Usage Score
12.2
Player Dossier
2020-2025Stanford
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.
Efficiency
48.8
Consistency
64.9
Season Value
56.5
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 8
- Program Path
- Oregon State • Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State
Scouting Read
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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.
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
2025 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 48.8 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: San José State
Win with 417 yards of offense and 63.4 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
9
Primary Metric / G
179.1
Efficiency
48.8
Usage
12.2
Consistency
64.9
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. Hawai'i: 101. BYU: 120. Boston College: 188. Virginia: 241. San José State: 417. SMU: 238. Florida State: 78. Miami: 30. Pittsburgh: 199
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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 33 by 41.7. BYU: 36 by 41.3. Boston College: 24 by 59.9. Virginia: 35 by 62.8. San José State: 47 by 63.4. SMU: 48 by 50.7. Florida State: 14 by 43.3. Miami: 23 by 31.2. Pittsburgh: 33 by 45
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins227.7 · Games = 3 · +72.8 vs Losses
Losses154.8 · Games = 6 · -72.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
63.4 vs San José State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/1 | vs Pittsburgh | L 20-35 | 17 | 30 | 228 | 56.7 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 3 | -29 | -9.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Miami | L 7-42 | 9 | 21 | 50 | 42.9 | 1 | 2 | 31.2 | 2 | -20 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 10/19 | vs Florida State | W 20-13 | 6 | 13 | 90 | 46.2 | 1 | 1 | 43.3 | 1 | -12 | -12 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ SMU | L 10-34 | 22 | 40 | 278 | 55.0 | 1 | 1 | 50.7 | 8 | -40 | -5 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs San José State300-yard game | W 30-29 | 29 | 43 | 444 | 67.4 | 2 | 0 | 63.4 | 4 | -27 | -6.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Virginia | L 20-48 | 20 | 29 | 286 | 69.0 | 2 | 0 | 62.8 | 6 | -45 | -7.50 | 0 | 2 |
| Sun 9/14 | vs Boston College | W 30-20 | 13 | 22 | 186 | 59.1 | 1 | 0 | 59.9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sun 9/7 | @ BYU | L 3-27 | 17 | 32 | 142 | 53.1 | 0 | 2 | 41.3 | 4 | -22 | -5.50 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Hawai'i | L 20-23 | 15 | 30 | 109 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 41.7 | 3 | -8 | -2.70 | 0 | 4 |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Oregon State
2020-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Stanford
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon State | 64 | 75.3 | 0.1 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | — | — | -64 |
| 2022 Postseason | Oregon State | 1,507 | 59.9 | 9.6 | 1,507 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon State | 1,507 | 59.9 | 9.6 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oregon State | 174 | 66.7 | 31.3 | -1,333 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 174 | 66.7 | 31.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 936 | 56.4 | 9.7 | 762 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Stanford | 1,612 | 48.8 | 12.2 | 676 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Arizona State
Loss with 64 yards of offense and 75.3 efficiency.
64
Primary metric
64 total offense with 75.3 efficiency.
#2
Arizona State
224
Primary metric
Win with 224 yards of offense and 71.5 efficiency.
224 total offense with 71.5 efficiency.
#3
Notre Dame
168
Primary metric
Loss with 168 yards of offense and 50 efficiency.
168 total offense with 50 efficiency.
#4
San José State
417
Primary metric
Win with 417 yards of offense and 63.4 efficiency.
417 total offense with 63.4 efficiency.
#5
Stanford
227
Primary metric
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
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Oregon State
60
1,507 primary · 59.9 efficiency · 9.6 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Stanford
56.5
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
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Career Facts
2
Career teams
8
Seasons tracked
4,293
Career Total Offense
Data Context
Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 26 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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