Jarret Doege

Jarret Doege (; born December 5, 1997) is an American professional football quarterback. He was most recently a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Bowling Green Falcons, West Virginia Mountaineers and Troy Trojans.

Early life Doege played at Lubbock-Cooper High School in Lubbock, Texas. Although he passed for 3,363 yards and 33 touchdowns during his senior season, he was not heavily recruited. Rated as the No. 55 prostyle quarterback in the country by 247Sports.com, he committed to Bowling Green on March 28, 2016.

College career

Bowling Green As a freshman at Bowling Green, Doege battled with James Morgan throughout the season for the starting quarterback position, eventually winning the job by the end of the season. In seven games, he passed for 1,381 yards, 12 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions.

Doege was named the starting quarterback at Bowling Green for his sophomore season after Morgan's transfer to FIU. In his first season as the starter, he passed for 2,660 yards, 27 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions.

West Virginia On May 8, 2019, Doege announced that he was entering the transfer portal and leaving Bowling Green. Eight days later, he committed to West Virginia under head coach Neal Brown, who had coached his brother Seth as an offensive coordinator at Texas Tech. He was redshirted, but he was able to play in four games under the NCAA's new transfer rules. Playing behind starter Austin Kendall, he passed for 818 yards, 7 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions. During the 2020 season, he threw for 2,587 yards, 14 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions while West Virginia finished with a 6–4 record. On December 31, 2021, Doege announced he would enter the transfer portal once again.

Western Kentucky On January 16, 2022, Doege announced he would transfer to Western Kentucky. However, he lost the quarterback competition during fall camp, and would enter the transfer portal for the third time.

Troy On August 18, 2022, Doege announced he would transfer to Troy. During the season, Troy beat Western Kentucky 34–27 on October 1. Doege came in the game for injured starter Gunnar Watson and completed 7 of 8 passes for 71 yards and 2 touchdowns. Doege referenced a similar quote by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith when he said, "They wrote me off, I didn't write back though." via Instagram after the game.

Professional career

Edmonton Elks Doege signed with Edmonton Elks on April 3, 2023. In his first career start, on June 30, 2023, Doege completed 19 of 33 pass attempts for 223 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions in the loss to the Ottawa Redblacks. He dressed in 16 regular season games, starting in one, where he completed 42 of 65 pass attempts for 587 yards, four touchdowns, and four interceptions.

In 2024, Doege dressed in just four regular season games, completing one of three pass attempts for six yards. He was released shortly before 2025 training camp on May 2, 2025.

Toronto Argonauts On May 27, 2025, it was announced that Doege had signed with the Toronto Argonauts. With the injury to the team's incumbent starter, Chad Kelly, Doege served as the primary backup to Nick Arbuckle to begin the season. By week 15, he had taken one snap all season, a one-yard rushing touchdown, but was thurst into action against his former team, the Elks, in the fourth quarter when Arbuckle had to sit out due to a calf injury. Arbuckle returned sooner than expected for the team's next game, against the BC Lions, and started the following game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. However, Arbuckle was injured on the team's first drive of that game, with Doege taking over. He completed 34 of 49 pass attempts for 324 yards with two touchdowns, but also threw four interceptions and was sacked seven times in the loss to the Tiger-Cats. Soon after the game, the Argonauts announced that Arbuckle would be out for the rest of the season and that Doege would be the starter for the next game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

On May 13, 2026, Doege was released by the Argonauts.

BC Lions On May 15, 2026, Doege signed with the BC Lions. On May 31, Doege was released by Lions, during their final cuts before the start of the 2026 CFL season.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats On July 8, 2026, Doege signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after an injury to Bo Levi Mitchell. He dressed in one game and was later released on August 25.

Career statistics CFL Year Team Games Passing Rushing 2023 EDM 16 1 0–1 42 65 64.6 587 9.0 4 4 88.4 7 18 2.6 0 2024 EDM 4 0 — 1 3 33.3 6 2.0 0 0 42.4 1 4 4.0 0 2025 TOR 18 3 0–3 97 142 68.3 905 6.4 4 7 74.4 9 29 3.2 1 Career 38 4 0–4 140 210 66.7 1,498 7.1 8 11 78.2 17 52 3.1 1

College Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD INT Rtg Att Yds Avg TD 2017 Bowling Green 7 6 1–5 120 188 63.8 1,381 7.3 12 3 143.4 30 -74 -2.5 2 2018 Bowling Green 12 12 3–9 242 389 62.2 2,660 6.8 27 12 136.4 51 -188 -3.7 2 2019 West Virginia 4 3 2–1 79 120 65.8 818 6.8 7 3 137.3 11 -41 -3.7 0 2020 West Virginia 10 10 6–4 239 374 63.9 2,587 6.9 14 4 132.2 40 -101 -2.5 2 2021 West Virginia 13 13 6–7 272 417 65.2 3,048 7.3 19 12 135.9 66 -134 -2.0 1 2022 Troy 7 2 2–0 44 64 68.8 575 9.0 5 3 160.6 14 -39 -2.8 0 Career 53 46 20–26 996 1,552 64.2 11,069 7.1 84 37 137.2 212 -577 -2.8 7

Personal life Doege's older brother, Seth, is a college offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at The University of Arizona and was a player at Texas Tech.