Jimmy Garoppolo with the San Francisco 49ers, 2018
With the San Francisco 49ers, 2018. Photo: U.S. Air Force Employee Lan Kim of Travis AFB, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Eastern Illinois, 2011–⁠13

Jimmy Garoppolo

Born
Nov 2, 1991, in Arlington Heights, Illinois

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Jimmy Garoppolo played quarterback at Eastern Illinois (2011–⁠13). The New England Patriots took Garoppolo in round 2, No. 62 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
811
Passing yards, 2013 (Eastern Illinois, 3–⁠1)
Drafted
No. 62
Round 2, 2014 NFL Draft (New England Patriots)

Career highs

450passing yards, career highat Northern Illinois, 20136touchdown passes, career highat Northern Illinois, 2013

Honors

Team titles: Ohio Valley champions, 2012 and 2013

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2011Eastern Illinois142556.02098.411
2012Eastern Illinois153246.92257.012
2013Eastern Illinois659568.48118.592
Career9415261.81,2458.2115

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Eastern Illinois6−9−1.509
2012Eastern Illinois8−17−2.105
2013Eastern Illinois12−2−0.2011
Career26−28−1.1011

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Eastern Illinois (FCS)920.18––16.861%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Eastern Illinois 2 games, 811 passing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31atSan Diego StateW 40–⁠1931463613020
Sep 21atNorthern IllinoisL 39–⁠43344945062−22

No box score in the source for Sep 7 at Southern Illinois; Sep 14 vs. Illinois State, so those games are not listed.

2012 Eastern Illinois 1 game, 225 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 8atWestern MichiganL 21–⁠52153222512−17

No box score in the source for Aug 30 vs. Southern Illinois; Sep 15 at Illinois State; Sep 22 vs. Murray State; Sep 29 vs. Austin Peay; Oct 6 at UT Martin; Oct 13 vs. Jacksonville State; Oct 27 at Eastern Kentucky; Nov 3 at Tennessee Tech; Nov 10 vs. Southeast Missouri State; Nov 17 at Central Arkansas; Nov 24 at South Dakota State, so those games are not listed.

2011 Eastern Illinois 1 game, 209 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 10atNorthwesternL 21–⁠42142520911−9

No box score in the source for Sep 1 vs. Illinois State; Sep 17 vs. Tennessee Tech; Sep 24 at Jacksonville State; Oct 1 at Southeast Missouri State; Oct 8 vs. Eastern Kentucky; Oct 15 at Murray State; Oct 22 vs. UT Martin; Oct 29 at Austin Peay; Nov 5 vs. Tennessee State; Nov 12 at Southern Illinois, so those games are not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2014 Senior Bowl (South team, won 20–⁠10); offensive MVP of the 2014 East–West Shrine Game.

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′2¼″
Weight226 lb
Arm length31″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan75⅜″W
40-yard dash4.97 s
10-yard split1.78 sW
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump9′2″
3-cone drill7.04 s
20-yard shuttle4.26 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

12 seasons, 83 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Rams.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2014New England Patriots51927182109
2015New England Patriots414600−5
2016New England Patriots64363502406
2017San Francisco 49ers61201781,5607511
2018San Francisco 49ers353897185333
2019San Francisco 49ers163294763,978271362
2020San Francisco 49ers6941401,0967525
2021San Francisco 49ers153014413,810201251
2022San Francisco 49ers112073082,43716433
2023Las Vegas Raiders71101691,2057939
2024Los Angeles Rams12741334215
2025Los Angeles Rams300000−10
NFL career831,3041,93615,8289652259

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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