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Player Dossier
2016-2018Washington State
Gardner Minshew
QB • 6'2" • 216 lbs • Brandon, MS, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Gardner Minshew is a balanced quarterback profile with 23.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
84
High-end production for a quarterback
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Washington State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- East Carolina • Washington State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Player Story
Gardner Minshew built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a quarterback from Brandon, MS wearing No. 5, spending time with East Carolina and Washington State. The clearest part of Gardner Minshew's career...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 5
- Overall
- No. 178
- NFL Team
- Jacksonville Jaguars
Gardner Minshew, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Washington State. Gardner Minshew is a balanced quarterback profile with 23.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 8,306
- Passing yards
- 8,263
- Rushing yards
- 43
- Touchdowns
- 66
Quick Answers
Gardner Minshew quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Washington State · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 8,306
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Washington State
- Top game
- San José State
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 6 · Pick 5 · Jacksonville Jaguars
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2018
- 2018 Total offense rank
- 4,895 total offense · QB 2nd (top 1%) · Pac-12 1st (top 1%) · National 2nd (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 7 | 1,311 | 1,347 | -36 | 8 | 46.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | East Carolina | 10 | 2,100 | 2,140 | -40 | 16 | 42 |
| 2018 Postseason | Washington State | 13 | 315 | 299 | 16 | 3 | 75.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Washington State | 13 | 4,580 | 4,477 | 103 | 39 | 75.6 |
Related Context
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Gardner Minshew played QB for East Carolina and Washington State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Gardner Minshew recorded 8,263 passing yards, 43 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Washington State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Washington State paired 4,895 primary output with 62.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 62.1 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across East Carolina, Washington State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 84.6th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Washington State
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
376.5
Efficiency
62.1
Usage
23.3
Consistency
88.6
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 315. Wyoming: 321. San José State: 446. Eastern Washington: 466. USC: 352. Utah: 445. Oregon State: 436. Oregon: 323. Stanford: 442. California: 346. Colorado: 361. Arizona: 479. Washington: 163
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa State: 55 by 62.2. Wyoming: 58 by 56.6. San José State: 60 by 63.5. Eastern Washington: 60 by 61.9. USC: 56 by 61.6. Utah: 61 by 53.6. Oregon State: 45 by 69.1. Oregon: 51 by 71.2. Stanford: 54 by 65.8. California: 55 by 61.3. Colorado: 64 by 63. Arizona: 59 by 66.2. Washington: 42 by 50.8
Split Comparison
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Wins398.2 · Games = 11 · +140.7 vs Losses
Losses257.5 · Games = 2 · -140.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
71.2 vs Oregon
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/29 | vs Iowa State3+ TD | W 28-26 | 35 | 49 | 299 | 71.4 | 2 | 0 | 62.2 | 6 | 16 | 2.70 | 1 | 7 |
| Sat 11/24 | vs Washington | L 15-28 | 26 | 35 | 152 | 74.3 | 0 | 2 | 50.8 | 7 | 11 | 1.60 | 0 | 8 |
| Sun 11/18 | vs Arizona300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 69-28 | 43 | 55 | 473 | 78.2 | 7 | 0 | 66.2 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Colorado300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 31-7 | 35 | 58 | 335 | 60.3 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 6 | 26 | 4.30 | 1 | 10 |
| Sun 11/4 | vs California300-yard game | W 19-13 | 35 | 51 | 334 | 68.6 | 1 | 1 | 61.3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Stanford300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 41-38 | 40 | 50 | 438 | 80.0 | 3 | 0 | 65.8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Oregon300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 34-20 | 39 | 51 | 323 | 76.5 | 4 | 2 | 71.2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/7 | @ Oregon State300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 56-37 | 30 | 40 | 430 | 75.0 | 5 | 0 | 69.1 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Utah300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 28-24 | 31 | 56 | 445 | 55.4 | 3 | 1 | 53.6 | 5 | 0 | 2.30 | 1 | 10 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ USC300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 36-39 | 37 | 52 | 344 | 71.2 | 3 | 0 | 61.6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 9/16 | vs Eastern Washington300-yard game | W 59-24 | 45 | 57 | 470 | 78.9 | 2 | 0 | 61.9 | 3 | -4 | -1.30 | 0 | 8 |
| Sun 9/9 | vs San José State300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 31-0 | 34 | 51 | 414 | 66.7 | 3 | 2 | 63.5 | 9 | 32 | 3.60 | 1 | 10 |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Wyoming300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 41-19 | 38 | 57 | 319 | 66.7 | 3 | 1 | 56.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Player Story
Gardner Minshew story
Gardner Minshew built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a quarterback from Brandon, MS wearing No. 5, spending time with East Carolina and Washington State. The clearest part of Gardner Minshew's career was his passing role: 8,263 passing yards, 62 touchdown passes, 1,168 attempts, and 43 rushing yards across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Washington State. 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 43 rushing yards and 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 East Carolina and Washington State.
The arc is straightforward: Gardner Minshew 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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- 1
East Carolina
2016-2017
Opening stop
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Washington State
2018
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 1,311 | 53.5 | 11.4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2,100 | 54.6 | 7.3 | 789 |
| 2018 Postseason | Washington State | 4,895 | 62.1 | 23.3 | 2,795 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Washington State | 4,895 | 62.1 | 23.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs San José State
Week 2 · W 31-0
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
446
Total Offense
73.7 takeover
446 total offense with 63.5 efficiency.
#2
vs Utah
Week 5 · W 28-24 · Conference game
445
Total Offense
73.5 takeover
Win with 445 yards of offense and 53.6 efficiency.
445 total offense with 53.6 efficiency.
#3
vs Iowa State
Week 1 · W 28-26 · Postseason
315
Total Offense
72.3 takeover
Win with 315 yards of offense and 62.2 efficiency.
315 total offense with 62.2 efficiency.
#4
@ Oregon State
Week 6 · W 56-37 · Conference game
436
Total Offense
70.2 takeover
Win with 436 yards of offense and 69.1 efficiency.
436 total offense with 69.1 efficiency.
#5
vs Oregon
Week 8 · W 34-20 · Conference game
323
Total Offense
69.3 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
323 total offense with 71.2 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Washington State
4,895 primary output · 62.1 efficiency · 23.3 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Washington State
75.6
4,895 primary · 62.1 efficiency · 23.3 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
46.3
1,311 primary · 53.5 efficiency · 11.4 usage
Milestones
16
250+ passing yards
16
300+ total offense
13
3+ TD games
15
Above avg efficiency
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