Pronounced ran-GELL

A redshirt freshman who started three games and played in four while taking a redshirt in 2022.

2022: Played in four games and started three times while maintaining a redshirt ... Finished the year with 711 passing yards and four touchdowns, completing 59 of 115 pass attempts with five interceptions ... Despite his limited games, his passing yardage total ranked as the third-most among Power Five true freshmen, the eighth-most among FBS true freshmen and the most among Big 12 true freshmen ... Saw his first playing time in the win over UAPB ... Did not complete a pass in the game but had two carries for nine yards ... His next playing time came six games later when he made his first career start at Kansas ... Against KU, he completed 27 of 40 pass attempts for 304 yards and two touchdowns ... His 304 passing yards ranked as the seventh most by a freshman in program history and the most by a freshman quarterback since Wes Lunt had 324 yards on October 27, 2012 ... It also marked the second most by a Cowboy true freshman making his first career start, behind only Aso Pogi’s 328 yards against Iowa State in his first start in 2000 .... Rangel added 14 yards on the ground against the Jayhawks to bring his yards of total offense to 318 ... His next playing time came three games later in a start against West Virginia ... Finished that game with a 178 passing yards ... Started the next game in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl matchup against Wisconsin, passing for 229 yards and a pair of touchdowns ... Threw an 84-yard touchdown on a screen pass to Stephon Johnson Jr. against the Badgers, which marked OSU’s longest play from scrimmage all season ... It was one of his four completions of at least 40 yards and one of his 11 completions of at least 20 yards on the year.

High School: Played for coach Jeff Rayburn at Lone Star … Completed 594-of-862 passes for 9,333 yards and 101 touchdowns during his high school career … Completed 127-of-187 passes for 2,049 yards and 24 touchdowns against just three interceptions as a senior … Added 138 rushing yards and a touchdown as a senior … Earned offensive MVP honors in 2020 and 2021 … The 2019 offensive newcomer of the year and an all-state honorable mention selection … Also competed in basketball and track and field … Selected for the National Honor Society and helped at food banks … A high school teammate of OSU running back Jaden Nixon … An early enrollee who was rated as a four-star prospect, according to ESPN and 247Sports … A member of the ESPN300, coming in as the No. 282 overall prospect in the nation … ESPN ranked him as the No. 46 overall player in Texas … A unanimous selection as one of the top 25 quarterbacks in the nation, as ESPN ranked him No. 14, 247Sports ranked him No. 23 and Rivals had him at No. 25 ... Chose Oklahoma State over offers from Utah, Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Houston and others.

Personal: Garret Rangel was born September 11, 2003, in Irving, Texas … He is the son of Jerry and Christy Rangel … Plans to major in sports media.