Player Dossier

2020-2025

Stanford

Ben Gulbranson

QB • 6'3" • 220 lbs • Newbury Park, CA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Ben Gulbranson is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.2 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

97%

Featured offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

24

Developing production for a quarterback

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

26

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Oregon State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Oregon State • Stanford
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Player Story

Ben Gulbranson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a quarterback from Newbury Park, CA wearing No. 15, spending time with Oregon State and Stanford. The clearest part of Ben Gulbranson's career was his...

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Ben Gulbranson, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Oregon State. Ben Gulbranson is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.2 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
4,293
Passing yards
4,461
Touchdowns
30

Quick Answers

Ben Gulbranson quick answers

Latest team and position
Stanford · QB
Career Total Offense
4,293
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 26 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Oregon State
Top game
Arizona State
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2025 Total offense rank
1,612 total offense · QB 120th (top 29%) · ACC 16th (top 8%) · National 122nd (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonOregon State164640144.9
2021 Regular SeasonOregon State00000-
2022 PostseasonOregon State1018016515262.9
2022 Regular SeasonOregon State101,3271,290371262.9
2023 PostseasonOregon State2168180-12149.8
2023 Regular SeasonOregon State2660049.8
2024 Regular SeasonOregon State4936943-7554.5
2025 Regular SeasonStanford91,6121,813-201960.2

Related Context

Ben Gulbranson played QB for Oregon State and Stanford. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ben Gulbranson recorded 4,461 passing yards, -168 rushing yards, and 24 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Stanford.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Oregon State paired 1,507 primary output with 59.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 66.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oregon State, Stanford.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Loss with 168 yards of offense and 50 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Postseason · Oregon State

Games

2

Primary Metric / G

87

Efficiency

66.7

Usage

31.3

Consistency

52.3

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 168. Stanford: 6

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins6 · Games = 1 · -162 vs Losses
Losses168 · Games = 1 · +162 vs Wins

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

83.3 vs Stanford

Result
Fri 12/29@ Notre DameL 8-40162718059.311505-12-2.4009
Sat 11/11vs StanfordW 62-17116100.00083.3

Player Story

Ben Gulbranson story

Ben Gulbranson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a quarterback from Newbury Park, CA wearing No. 15, spending time with Oregon State and Stanford. The clearest part of Ben Gulbranson's career was his passing role: 4,461 passing yards, 24 touchdown passes, and 620 attempts across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Oregon 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 24 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oregon State and Stanford.

The arc is straightforward: Ben Gulbranson 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. 1

    Oregon State

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Stanford

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonOregon State6475.30.1
2021 Regular SeasonOregon State0-64
2022 PostseasonOregon State1,50759.99.61,507
2022 Regular SeasonOregon State1,50759.99.60
2023 PostseasonOregon State17466.731.3-1,333
2023 Regular SeasonOregon State17466.731.30
2024 Regular SeasonOregon State93656.49.7762
2025 Regular SeasonStanford1,61248.812.2676

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Arizona State

Week 16 · L 33-46 · Conference game

Loss with 64 yards of offense and 75.3 efficiency.

64

Total Offense

87.7 takeover

64 total offense with 75.3 efficiency.

#2

@ Notre Dame

Week 1 · L 8-40 · Postseason

168

Total Offense

73.2 takeover

Loss with 168 yards of offense and 50 efficiency.

168 total offense with 50 efficiency.

#3

@ Arizona State

Week 12 · W 31-7 · Conference game

224

Total Offense

72.6 takeover

Win with 224 yards of offense and 71.5 efficiency.

224 total offense with 71.5 efficiency.

#4

vs No. 118 San José State

Week 5 · W 30-29

417

Total Offense

65.9 takeover

Win with 417 yards of offense and 63.4 efficiency.

417 total offense with 63.4 efficiency.

#5

@ Stanford

Week 6 · W 28-27 · Conference game

227

Total Offense

62.7 takeover

Win with 227 yards of offense and 60.2 efficiency.

227 total offense with 60.2 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Oregon State

1,507 primary output · 59.9 efficiency · 9.6 usage

62.9

#2

2022 Regular Season · Oregon State

62.9

1,507 primary · 59.9 efficiency · 9.6 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Stanford

60.2

1,612 primary · 48.8 efficiency · 12.2 usage

Milestones

6

250+ passing yards

2

300+ total offense

2

3+ TD games

10

Above avg efficiency