Player Dossier

2013-2017

Oregon State

Darell Garretson

QB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Chandler, AZ, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Darell Garretson is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.6 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

46%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

37

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Utah State • Oregon State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Player Story

Darell Garretson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a quarterback from Chandler, AZ wearing No. 10, spending time with Oregon State and Utah State. The clearest part of Darell Garretson's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7833

Chandler · Chandler, AZ

Committed To
Utah State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Darell Garretson, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Utah State. Darell Garretson is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.6 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
4,931
Passing yards
4,668
Rushing yards
263
Touchdowns
35

Quick Answers

Darell Garretson quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon State · QB
Career Total Offense
4,931
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
Best season
2013 Postseason · Utah State
Top game
Air Force
Recruit profile
2-star · Chandler · Utah State
High school pipeline
Chandler · 58 FBS recruits · 8 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Class 2017
2017 Total offense rank
1,517 total offense · QB 111th (top 34%) · Pac-12 14th (top 10%) · National 122nd (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2013 PostseasonUtah State8115121-6162.4
2013 Regular SeasonUtah State81,3641,32539962.4
2014 Regular SeasonUtah State51,1441,14041060.3
2015 Regular SeasonOregon State00000-
2016 Regular SeasonOregon State6791617174651.1
2017 Regular SeasonOregon State101,5171,46552961.6

Related Context

Darell Garretson played QB for Utah State and Oregon State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darell Garretson recorded 4,668 passing yards, 263 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Oregon State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason

Utah State paired 1,479 primary output with 53.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 55.3 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

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

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Multi-stop career journey

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Oregon State

Games

10

Primary Metric / G

151.7

Efficiency

55.3

Usage

12.6

Consistency

63

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Portland State: 29. Washington State: 35. Washington: 75. USC: 184. Colorado: 302. Stanford: 115. California: 186. Arizona: 197. Arizona State: 283. Oregon: 111

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. Portland State: 6 by 48.3. Washington State: 5 by 83.3. Washington: 23 by 47. USC: 34 by 49.5. Colorado: 39 by 68.3. Stanford: 26 by 48.2. California: 30 by 60.6. Arizona: 34 by 51.3. Arizona State: 47 by 55.8. Oregon: 21 by 40.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins29 · Games = 1 · -136.3 vs Losses
Losses165.3 · Games = 9 · +136.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Arizona State

Best efficiency game

83.3 vs Washington State

Result
Sun 11/26@ OregonL 10-69112011255.01240.41-1-100
Sat 11/18vs Arizona StateL 24-40263726970.30255.810141.40124
Sun 11/12@ Arizona3+ TDL 28-49162820957.14151.36-12-209
Sat 11/4@ CaliforniaL 23-37132516952.00060.65173.40016
Fri 10/27vs StanfordL 14-15132112661.90148.25-11-2.2013
Sat 10/14vs ColoradoL 33-36203728954.10168.32136.5009
Sat 10/7@ USCL 10-38162919755.20149.55-13-2.6008
Sun 10/1vs WashingtonL 7-4211227450.0004711101
Sat 9/16@ Washington StateL 23-522220100.01083.33155018
Sat 9/2vs Portland StateW 35-3248.36294.80112

Player Story

Darell Garretson story

Darell Garretson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a quarterback from Chandler, AZ wearing No. 10, spending time with Oregon State and Utah State. The clearest part of Darell Garretson's career was his passing role: 4,668 passing yards, 27 touchdown passes, 711 attempts, and 263 rushing yards across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 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 263 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oregon State and Utah State.

The arc is straightforward: Darell Garretson 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

    Utah State

    2013-2014

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oregon State

    2015-2017

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 PostseasonUtah State1,47953.117.8
2013 Regular SeasonUtah State1,47953.117.80
2014 Regular SeasonUtah State1,14462.813-335
2015 Regular SeasonOregon State0-1,144
2016 Regular SeasonOregon State79151.317.7791
2017 Regular SeasonOregon State1,51755.312.6726

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Air Force

Week 7 · W 34-16 · Conference game

Win with 322 yards of offense and 71.1 efficiency.

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Total Offense

78.2 takeover

322 total offense with 71.1 efficiency.

#2

@ UNLV

Week 11 · W 28-24 · Conference game

311

Total Offense

72.8 takeover

Win with 311 yards of offense and 63.4 efficiency.

311 total offense with 63.4 efficiency.

#3

vs Arizona State

Week 12 · L 24-40 · Conference game

283

Total Offense

72.3 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

283 total offense with 55.8 efficiency.

#4

vs Idaho State

Week 3 · W 37-7

218

Total Offense

66.9 takeover

Win with 218 yards of offense and 60.5 efficiency.

218 total offense with 60.5 efficiency.

#5

vs Hawai'i

Week 10 · W 47-10 · Conference game

392

Total Offense

65.9 takeover

Win with 392 yards of offense and 67.6 efficiency.

392 total offense with 67.6 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Postseason · Utah State

1,479 primary output · 53.1 efficiency · 17.8 usage

62.4

#2

2013 Regular Season · Utah State

62.4

1,479 primary · 53.1 efficiency · 17.8 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Oregon State

61.6

1,517 primary · 55.3 efficiency · 12.6 usage

Milestones

7

250+ passing yards

5

300+ total offense

6

3+ TD games

10

Above avg efficiency