Malik Willis: QB · Liberty · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Malik Willis
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 307 passing yards and 37 rushing yards against Massachusetts — Week 9, 2021.
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
37.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 14.6% conversion-per-dropback — 45.5% 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
14 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (82.4%). 10 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (37.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Campbell | 15/23 | 217 | 1 | 0 | 9.4 | 88.0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-13@ Troy | 13/18 | 154 | 2 | 0 | 8.6 | 86.0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-17vs Old Dominion | 21/28 | 242 | 4 | 0 | 8.6 | 98.1 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | L 21-24@ Syracuse | 14/19 | 205 | 3 | 0 | 10.8 | 75.7 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | W 36-12@ UAB | 13/19 | 287 | 1 | 0 | 15.1 | 96.7 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-13vs Middle Tennessee | 17/30 | 222 | 2 | 3 | 7.4 | 67.1 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 7 | L 28-31@ UL Monroe | 16/28 | 135 | 1 | 3 | 4.8 | 55.4 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 8 | W 35-26@ North Texas | 12/18 | 217 | 3 | 0 | 12.1 | 60.1 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | W 62-17vs Massachusetts | 19/27 | 307 | 4 | 0 | 11.4 | 71.8 | Season-high 307 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 14-27@ No. 15 Ole Miss | 16/25 | 173 | 0 | 3 | 6.9 | 29.6 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 12 | L 14-42vs No. 22 Louisiana | 14/34 | 162 | 2 | 2 | 4.8 | 19.8 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-31vs Army | 24/46 | 305 | 1 | 1 | 6.6 | 32.7 | |
| Total | 194/315 | 2626 | 24 | 12 | 8.3 | — |
Week 5 · 2021
W 36-12
at UAB
287 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.7 · 144 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD
Dominant 24-point win on the road against UAB.
With M. Morgan — 42.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 3 inside the 20 · D. Douglas — 4 rec · 128 yds
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 306 passing plays (184 completions) against the box score's 339 attempts (207 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.7792 of 204 QBsSack rate
13.1%200 of 204 QBsSacked on 13.1% of dropbacks (200 of 204) — and still 92 of 204 in Adjusted ANY/A.
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 61.1% completion on 339 attempts · 41 deep completions averaging 31.6 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 242 | 2.3 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 195 | 1.7 | 9.7 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 209 | 2.0 | 9.2 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 233 | 2.0 | 8.4 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Hugh Freeze
Pass share
43.1%
381 pass / 504 run
Plays / game
73.8
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
339 pass attempts, 197 carries and 1 catch in 12 games, more passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons, at Auburn and Liberty, 5,178 passing yards — drafted at #86 overall by the Tennessee Titans.
A stat line in 33 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Gus Malzahn and Hugh Freeze.
Next stop · NFL
Tennessee TitansEntering 5th NFL season
Tennessee TitansEntering 5th NFL season
