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Heisman / Players / Gabarri Johnson /Oregon State

Gabarri Johnson

QB · Oregon State · So · #5

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

501 PASS YDS · 2 PASS TD · 119 RUSH YDS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Oregon State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Oregon State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Quarterback · Oregon State

Returning around him

  • 52% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -15 net (20 in / 35 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Oregon State · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #60 · 2026 recruiting class #64

QB · OREGON STATE · PAC-12

Gabarri Johnson

  • 2
  • #5
  • 5-11 | 186 lb
  • Tacoma, WA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

30

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 82nd percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1004

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP QB AWARD

Davey O'Brien

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1286 national
CFB
College
Oregon State
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#29 in market ▼ from #23 · 5 books

+35002.8% implied▲ tightened from +6600

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionQB
Class2
Jersey5
Measurements5-11 | 186 lb
HometownTacoma, WA
Primary teamOregon State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1286 recruit
Composite rating 0.8542 HighSchool
Signed with Oregon State 2023
Origin Olympus Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8542 No. 1286 recruit | HighSchool | Oregon State

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#1004Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#954Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Oregon State

Composite

0.8542

#1286 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Gabarri Johnson

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmNational: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "Oregon State quarterback Gabarri Johnson enters transfer portal. #GoBeavs"National
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Gabarri Johnson

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the passing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 10g
501Pass yards
2Pass TDs
3INT
Per game
50.1Pass yards
0Pass TDs
0INT
Projected (13g)
651.3Pass yards
3Pass TDs
4INT

To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 501): needs 833/game over remaining 3.

To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 501): needs 1,166/game over remaining 3.

To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 2): needs 7.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 2): needs 9.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 2): needs 11/game over remaining 3.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Gabarri Johnson's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Oregon State, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #1004 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 18.5% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

QB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Pass yards 501 2 TD | 3 INT | #178/382 (54th pct)
Completion rate 62.0% 62/100 completions | #182/383 (53rd pct)
Yards/attempt 5.0 Explosiveness through the air | #312/382 (19th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Balanced quarterback against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
62 57th
ATT
100 60th
CMP%
62.0% 53rd
Y/A
5.0 19th

Passing Production

YDS
501 54th
TD
2 52nd
INT
3 43rd

Rushing

CAR
34 61st
YDS
119 70th
YPC
3.5 59th
TD
1 63rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCMP/ATTYDSTDINTYPAQBRNote
Wk 1L 15-34vs California1/14004.021.7
Wk 2L 27-36vs Fresno State
Wk 3L 14-45@ Texas Tech1/3-200-0.73.8
Wk 4L 7-41@ Oregon2/412003.010.5
Wk 5L 24-27vs Houston
Wk 7L 14-39vs Wake Forest6/1245103.815.8
Wk 8W 45-13vs Lafayette7/979118.895.9
Wk 10W 10-7vs Washington State10/1533002.210.6
Wk 11L 17-21vs Sam Houston29/42286026.813.4Season-high 286 yds
Wk 12L 14-31@ Tulsa6/1444003.15.7
Total62/100501233.922.2
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2025Oregon State2-10HC: Trent Bray · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Oregon State6210062.0%5015.023104.7----
Career1 loaded season6210062.0%5015.023104.7----
SeasonTeam
2025Oregon State341193.51--
Career1 loaded season341193.51--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Rush impact 119 1 rush TD | #122/408 (70th pct)
Usage 18.5% 29.6% pass share | 7.3% rush share | #218/428 (49th pct)
Passing WEPA +0.03 Opponent-adjusted passing value | #200/200 (0th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 501 #178/382 54th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 2 #198/407 52nd pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 62 #165/383 57th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 62.0% #182/383 53rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 5.0 #312/382 19th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing yards 119 #122/408 70th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Value Passing WEPA +0.03 #200/200 0th pct Opponent-adjusted passing value | 99 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Usage Role share 18.5% #218/428 49th pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 100 #163/407 60th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 3 #234/407 43rd pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing LONG 52 #42/391 90th pct Metricvs FBS QB
Rushing Carries 34 #162/408 61st pct Volumevs FBS QB
Rushing Yards / carry 3.5 #166/407 59th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #151/408 63rd pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 29.6% #219/428 49th pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 25.3% #221/428 49th pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 24.0% #227/428 47th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 17.9% #219/428 49th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 15.9% #221/428 49th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 14.9% #224/428 48th pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 7.3% #220/428 49th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS QB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #69/258 74th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Home7g63.90.35.10.4
Road3g18.00.01.80.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Wins2g56.00.55.50.5
Losses8g48.60.13.30.2

First half vs Second half

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Weeks 1-76g9.80.22.50.0
Weeks 8+4g1100.25.20.8

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

30Below cohort
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (82nd). Concern: pass tds (3rd).

Interceptions#23 / 183 · 82nd pct
3pass
Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct
1fumb
Rush yards#95 / 183 · 48th pct
119rush
Completion %#99 / 183 · 46th pct
62.0%pass
Rush TDs#123 / 183 · 26th pct
1rush
Pass yards#176 / 183 · 4th pct
501pass
Yards / att#176 / 183 · 4th pct
5.0pass
Pass TDs#176 / 183 · 3rd pct
2pass

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · QB · 2024

Percentile Card

Concerns: EPA / dropback.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback0.030
23th pct
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

wepa_passing0.03Below (<p25) (n=94)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Gabarri JohnsonOregon StateNick VattiatoMiddle Tennessee· 67% simRyan BrownePurdue· 61% simDrake LindseyMinnesota· 60% sim
Interceptions
82
Johnson
44
Vattiato
14
Browne
56
Lindsey
Fumbles lost
66
Johnson
66
Vattiato
18
Browne
91
Lindsey
Rush yards
48
Johnson
27
Vattiato
61
Browne
1
Lindsey
Completion %
46
Johnson
41
Vattiato
29
Browne
56
Lindsey
Rush TDs
26
Johnson
39
Vattiato
59
Browne
59
Lindsey
Pass yards
4
Johnson
57
Vattiato
56
Browne
61
Lindsey
Yards / att
4
Johnson
13
Vattiato
23
Browne
16
Lindsey
Pass TDs
3
Johnson
64
Vattiato
33
Browne
72
Lindsey

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Pocket Passer

Balanced passer who operates within the system. Profile sits near league average across dimensions.

QB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Drew Pyne’s 2024 season.

Drew Pyne

62%match

Missouri · 2024

#2

McKenzie Milton

Florida State · 2021

54%
#3

Owen McCown

Colorado · 2022

54%
#4

Landry Lyddy

Louisiana Tech · 2022

54%
#5

Zion Turner

UConn · 2022

53%

Matches Drew on

Height

Differs from Drew on

Class year (lower)
Rush yards / carry (higher)
TD rate (lower)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Dean DeNobile’s path through Lafayette.

Dean DeNobile

74%match

Lafayette · 2025

#2

Jack Chambers

NC State · 2022

73%
#3

Lindell Stone

Virginia · 2020

70%
#4

Kekoa Visperas

Tennessee Tech · 2025

68%
#5

Justin Miller

Southern Utah · 2023

67%

Matches Dean on

Yards per attempt

Differs from Dean on

Completion % (higher)

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Yates's sophomore season at Georgia Tech (2021).

Jordan Yates

47%match

Georgia Tech · 2021

#2

Kevin Jennings

SMU · 2023

All-ACC
44%
#3

Noah Vedral

Rutgers · 2021

40%
#4

Rhett Rodriguez

UL Monroe · 2021

39%
#5

Anthony Colandrea

Virginia · 2024

All-Mountain West
37%

Differs from Jordan on

Yards / attempt (lower)
EPA / dropback (adj) (lower)
TD rate (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Trent Bray

Pass share

51.7%

431 pass / 403 run

Plays / game

69.5

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.0%

369 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Trent Bray
Oregon State

Played his entire career under Trent Bray.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownTacoma, WA
Height5'11"
Weight186 lb
Class2
PositionQB
Jersey5

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Oregon State QB2 #1004 #954 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Pac-12
2023 Missouri QB2 #520 #303 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Oregon State Pac-12 QB 2 No. 5 | 5-11 | 186 lb | Tacoma, WA
2024 Oregon State Pac-12 QB 2 No. 5 | 5-11 | 186 lb | Tacoma, WA
2023 Missouri SEC QB 2 No. 5 | 5-11 | 186 lb | Tacoma, WA