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Jersey Number 4
Ethan Garbers
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Corona del Mar HS / Washington
Bio
Career Highlights
• 2023 Starco Brands LA Bowl Offensive MVP
• UCLA's first-ever Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19, 2024 at Rutgers)
Career Summary
Spent five years on the roster at UCLA (2021-24) and Washington (2020) ... over 40 career games, totaled 4,462 passing yards with 31 touchdowns on 390-for-597 passing (65.3%) ... added 294 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 143 carries ... UCLA's starter at QB in 2024 (2,727 yards, 16 TDs), he also paced the team in starts under center in 2023 ... started 18 games during his college career; 11 in 2024, six in 2023, and one in 2021.
2024
Appeared in and started 11 games at quarterback during his redshirt senior season ... threw for 2,727 yards and 16 touchdowns on 235-for-363 passing (64.7%) with 11 interceptions ... added 136 net rushing yards (368 gained, 232 lost) on 83 carries with one touchdown ... selected for the Troy Aikman Award for Offensive Most Valuable Player at the team's postseason banquet ... served as a team captain ... recorded single-season career highs in completions, attempts, yards, touchdowns, and rushing yards ... named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after notching the best statistical performance of his career at Rutgers (Oct. 19), as he set career highs in passing yards (383), passing touchdowns (four), and completion percentage (32-38, 84%) while also completing the longest pass of his career (67) and pulling off a 49-yard rushing touchdown ... first Bruin ever to be named the B1G's Offensive Player of the Week ... his .842 completion percentage at Rutgers was the fifth-highest by a Bruin QB since 1980 ... at Rutgers, Garbers became one of just two UCLA signal callers all time to complete at least 30 passes with a completion percentage north of 80% (Dorian Thompson-Robinson vs. USC in 2022; 30-36, .833) ... also selected to the Davey O'Brien Award' Great 8 and the Manning Award "Stars of the Week" after his Rutgers outing ... passed for 289 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions in the season finale vs. Fresno State (Nov. 30) ... had two touchdowns and 281 passing yards at LSU (Sept. 21) ... punted once, for 41 yards, at Rutgers (Oct 19) ... over his final six games of the season, had a 12-2 TD-interception ratio, going without an INT in five of those six games ... had multiple touchdown passes in four straight games from Oct. 19 to Nov. 15, the longest streak of his career ... passed for a TD in nine of 11 contests, including each of his final seven outings of the year ... against USC (Nov. 23), passed the 4,000 yard and 30-touchdown pass career milestones (he went 20-29 for 265 yards and one touchdown, with no interceptions, in that contest) ... had the two longest rushes by a Bruin in 2024 (57 yards at Nebraska, 49 yards at Rutgers) ... completed a TD pass to four different receivers at Rutgers, the first Bruin to do so since Dorian Thompson-Robinson in 2020 at Colorado ... selected to the preseason 2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List, which honors the nation's top graduating quarterback ... missed the game at Penn State (Oct. 5) due to injury ... finished the regular season ranked top-five in the Big Ten Conference in completions per game (21.3, fourth), passing yards per game (247.9, fifth), and total offense per game (260.3, fourth).
2023
Appeared in 11 games with six starts (Coastal Carolina, at Stanford, Colorado, at Arizona, at USC, Cal) ... threw a season-high three scoring passes in the win at USC ... passed for a season-best 269 yards in win versus Colorado ... also ran for 37 yards against the Buffs with two double-digit carries for first downs .. threw for 240 yards and two TDs at Stanford ... rushed for five first downs with four double-digit runs against the Cardinal and a total of 51 yards ... completed a season-high 20 passing attempts against both Stanford and Colorado ... UCLA won all four games in which he totaled multiple TD passes (Boise State-2, Stanford-2, Colorado-2, USC-3) ... came off the bench to lead complete 9-12 passes for 152 yards and a couple of touchdowns in the LA Bowl win over Boise State ... ran three times for 38 yards and three first downs against the Broncos ... named Offensive MVP of the Starco Brands LA Bowl hosted by Gronk ... had 10 TD passes and one interception over his last 128 passing attempts of the season ... selected to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for spring quarter.
2022
Saw action in six games as a reserve quarterback (Bowling Green, Alabama State, Colorado, Stanford, USC and Pitt) ... threw for a season-best 164 yards against Alabama State ... tossed a 50-yard scoring pass to Josiah Norwood against Bowling Green ... led the Bruins on a last-minute fourth quarter go-ahead scoring drive in the Sun Bowl.
2021
Appeared in all 12 games as the holder on all placekicks and as a quarterback in six games ... made his first start at quarterback at Utah and completed 27 of 44 passing attempts for 265 yards and two scores ... he also ran for 36 yards against the Utes ... completed each of his two passing attempts off the bench against Hawai'i (18 yards) ... connected on two of five passing attempts off the bench versus Oregon (22 yards) ... ran for two yards in games against both Stanford and Cal ... enrolled at UCLA in January of 2021 after transferring from the University of Washington ... participated in 2021 spring ball.
2020 (at Washington)
Did not see game action in his first season in program ... Enrolled at UW for start of spring, 2020, academic quarter ... won Bob Jarvis Offensive Scout Squad MVP at team's awards banquet.
High School
Rated No. 5 pro-style QB and No. 93 overall prospect in country; No. 12 player in California by Rivals.com ... ranked No. 11 "pro-style" quarterback in country and No. 54 recruit in California by 247Sports ... ESPN listed him as No. 191 overall prospect and No. 12 "pocket passer" in country, and No. 14 recruit in California ... named to Tacoma News-Tribune's "Western 100" ... led Corona del Mar Sea Kings to Division 1A CIF State Championship and perfect 16-0 record, while also capturing Division 3 CIF Southern title … beat Serra, 35-27, in Division 1-A title game to cap season ... rushed for 142 yards on 15 carries with one TD, while also going 28-for-41 for 255 yards and four scores through the air in title game ... named Co-Offensive Player of the Year for CIF Southern Section Div. 3 ... also named to Orange County Register's Fab 15, as one of top 15 prospects in west ... first-team all-state from CalHiSports.com ... for the season, passed for 5,034 yards (341-of-490) for 71 touchdowns and five interceptions, along with 12 rushing TDs touchdowns ... 71 passing TDs were third-most in state history, behind only former Husky Jake Browning (who had 75 and 91 in two different seasons) … earned a spot on the MaxPreps.com All-America second team as a senior ... two-year starter at quarterback for Sea Kings, totaling 9,461 yards and 128 touchdowns ... named to All-CIF-SS Division 4 first team as a junior in 2018 ... also 2018 Sunset League Offensive Player of the Year ... 284-of-424 with 4,135 yards and 55 TDs as a junior ... played for coach Dan O’Shea.
Personal
Son of Grant and Angelique Garbers ... has one brother, Chase, who played quarterback at Cal (2017-21) and spent two seasons on the roster for the Las Vegas Raideres... has one sister, Lexi ... Tom Brady is the athlete he most admires ... hobbies include playing golf, going to the beach and hanging out with friends ... majoring in political science.
• 2023 Starco Brands LA Bowl Offensive MVP
• UCLA's first-ever Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19, 2024 at Rutgers)
Career Summary
Spent five years on the roster at UCLA (2021-24) and Washington (2020) ... over 40 career games, totaled 4,462 passing yards with 31 touchdowns on 390-for-597 passing (65.3%) ... added 294 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 143 carries ... UCLA's starter at QB in 2024 (2,727 yards, 16 TDs), he also paced the team in starts under center in 2023 ... started 18 games during his college career; 11 in 2024, six in 2023, and one in 2021.
2024
Appeared in and started 11 games at quarterback during his redshirt senior season ... threw for 2,727 yards and 16 touchdowns on 235-for-363 passing (64.7%) with 11 interceptions ... added 136 net rushing yards (368 gained, 232 lost) on 83 carries with one touchdown ... selected for the Troy Aikman Award for Offensive Most Valuable Player at the team's postseason banquet ... served as a team captain ... recorded single-season career highs in completions, attempts, yards, touchdowns, and rushing yards ... named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after notching the best statistical performance of his career at Rutgers (Oct. 19), as he set career highs in passing yards (383), passing touchdowns (four), and completion percentage (32-38, 84%) while also completing the longest pass of his career (67) and pulling off a 49-yard rushing touchdown ... first Bruin ever to be named the B1G's Offensive Player of the Week ... his .842 completion percentage at Rutgers was the fifth-highest by a Bruin QB since 1980 ... at Rutgers, Garbers became one of just two UCLA signal callers all time to complete at least 30 passes with a completion percentage north of 80% (Dorian Thompson-Robinson vs. USC in 2022; 30-36, .833) ... also selected to the Davey O'Brien Award' Great 8 and the Manning Award "Stars of the Week" after his Rutgers outing ... passed for 289 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions in the season finale vs. Fresno State (Nov. 30) ... had two touchdowns and 281 passing yards at LSU (Sept. 21) ... punted once, for 41 yards, at Rutgers (Oct 19) ... over his final six games of the season, had a 12-2 TD-interception ratio, going without an INT in five of those six games ... had multiple touchdown passes in four straight games from Oct. 19 to Nov. 15, the longest streak of his career ... passed for a TD in nine of 11 contests, including each of his final seven outings of the year ... against USC (Nov. 23), passed the 4,000 yard and 30-touchdown pass career milestones (he went 20-29 for 265 yards and one touchdown, with no interceptions, in that contest) ... had the two longest rushes by a Bruin in 2024 (57 yards at Nebraska, 49 yards at Rutgers) ... completed a TD pass to four different receivers at Rutgers, the first Bruin to do so since Dorian Thompson-Robinson in 2020 at Colorado ... selected to the preseason 2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List, which honors the nation's top graduating quarterback ... missed the game at Penn State (Oct. 5) due to injury ... finished the regular season ranked top-five in the Big Ten Conference in completions per game (21.3, fourth), passing yards per game (247.9, fifth), and total offense per game (260.3, fourth).
2023
Appeared in 11 games with six starts (Coastal Carolina, at Stanford, Colorado, at Arizona, at USC, Cal) ... threw a season-high three scoring passes in the win at USC ... passed for a season-best 269 yards in win versus Colorado ... also ran for 37 yards against the Buffs with two double-digit carries for first downs .. threw for 240 yards and two TDs at Stanford ... rushed for five first downs with four double-digit runs against the Cardinal and a total of 51 yards ... completed a season-high 20 passing attempts against both Stanford and Colorado ... UCLA won all four games in which he totaled multiple TD passes (Boise State-2, Stanford-2, Colorado-2, USC-3) ... came off the bench to lead complete 9-12 passes for 152 yards and a couple of touchdowns in the LA Bowl win over Boise State ... ran three times for 38 yards and three first downs against the Broncos ... named Offensive MVP of the Starco Brands LA Bowl hosted by Gronk ... had 10 TD passes and one interception over his last 128 passing attempts of the season ... selected to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for spring quarter.
2022
Saw action in six games as a reserve quarterback (Bowling Green, Alabama State, Colorado, Stanford, USC and Pitt) ... threw for a season-best 164 yards against Alabama State ... tossed a 50-yard scoring pass to Josiah Norwood against Bowling Green ... led the Bruins on a last-minute fourth quarter go-ahead scoring drive in the Sun Bowl.
2021
Appeared in all 12 games as the holder on all placekicks and as a quarterback in six games ... made his first start at quarterback at Utah and completed 27 of 44 passing attempts for 265 yards and two scores ... he also ran for 36 yards against the Utes ... completed each of his two passing attempts off the bench against Hawai'i (18 yards) ... connected on two of five passing attempts off the bench versus Oregon (22 yards) ... ran for two yards in games against both Stanford and Cal ... enrolled at UCLA in January of 2021 after transferring from the University of Washington ... participated in 2021 spring ball.
2020 (at Washington)
Did not see game action in his first season in program ... Enrolled at UW for start of spring, 2020, academic quarter ... won Bob Jarvis Offensive Scout Squad MVP at team's awards banquet.
High School
Rated No. 5 pro-style QB and No. 93 overall prospect in country; No. 12 player in California by Rivals.com ... ranked No. 11 "pro-style" quarterback in country and No. 54 recruit in California by 247Sports ... ESPN listed him as No. 191 overall prospect and No. 12 "pocket passer" in country, and No. 14 recruit in California ... named to Tacoma News-Tribune's "Western 100" ... led Corona del Mar Sea Kings to Division 1A CIF State Championship and perfect 16-0 record, while also capturing Division 3 CIF Southern title … beat Serra, 35-27, in Division 1-A title game to cap season ... rushed for 142 yards on 15 carries with one TD, while also going 28-for-41 for 255 yards and four scores through the air in title game ... named Co-Offensive Player of the Year for CIF Southern Section Div. 3 ... also named to Orange County Register's Fab 15, as one of top 15 prospects in west ... first-team all-state from CalHiSports.com ... for the season, passed for 5,034 yards (341-of-490) for 71 touchdowns and five interceptions, along with 12 rushing TDs touchdowns ... 71 passing TDs were third-most in state history, behind only former Husky Jake Browning (who had 75 and 91 in two different seasons) … earned a spot on the MaxPreps.com All-America second team as a senior ... two-year starter at quarterback for Sea Kings, totaling 9,461 yards and 128 touchdowns ... named to All-CIF-SS Division 4 first team as a junior in 2018 ... also 2018 Sunset League Offensive Player of the Year ... 284-of-424 with 4,135 yards and 55 TDs as a junior ... played for coach Dan O’Shea.
Personal
Son of Grant and Angelique Garbers ... has one brother, Chase, who played quarterback at Cal (2017-21) and spent two seasons on the roster for the Las Vegas Raideres... has one sister, Lexi ... Tom Brady is the athlete he most admires ... hobbies include playing golf, going to the beach and hanging out with friends ... majoring in political science.
UCLA Football Postgame - Players, at Northwestern (Sept. 27, 2025)
Saturday, September 27
UCLA Football Postgame - Coach Skipper, at Northwestern (Sept. 27, 2025)
Saturday, September 27
Bruin Insider Show - Tim Skipper (Sept. 25, 2025)
Thursday, September 25
UCLA Football Media Availability - Nico Iamaleava (Sept. 24, 2025)
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