Player Career

Jared Goff Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Jared Goff story

Jared Goff built his college career from 2013 through 2015 as a quarterback from Novato, CA wearing No. 16, spending time with California. The clearest part of Jared Goff's career was his passing role: 12,200 passing yards, 96 touchdown passes, and 1,569 attempts across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with California. 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 10 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California.

The arc is straightforward: Jared Goff 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    California

    2013-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2013201420152015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonCalifornia3,44654.715.7
2014 Regular SeasonCalifornia3,92958.613483
2015 PostseasonCalifornia4,71163.814.5782
2015 Regular SeasonCalifornia4,71163.814.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Arizona State

Week 13 · W 48-46 · Conference game

Win with 573 yards of offense and 86.8 efficiency.

573

Total Offense

72.3 takeover

573 total offense with 86.8 efficiency.

#2

vs Portland State

Week 2 · W 37-30

484

Total Offense

67.9 takeover

Win with 484 yards of offense and 61 efficiency.

484 total offense with 61 efficiency.

#3

vs Grambling

Week 1 · W 73-14

309

Total Offense

67.5 takeover

Win with 309 yards of offense and 81 efficiency.

309 total offense with 81 efficiency.

#4

@ Washington

Week 9 · L 17-41 · Conference game

333

Total Offense

63.4 takeover

Loss with 333 yards of offense and 52.8 efficiency.

333 total offense with 52.8 efficiency.

#5

vs Washington State

Week 6 · L 22-44 · Conference game

487

Total Offense

62.3 takeover

Loss with 487 yards of offense and 55.1 efficiency.

487 total offense with 55.1 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · California

4,711 primary output · 63.8 efficiency · 14.5 usage

70.9

#2

2015 Regular Season · California

70.9

4,711 primary · 63.8 efficiency · 14.5 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · California

63.1

3,929 primary · 58.6 efficiency · 13 usage

Milestones

30

250+ passing yards

24

300+ total offense

19

3+ TD games

14

Above avg efficiency