 24, 2026.[15]
Career statistics
| 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 | ||
Personal life
Garbers' brother Chase played quarterback in college for the California Golden Bears.[4]