2013 SACRAMENTO STATE FOOTBALL THE RETURNERS
GARRETT 12 SAFRON Quarterback | 6-2 | 190 | Jr. | Fourth Year Santa Monica, Calif. Santa Monica HS 2012 Season: Named honorable mention all-Big Sky and the team’s offensive MVP...started each game for the Hornets and finished the season with 2,450 passing yards and 377 rushing yards...set the Sacramento State single-season record with 246 completions and a 61.4 completion percentage...moved into second place in program history with 22 TD passes and 383 attempts and ranked third in yardage...was named the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week after wins against Colorado and Cal Poly...at Colorado, he was 25-of-37 for 312 yards and two touchdowns...was 31-of-38 for 250 yards and four scores against Cal Poly...also threw for 324 yards against UC Davis and 308 at New Mexico State... set the school single-game record with 37 completions and 67 attempts at UC Davis...threw at least one touchdown in every game and had multiple TDs in eight of the 11 games...rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns at Southern Utah, including a 69-yard touchdown run. 2011 Season: Played in five games at quarterback during his first season…after senior starter Jeff Fleming was injured, Safron shared the duties with Tommy Edwards and eventually won the job…completed 24-of-57 pass attempts for 394 yards and three touchdowns without an interception…also rushed for 286 yards and three touchdowns on 53 attempts…rushed for 100 yards and a TD against Eastern Washington in his first collegiate game…tallied 94 rushing yards against UC Davis where he also threw for a career high 155 yards.
2011 SEASON
Date Opponent c-a 9/3 at Oregon State --- 9/10 at Southern Utah --- 9/17 at Weber State --- 9/24 Montana --- 10/1 at Montana State --- 10/8 at Northern Colorado --- 10/22 Eastern Washington 1-1 10/29 Northern Arizona 5-7 11/5 at Portland State 0-2 11/12 Idaho State 7-16 11/19 UC Davis 11-31
2012 SEASON Date 8/30 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/28 11/3 11/17
Opponent at New Mexico State at Colorado Northern Colorado North Dakota at Idaho State at Southern Utah Weber State at Eastern Wash. Cal Poly Montana State at UC Davis
c-a 23-35 25-37 16-30 19-33 17-27 21-29 21-26 16-26 31-38 20-35 37-67
SAFRON’S CAREER STATS year 2011 2012 totals
yds int td lg rush-yds td --- --- DNP --- --- ----- --- DNP --- --- ----- --- DNP --- --- ----- --- DNP --- --- ----- --- DNP --- --- ----- --- DNP --- --- --9 0 0 9 15-100 1 130 0 2 48 7-19 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 100 0 1 40 17-74 1 155 0 0 33 14-93 1 yds 308 312 177 163 202 192 182 127 303 250 324
comp-att yds int td 24-57 394 0 3 246-383 2540 12 22 270-440 2934 12 25
int td 1 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 2 2 2
lg rush-yds td 59 7-27 0 35 8-18 0 45 5-17 0 20 11-40 0 74 7-42 0 30 12-97 2 25 10-25 0 24 8-32 0 32 11-46 0 76 7-1 0 37 12-32 0
lg effic rush-yds td lg 48 117.54 53-286 3 34 76 132.63 98-377 2 69 76 130.67 151-663 5 69
2010 Season: Sat out the season as a redshirt. High School: Graduated from Santa Monica HS in 2010…earned first team all-Ocean League honors as a senior…threw for 2,065 yards and 17 TDs while completing 57.0 percent of his passes…had just one interception in his final nine games compared to 14 TDs…threw for three TDs against Venice, Morningside and Palmdale…highest yardage output was 274 against Beverly Hills…also rushed for 298 yards and four TDs.…played in the Daily News All-Star Game following his senior season…as a junior, he passed for 897 yards and 11 TDs. Personal: A communication studies major…mother is Elizabeth Safron.
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