Year, round & overall pick
2016 · Round 1 · Pick 1
Los Angeles Rams
College: California
HISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
Jared Goff
Tier 3
Assigned under FindMeMyQB’s published achievement routes and explicit editorial exceptions. This is not an NFL designation or a validated predictive score. Pre-draft evidence is kept separate from NFL accomplishments.
Evidence collection in progress
This profile presents sourced paraphrases where available, not a complete scouting record. Historical republications are labeled. Missing data is not a negative evaluation.
Why Tier 3?
5th in 2024 AP MVP voting (47 points), plus NFC Championship starts in the 2018 and 2023 seasons. No 2018 MVP votes are claimed.
At least 1 AP First- or Second-Team All-Pro selection OR a top-3 AP MVP finish with votes OR 2 Super Bowl starts OR 3 conference-championship starts OR 2 top-5 AP MVP finishes with votes OR a top-5 AP MVP finish with votes plus 2 conference-championship starts.
Evaluation cutoff: end of the 2025 NFL season, including its postseason and awards. The 2026 season is excluded. Future season updates wait until the postseason and awards are complete.
Before the NFL.
Pre-draft reports
Strengths: Fluid delivery and quick release; Accuracy and velocity; Calm pocket play and enough movement to evade pressure. Questions: Adjustment from Cal's spread system to NFL offensive demands.
Source context: Original Chargers editorial prospect profile; expressly not front-office/coaching opinion
Publication: March 16, 2016
Measurements & testing
- 40-yard dash (seconds): 4.82
- Vertical jump: disputed. The Chargers report 27.5 inches; the 49ers report 27 inches and a Rams retrospective reports 27.0 inches. Withheld from comparison pending the original result.
- Broad jump (inches): 110
- Three-cone drill (seconds): 7.17
NFL team’s Combine reporting →
Other measurements remain unverified.
Compare the evidence.
Shared traits must be supported by comparable records, not inferred from success in the NFL. The core tables compare all 28 players using the same disclosed NCAA-passing and quarterback-start definitions. Mixed-entry measurement sources are labeled individually; film and advanced-stat archives are not complete.
Experience
College starts, seasons, age and development.
Production
Completion rate, passing efficiency, touchdowns and interceptions, with season and competition context.
Background
Recruiting history, scheme, responsibilities and supporting cast.
Physical profile
Source-labeled Combine measurements and testing; missing values shown honestly.
The cohort table contains source-labeled descriptive comparisons. No predictive conclusions have been validated, and missing or conflicting records are not treated as negative results.
Source and interpretation policy.
Scouting summaries are paraphrases of the linked evaluator or reporter, not a consensus or verbatim report. A later republication date is not the original scouting date. This profile does not use an invented numerical scouting grade.
View the full evidence register →College career passing.
62.3% completion · 977/1,569 · 12,200 yards · 96 TD · 30 INT · 3.20:1 TD-to-INT · 7.78 yards/attempt
California, 2013–2015
Detailed Cal career-history table totals 977/1,569 for 12,200 yards, 96 TD and 30 INT. Its season yardages (3,508 + 3,973 + 4,719) also sum to 12,200. This detailed statistical table takes precedence over conflicting biography prose of 12,220; no missing yards are estimated.
Age when drafted.
21 years, 197 days on 2016-04-28.
Born 1994-10-14. NFL draft selection date.
Current entry evidence.
6 ft 4 in · 215 lb · BMI 26.2. 2016 NFL draft prospect record. Status: source verified.
Official pre-draft record; original measurement event not explicitly identified on table.
NCAA QB starts: 37.