Player Dossier

2015-2017

UCLA

Josh Rosen

QB • 6'4" • 218 lbs • Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Josh Rosen is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.1 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

77%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

68

Solid production for a quarterback

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Reliability

72

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

84

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UCLA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Josh Rosen built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a quarterback from Manhattan Beach, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Josh Rosen's career was his passing role: 9,302...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.9932

St. John Bosco · Bellflower, CA

Committed To
UCLA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2018
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 10
Overall
No. 10
NFL Team
Arizona Cardinals

Josh Rosen, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UCLA. Josh Rosen is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.1 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
9,148
Passing yards
9,302
Touchdowns
65
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Josh Rosen college highlights at UCLA.

Season
2017
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Josh Rosen quick answers

Latest team and position
UCLA · QB
Career Total Offense
9,148
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · UCLA
Top game
Stanford
Recruit profile
5-star · St. John Bosco · UCLA
High school pipeline
St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
NFL Draft
2018 · Round 1 · Pick 10 · Arizona Cardinals
Latest roster
No. 3 · Class 2017
2017 Total offense rank
3,620 total offense · QB 20th (top 7%) · Pac-12 2nd (top 2%) · National 20th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2015 PostseasonUCLA13308319-11364.4
2015 Regular SeasonUCLA133,3773,351262264.4
2016 Regular SeasonUCLA61,8431,915-721255
2017 Regular SeasonUCLA113,6203,717-972866.3

Related Context

Josh Rosen played QB for UCLA. Across 3 tracked seasons, Josh Rosen recorded 9,302 passing yards, -154 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UCLA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

UCLA paired 3,620 primary output with 59.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 59.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · UCLA

Games

11

Primary Metric / G

329.1

Efficiency

59.4

Usage

15.1

Consistency

74.1

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 477. Hawai'i: 312. Memphis: 495. Stanford: 495. Colorado: 379. Arizona: 184. Oregon: 255. Washington: 74. Arizona State: 394. USC: 387. California: 168

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 64 by 57.2. Hawai'i: 27 by 72. Memphis: 63 by 65.3. Stanford: 63 by 67.5. Colorado: 50 by 59.1. Arizona: 40 by 44.3. Oregon: 38 by 55. Washington: 27 by 48.5. Arizona State: 49 by 62.4. USC: 57 by 55.3. California: 23 by 66.4

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins330.8 · Games = 6 · +3.8 vs Losses
Losses327 · Games = 5 · -3.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

72 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sat 11/25vs CaliforniaW 30-27131820272.22066.45-34-6.8004
Sun 11/19@ USC300-yard game · 3+ TDL 23-28325242161.53155.35-34-6.8001
Sun 11/12vs Arizona State300-yard gameW 44-37254538155.61162.44133.3016
Sat 10/28@ WashingtonL 23-4412219357.11048.56-19-3.2006
Sat 10/21vs OregonW 31-14213626658.320552-11-5.5000
Sun 10/15@ ArizonaL 30-47203421958.80344.36-35-5.8000
Sun 10/1vs Colorado300-yard gameW 27-23284537262.21159.1571.4004
Sun 9/24@ Stanford300-yard game · 3+ TDL 34-58406048066.73267.53155013
Sat 9/16@ Memphis300-yard game · 3+ TDL 45-48345646360.74265.37324.60114
Sat 9/9vs Hawai'i300-yard game · 3+ TDW 56-23222532988.050722-17-8.5000
Sun 9/3vs Texas A&M300-yard game · 3+ TDW 45-44355949159.34057.25-14-2.8007

Player Story

Josh Rosen story

Josh Rosen built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a quarterback from Manhattan Beach, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Josh Rosen's career was his passing role: 9,302 passing yards, 59 touchdown passes, and 1,169 attempts across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with UCLA. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCLA.

The arc is straightforward: Josh Rosen moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    UCLA

    2015-2017

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Season Value Progression

2015201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 PostseasonUCLA3,68557.29
2015 Regular SeasonUCLA3,68557.290
2016 Regular SeasonUCLA1,84356.111-1,842
2017 Regular SeasonUCLA3,62059.415.11,777

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Stanford

Week 4 · L 34-58 · Conference game

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

495

Total Offense

70.6 takeover

495 total offense with 67.5 efficiency.

#2

vs Washington State

Week 11 · L 27-31 · Conference game

410

Total Offense

70.5 takeover

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

410 total offense with 76.9 efficiency.

#3

@ Memphis

Week 3 · L 45-48

495

Total Offense

69.9 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

495 total offense with 65.3 efficiency.

#4

vs Texas A&M

Week 1 · W 45-44

477

Total Offense

66 takeover

Win with 477 yards of offense and 57.2 efficiency.

477 total offense with 57.2 efficiency.

#5

@ Arizona State

Week 6 · L 20-23 · Conference game

369

Total Offense

64.9 takeover

Loss with 369 yards of offense and 56 efficiency.

369 total offense with 56 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · UCLA

3,620 primary output · 59.4 efficiency · 15.1 usage

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#2

2015 Postseason · UCLA

64.4

3,685 primary · 57.2 efficiency · 9 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · UCLA

64.4

3,685 primary · 57.2 efficiency · 9 usage

Milestones

22

250+ passing yards

16

300+ total offense

11

3+ TD games

11

Above avg efficiency