# Ben Gulbranson

Ben Gulbranson is an American football quarterback who plays for the Oregon State Beavers.

## Early life

Gulbranson was born in Mesa, Arizona, and attended Newbury Park High School in Newbury Park, California. In his high school career he completed 252 out of his 453 passes for 3,710 yards and 37 touchdowns to 18 interceptions. He also rushed for 95 yards and four touchdowns. Gulbranson committed to play college football at Oregon State over other schools such as Arizona State, California, and Kansas State.

## College career

Gulbranson debuted for Oregon State in the team's 2020 season finale in which he came in to relief against Arizona State where he completed six of his nine passes for 64 yards and a touchdown on the final play of the game to Zeriah Beason. Gulbranson took a redshirt in 2021. In week five after starting quarterback Chance Nolan went down with an injury in the first quarter, Gulbranson played the final three quarters and completed 12 of his 20 passes for 177 yards and two interceptions in a loss to #12 Utah. He made his first career start the following week against Stanford, where he completed 20 of 28 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns including the game-winning, 56-yard touchdown pass to Tre’Shaun Harrison with 13 seconds left to help the Beavers beat Stanford 28-27 after being down 24–10. Gulbranson again got the start the following week against Washington State where he completed 12 of his 24 passes for 141 yards and a touchdown with one interception in a 24–10 win to help the Beavers achieve bowl eligibility. Gulbranson would pick up a huge 42–9 win the following week against Colorado in which he went 14 for 22 on his passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns including a 60-yard touchdown to tight end Jack Velling. In Gulbranson's next start he struggled, completing 12 of his 19 passes for just 87 yards as the Beavers fell to Washington 24–21. The next week, Gulbranson helped the Beavers beat California 38-10 after going 15 for 23 for 137 yards and two touchdowns, as well as a rushing touchdown. The following week, Gulbranson led his team to a 31–7 win over Arizona State, where he completed 15 of 21 passing attempts for 188 yards and a touchdown, adding an eight-yard rushing touchdown. In Oregon State's season finale and rivalry game versus #9 Oregon, Gulbranson completed just six of his 13 passes for 60 yards and two interceptions, but he added two touchdowns on the ground as Oregon State rallied down 21 to beat Oregon 38–34. In the team's bowl game against Florida Gulbranson completed 12 of his 19 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown while also adding a rushing touchdown to beat Florida 30-3 and help the Beavers to just their third 10-win season. For his performance, he was named the Las Vegas Bowl MVP. Gulbranson finished the year completing 121 of his 194 passes for 1,455 yards and nine touchdowns to five interceptions while also rushing for 52 yards and five touchdowns. Gulbranson finished the 2022 season with a 7–1 record. He lost the 2023 season starting quarterback job to Clemson transfer DJ Uiagalelei in camp.

### Statistics

| Season | Games | Games | Games | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Rushing | Rushing | Rushing | Rushing |
| Season | GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD |
| Oregon State Beavers |||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 64 | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 163.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt | Redshirt |
| 2022 | 10 | 8 | 7–1 | 121 | 194 | 62.4 | 1,455 | 7.5 | 9 | 5 | 135.5 | 40 | 52 | 1.3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 0–1 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 186 | 6.6 | 1 | 1 | 121.2 | 5 | -12 | -2.4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 1–2 | 78 | 128 | 60.9 | 943 | 7.4 | 4 | 4 | 126.9 | 14 | -7 | -0.5 | 1 |
| Career | 18 | 12 | 8–4 | 222 | 359 | 61.8 | 2,648 | 7.4 | 15 | 10 | 132.0 | 59 | 33 | 0.6 | 6 |