Quarterback, UCLA (from Pittsburgh, Cal Poly), 2023–⁠26

Ty Dieffenbach

Number
No. 14
Height
6′6″
Weight
227 lb
Class (2026)
Junior
Hometown
Calabasas, CA

Ty Dieffenbach plays quarterback for UCLA, after Pittsburgh (2023–⁠24) and Cal Poly (2025). Last time out, against Wisconsin: 22 of 33, 264 yards, 1 INT; 6 carries, −12 yards, a career high in passing yards.

2026 so far

307 passing yards, 1 TD

Last game: 22 of 33, 264 yards ★, 1 INT; 6 carries, −12 yards vs. Wisconsin, W 17–⁠7

Next game: vs. Michigan State, Oct 24

Game by game this season, passing yards
  1. 43@ORE
  2. 264WIS

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

264passing yards, career highvs. Wisconsin, 20263touchdown passes, career highvs. Western Oregon, 2025142rushing yards, career highat Idaho State, 20252rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Portland State, 2025

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2025Cal Poly9216256.81,3058.199
2026UCLA253964.13077.911
Career11720158.21,6128.01010

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2025Cal Poly673214.8443
2026UCLA10−27−2.706
Career772943.8443

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2023Pittsburgh14QBRS
2024Pittsburgh14QBFr.
2025Cal Poly14QBSo.
2026UCLA14QBJr.6′6″227

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2025Cal Poly (FCS)2250.3477th (n=314)0.2476.739%
2026UCLA490.16––7.734%

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.

Passing detail

SeasonTeamSuccessDepthAfter catchDeep throwsDeep completed
2026UCLA49%9.3 yds6.1 yds7 of 3843%

Success: passes that kept the offense on schedule. Depth: how far downfield his passes traveled in the air, on average. After catch: yards his receivers gained after the catch, per completion. Deep throws: the play-by-play gives depth and direction for about half of a passer’s throws; this is how many of those went deep, and how many of the deep ones were caught. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.

Game by game

2026 UCLA 2 games, 307 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 10atOregonW 17–⁠15364310−15
Oct 17vs.WisconsinW 17–⁠7223326401−12
2025 Cal Poly 9 games, 1,305 passing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30atSan DiegoW 41–⁠1718272632069
Sep 6atUtahL 9–⁠63698201−7
Sep 13vs.Western OregonW 56–⁠78111923013
Sep 20atStephen F. AustinL 17–⁠3512420014
Oct 11atMontanaL 9–⁠2815332251413
Oct 25vs.Montana StateL 17–⁠34253009
Nov 1vs.Portland StateL 35–⁠4014232071164
Nov 8atIdaho StateL 17–⁠27182917211142
Nov 15atNorthern ArizonaL 27–⁠351023119124

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

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