Malik Cunningham: QB · Louisville · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Malik Cunningham
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. The five seasons at Louisville span two head coaches: Lorenzo Ward and Scott Satterfield. The first one came in 2021: ACC Quarterback Player of the Week. One game to point at: 243 passing yards and 127 rushing yards against Florida State — Week 3, 2022.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
40.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 21.2% conversion-per-dropback — 46.2% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
7 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (35.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Louisville | 136 | 218 | 62.4% | 1,568 | 7.2 | 8 | 5 | 130.3 | 50 |
| 2021 | Louisville | 209 | 337 | 62.0% | 2,941 | 8.7 | 19 | 6 | 150.4 | 73 |
| 2020 | Louisville | 195 | 303 | 64.4% | 2,617 | 8.6 | 20 | 12 | 150.8 | 50 |
| 2019 | Louisville | 112 | 179 | 62.6% | 2,065 | 11.5 | 22 | 5 | 194.4 | 80 |
| 2018 | Louisville | 40 | 67 | 59.7% | 473 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 120.9 | 39 |
| Career | 692 | 1,104 | 62.7% | 9,664 | 8.8 | 70 | 29 | 151.9 | 62 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Louisville | 114 | 565 | 5.0 | 12 | 43 |
| 2021 | Louisville | 173 | 1,031 | 6.0 | 20 | 72 |
| 2020 | Louisville | 131 | 608 | 4.6 | 7 | 47 |
| 2019 | Louisville | 122 | 482 | 4.0 | 6 | 48 |
| 2018 | Louisville | 79 | 497 | 6.3 | 5 | 75 |
| Career | 619 | 3,183 | 5.1 | 50 | 75 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-31@ Syracuse | 16/22 | 152 | 0 | 2 | 6.9 | 25.6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-14@ UCF | 14/29 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 72.3 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-35vs Florida State | 21/34 | 243 | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 62.0 | Season-high 243 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 41-3vs South Florida | 14/22 | 186 | 1 | 0 | 8.5 | 99.4 | |
| Wk 5 | L 33-34@ Boston College | 19/28 | 186 | 1 | 0 | 6.6 | 80.4 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-10vs Pittsburgh | 10/21 | 122 | 2 | 1 | 5.8 | 58.0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-21vs No. 10 Wake Forest | 15/23 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 70.0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-10vs James Madison | 14/20 | 223 | 3 | 0 | 11.2 | 52.3 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 11 | L 16-31@ No. 12 Clemson | 10/13 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 72.9 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-26@ Kentucky | 3/6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 32.9 | |
| Total | 136/218 | 1568 | 8 | 5 | 7.2 | — |
Week 3 · 2022
L 31-35
243 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 62.0 · 127 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD
With M. Vassett — 46.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 4 inside the 20 · J. Jordan — 91 rush yds (17 car)
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 212 passing plays (133 completions) against the box score's 218 attempts (136 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.05116 of 206 QBsSack rate
7.2%146 of 206 QBsSacked on 7.2% of dropbacks (146 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (116 of 206).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 62.4% completion on 218 attempts · 18 deep completions averaging 31.1 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 188 | 1.4 | 7.9 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 126 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 194 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 120 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
41.8%
368 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
67.7
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
218 pass attempts, 114 carries and 1 catch in 10 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Louisville, 9,664 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Petrino → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
