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California's best quarterbacks since 2004
Jared Goff leads with 12,200 passing yards in 37 games at California; Nate Longshore had 6,783.
Every quarterback with 5 or more games at California since 2004, ranked by passing yards; the lines are each player's passing yards game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.
24 quarterbacks with 5+ games at Californiapassing yards
| # | player | seasons | games | passing yards | passing touchdowns | wins | yards of total offense | interceptions thrown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Goff | 2013–2015 | 37 | 12,200 | 96 | 14 | 12,086 | 30 |
| 2 | Nate Longshore | 2005–2008 | 35 | 6,783 | 51 | 25 | 6,604 | 31 |
| 3 | Chase Garbers | 2018–2021 | 35 | 6,580 | 50 | 20 | 7,755 | 24 |
| 4 | Kevin Riley | 2007–2010 | 35 | 6,182 | 50 | 21 | 6,136 | 21 |
| 5 | Zach Maynard | 2011–2012 | 23 | 5,204 | 29 | 10 | 5,344 | 22 |
| 6 | Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele | 2025–2026 | 19 | 4,744 | 27 | 9 | 4,584 | 14 |
| 7 | Fernando Mendoza | 2023–2024 | 20 | 4,712 | 30 | 10 | 4,909 | 16 |
| 8 | Davis Webb | 2016 | 12 | 4,295 | 37 | 5 | 4,185 | 12 |
| 9 | Ross Bowers | 2016–2018 | 14 | 3,095 | 18 | 7 | 2,948 | 12 |
| 10 | Jack Plummer | 2022 | 12 | 3,095 | 21 | 4 | 2,969 | 9 |
| 11 | Aaron Rodgers | 2004 | 12 | 2,566 | 24 | 10 | 2,692 | 8 |
| 12 | Joe Ayoob | 2005–2006 | 12 | 1,912 | 16 | 7 | 1,970 | 15 |
| 13 | Brandon McIlwain | 2018 | 10 | 763 | 2 | 6 | 1,165 | 8 |
| 14 | Devon Modster | 2019–2020 | 7 | 705 | 5 | 2 | 873 | 5 |
| 15 | Jackson Brousseau | 2026 | 5 | 701 | 3 | 2 | 714 | 0 |
| 16 | Brock Mansion | 2008–2011 | 11 | 677 | 2 | 7 | 697 | 5 |
| 17 | Ben Finley | 2023 | 6 | 572 | 3 | 3 | 580 | 4 |
| 18 | Sam Jackson V | 2023 | 5 | 556 | 5 | 3 | 615 | 2 |
| 19 | Steve Levy | 2004–2006 | 7 | 505 | 4 | 6 | 567 | 2 |
| 20 | Allan Bridgford | 2011–2012 | 7 | 461 | 1 | 2 | 460 | 3 |
| 21 | Zach Kline | 2013 | 6 | 443 | 3 | 0 | 457 | 4 |
| 22 | Chase Forrest | 2015–2018 | 6 | 286 | 1 | 3 | 283 | 3 |
| 23 | Chandler Rogers | 2024 | 8 | 117 | 0 | 5 | 203 | 0 |
| 24 | Devin Brown | 2025 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 1 |
Also at California: running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, defenders, kickers, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.