Jared Goff

Jared Goff
California Golden Bears No. 16
Position Quarterback
Class Junior
Major Sociology
Career history
College
High school Kentfield (CA) Marin Catholic
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-10-14) October 14, 1994
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Jared Thomas Goff (born October 14, 1994) is an American football quarterback. He played college football at California.

High school career

Goff combined to throw for 7,687 yards and 93 touchdowns with 18 interceptions in three varsity seasons at Marin Catholic High School, completing 477-of-767 passes (62.2%) for teams that combined to post a 39–4 overall record and 21–0 Marin County Athletic League mark on their way to one appearance in the state title game, one North Coast Section crown, three NCS playoff appearances and three MCAL championships.

College career

Goff was recruited by a number of college programs and received scholarship offers from Boise State, Fresno State and Stanford Cardinal football,[2] before choosing the Golden Bears. Goff was a mid-year enrollee at Cal in January 2013 and joined the team for the 2013 spring practice. In August, he was named starting quarterback for the 2013 season over redshirt freshman Zach Kline,[3] becoming the first true freshman quarterback in Cal history to start a season opener.

Goff started all twelve games in 2013, and although the team finished 1–11, he set Cal single-season records for passing yards (3,508), most yardage gained (3,508), total offense (3,446), passes completed (320), and passes attempted (531). Goff showed tremendous promise beginning with his first appearance at home against Northwestern. Despite a loss, the Bears played well under Goff's leadership. Goff finished the season with a 60.3 completion percentage with 18 touchdown passes and 10 interceptions.[4]

In 2014, Goff was again starting quarterback. In a September 27 matchup versus the Colorado Buffaloes, Goff threw a career-high seven touchdown passes, completing 24-of-42 passes for 458 yards.[5] On October 4, Goff threw for a school-record 527 yards and five touchdowns in a 60–59 victory over Washington State.[6] He finished the season with 3,973 yards, 35 touchdowns, and a 62% completion rate.

In 2015, as a junior, Goff led the Bears to a 7–5 regular season finish, clinching Cal's first winning season since 2011. Through 12 regular season games, Goff surpassed his own single-season records for passing yards (4,714), touchdown passes (43) and total offense (4,260). Going into the season, Goff was projected as the top quarterback for the 2016 NFL draft by Mel Kiper[7] and Todd McShay.[8] On November 14, 2015, Goff threw for 453 yards and six touchdowns in a 54–24 victory over Oregon State, earning Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors for the first time.[9] Two weeks later, Goff set a new Cal single-game record with 542 passing yards in a 48–46 come-from-behind victory over Arizona State, earning Player of the Week honors for a second time.[10] In the 2015 Armed Forces Bowl, Goff threw for six touchdown passes and 467 yards, leading the Bears to a 55–36 victory over Air Force.[11] In 2015, Goff set a new Pac-12 single-season passing-yardage record (4,714), and also set a new conference record for touchdown passes in a season (43).[12] After the season he announced that he would enter the 2016 NFL Draft.[13]

College career statistics

California Golden Bears
Season Passing[14]
Comp Att Pct. Yards Y/A TD Int QB Rating
2013 320 530 60.4 3508 6.6 18 10 123.2
2014 316 509 62.1 3973 7.8 35 7 147.6
2015 341 529 64.5 4714 8.9 43 13 161.2
Totals[15] 977 1568 62.3 12195 7.8 96 30 144.0

Personal

Goff was born to Jerry Goff, a former Major League Baseball player, and Nancy Goff. Jared grew up in Novato, California. His father was also a Cal athlete, playing as an all-conference and all-district catcher for the school's baseball team.

Goff appeared on an episode of Gridiron Outdoors.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Jared Goff Bio". calbears.com. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  2. ↑ Rivals.com. "Jared Goff"
  3. ↑ Gemmell, Kevin. "Cal names Jared Goff starting QB". Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ California, University of. "Jared Goff Bio". Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Goff Adds to Weekly National Honors". Cal Athletics. September 29, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ "A Shootout for the Ages: Bears Survive WSU, 60–59". Cal Athletics. October 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ Jennings, Chantel (September 29, 2015). "Cal QB Jared Goff living up to preseason NFL hype". ESPN.com.
  8. ↑ McShay, Todd (August 24, 2015). "McShay's top QB prospects for 2016". ESPN Insider.
  9. ↑ "Goff Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week". Cal Athletics. November 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Goff Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week". Cal Athletics. November 30, 2015.
  11. ↑ Letourneau, Connor (December 30, 2015). "Cal’s Jared Goff delivers bowl win, more records in likely college finale". San Francisco Chronicle.
  12. ↑ "Cal Airs It Out To Win Armed Forces Bowl". Cal Athletics. December 29, 2015.
  13. ↑ Cal QB Jared Goff enters NFL draft
  14. ↑ "Jared Goff". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  15. ↑ "Jared Goff". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  16. ↑ "GO Wild Can't Gridiron Outdoors with Mike Pawlawski - Episodes". Retrieved February 4, 2016.

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