Bio

SENIOR (2016):
• An All-American and national honors candidate who is a Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award semifinalist as well as an honorable mention All-Pac-12 choice after previously making the cut to the final 15 for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award®
• Named Cal's Bear Backers Team MVP on offense and also picked up a Cort Majors Team Captain Award at the team's annual awards banquet
• Was also on watch lists for the Maxwell Award honoring the nation’s top player and the Manning Award that goes to the nation’s top college quarterback
• Started all 12 games and completed 382-of-620 passes (61.6%) for 4,295 yards with 37 passing touchdowns and 12 interceptions for a 135.63 passing efficiency rating
• Has been among the nation’s leaders in nearly every passing category throughout the 2016 season including passing attempts (No. 1, 620), total plays (No. 1, 653), passing yards (No. 2, 4295), completions (382, No. 3), passing touchdowns (37, No. T4), points responsible for (260, No. 5), total offense (348.8, No. 5) and points responsible for per game (21.7, No. 6 NCAA)
• Also the Pac-12's leader in passing attempts, total plays and passing yards
• Set Cal single-season records for passing attempts, completions and total plays while equaling three others including touchdowns responsible for (43) with his 37 in the air plus another six on the ground that ties for the most ever by a Cal quarterback as well as 300-yard passing games (10)
• Tossed at least four touchdown passes on six occasions including each of the first five games with a career-high-tying five in three contests at San Diego State, at Arizona State and vs. Oregon
• Had a single rushing touchdown in six different contests vs. Hawai'i, vs. Texas and then in four consecutive games at Oregon State, vs. Oregon, at USC and vs. Washington
• Rushed 33 times for a loss of 110 yards
• Punted seven times for 275 yards and a 39.3 average with a long of 52 yards vs. Stanford while his three punts, 139 yards punting, 46.3 yards per punt average and two punts inside the 20 also against the Cardinal all career bests
• Made his Cal debut by completing 38-of-54 passes for 441 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions to lead the Golden Bears to a victory over Hawai'i in the season-opening College Football Sydney Cup
• Completed 41-of-72 passes in a loss at San Diego State with a career-high-tying five touchdown passes but did also have a career-high-tying three interceptions in his second game at Cal, setting a school record for attempts with his completions two shy of the school's single-game mark and his passing yards third all-time and 20 shy of the school record
• Completed 27-of-40 passes for 396 yards with four touchdowns in a victory over No. 11/16 Texas to earn Rose Bowl Game Pac-12 Player of the Week honors, a Manning Award Star Of The Week and a spot on the Davey O'Brien Quarterback Award "Great 8" list
• Completed 32-of-56 passes for 478 yards with a career-high-tying five touchdowns but was picked off twice in a loss at Arizona State
• Completed 22-of-35 passes for 306 yards with four touchdowns and one interception in a victory over No. 18/18 Utah to earn Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors, a spot on the Davey O'Brien Quarterback Award "Great 8" list and an honorable mention pick on the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week list
• Completed 23-of-44 passes for a season-low 113 yards and no touchdowns for the only time during the season with one interception in a loss at Oregon State
• Completed 42-of-61 passes for 325 yards and a career-high-tying five touchdown passes in a 52-49 double overtime home win over Oregon with the 42 completions one shy of Cal's single-game record of 43 set by Rich Campbell against Florida on Sept. 13, 1980
• Also added a career high six rushing attempts and a Cal career high nine rushing yards as well as a Cal career long eight-yard run against Oregon
• Completed 34-of-53 passes for 333 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in a loss at USC
• Completed 23-of-47 passes for 262 yards with one touchdown and a season-high-tying three interceptions in a loss to Washington
• Completed 34-of-57 passes for 393 yards with two touchdowns including a 70-yarder to Chad Hansen on Cal's first offensive play of the game without an interception in a loss to Stanford
• Completed 32-of-48 passes for 301 yards with two touchdowns without an interception in a victory over UCLA in the season finale
• Had 57 completions of 20 or more yards including a season-long 74-yard touchdown pass to Tre Watson at Arizona State that was the longest completion of his Cal career and the longest Cal play from the line of scrimmage in 2016
• Totaled seven passes of 56 or more yards with the other five all belonging to Demetris Robertson on a 61-yarder vs. Washington, 59-yarders at Washington State and San Diego State, a 57-yarder at Washington State and a 56-yarder vs. Utah
• Selected by Mel Kiper Jr. as the No. 1 senior quarterback for the 2017 NFL Draft in May of 2016
• Enrolled at Cal on May 25, was named the team's starting quarterback on August 4 after three training camp practices and selected one of five team captains on August 20

AT TEXAS TECH (2013-15):
• Graduated from Texas Tech with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science in May of 2016
• Ranked eighth among Texas Tech all-time leaders in passing touchdowns (46); 10th in passing yards (5,557) and touchdowns responsible for (49); and 11th in passing completions (459), passing attempts (747) and total offense (5,567) after the 2015 campaign
• Completed 459-of-747 (61.4%) passes for 5,557 yards with 46 touchdown passes and 22 interceptions over 23 games and 14 starts during his three campaigns with the program
• Set a school record with at least one touchdown pass during his first 18 career games while he had at least two touchdown passes in nine straight games spanning the final contest of his 2013 freshman season and all four of his 2014 sophomore campaign
• Limited to five games off the bench as a 2015 junior, completing 22-of-41 passes for 300 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 131.22 passer efficiency rating
• Completed 211-of-345 passes (61.2%) for 2,539 yards with 24 touchdowns and 13 interceptions for a 138.4 passer efficiency mark over eight games and eight starts as a sophomore with his 317.4 passing yards per game leading the Big 12 and ranking sixth nationally while his 24 scoring throws were third in the conference and 20th in the country, and he was also second in the league in total offense (319.4 ypg)
• Started his sophomore campaign on preseason watch lists for the Maxwell Award honoring the nation's top player, as well as the Davey O’Brien Award and Manning Award recognizing the country's top quarterback
• Also earned second-team All-Big 12 Academic honors as a sophomore
• Began his collegiate career with a stellar season in 2013 when he helped lead Texas Tech to an 8-5 overall record including an upset victory over No. 14 Arizona State in the National University Holiday Bowl as he played in 10 games with six starts and threw for 2,718 yards on 226-of-361 passing (62.6%) with 20 touchdowns and nine interceptions for a 139.1 passer efficiency rating
• Set seven Big 12 freshman records and four school marks for rookies as a freshman when he was an honorable mention Freshman All-American selection of College Football News and won a host of other honors that he capped by earning National University Holiday Bowl Offensive Most Valuable Player recognition completing 28-of-41 passes for 403 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions in a 37-23 win over the Sun Devils, marking one of four occasions in which he threw for over 400 yards and one of six he threw for 300 or more, setting school marks in both categories
• Threw for over 400 yards on three occasions and over 300 yards six times
• Threw for a Big 12 and school freshman record 462 yards at West Virginia as a rookie, while he was also over 400 in the season-opener against Central Arkansas (39-of-52, 452 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT)
• Added games of 300 or more yards passing at No. 24 Oklahoma State (35-of-54, 374, 4 TD, 2 INT), vs. West Virginia (28-of-46, 348 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT) and at No. 10 TCU (15-of-30, 300 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT)
• Also started vs. Kansas (28-of-44, 288 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT), at UTEP (17-of-31, 278 yards, 3 TDs), vs. Arkansas (27-of-45, 252 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT) and at Kansas State (22-of-43, 247 yards, 2 TD)
• Rushed for his lone career touchdown at Texas Tech and one of two overall in his career against Arkansas on a three-yard run ... connected with Bradley Marquez for three touchdowns while posting 278 yards on 17-of-31 passing without throwing an interception at UTEP (9/6)
• Made season debut passing for 452 yards on 39-of-52 passing with four touchdowns and two interceptions against Central Arkansas (8/30) in season opener
• Had a 70-yard completion to Bradley Marquez – marking the longest completion by a Red Raider since 2009 (Steven Sheffield – 72 yards, vs. Kansas State)
• Marked 11th consecutive game with a passing touchdown to start a career (most by a Red Raider in over 15 years)

PERSONAL:
• Full name is Davis Matthew Webb
• Born January 22, 1995
• Parents are Matt and Donna Webb
• Major is public health (master’s)