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Heisman / Players / Hajj-Malik Williams /UNLV

Hajj-Malik Williams

QB · UNLV · Sr · #6

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

CAREER COMPLETEUNLV 2024 — college career complete

QB · UNLV · MOUNTAIN WEST

Hajj-Malik Williams

  • 4
  • #6
  • 6-1 | 205 lb
  • Atlanta, GA

CFB Zeitgeist QB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#14

1.5% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

1.5%

TOP QB AWARD

Davey O'Brien

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 3 · Recognized

R11 · National watch / fringe AA

National watch / fringe All-America. Knocking on the All-America door.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1517 national
CFB
College
UNLV
2024
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#21 in market ▼ from #18 · 6 books

+35002.8% implied▼ lengthened from +3000

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionQB
Class4
Jersey6
Measurements6-1 | 205 lb
HometownAtlanta, GA
Primary teamUNLV

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1517 recruit
Composite rating 0.8389 HighSchool
Signed with Campbell 2022
Origin Life Christian Academy Colonial Heights, VA, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8389 No. 1517 recruit | HighSchool | Campbell

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination UNLV 2024
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 2, 2023
Season Move Context
2024 Campbell -> UNLV 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#14Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#15Where the full season sim points
Win probability1.5%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability60.8%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Campbell

Composite

0.8389

#1517 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Hajj-Malik Williams

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Hajj-Malik Williams

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why this is a two-channel quarterback case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The unusual part of Hajj-Malik Williams's case is that the production comes in two channels, not one. For UNLV, he has 1,941 passing yards and 19 touchdown passes, but he also adds 851 rushing yards and 9 rushing scores. That kind of dual-threat load tends to create a more resilient Heisman case because the offense can tilt the game in multiple ways.

Current place #14 1.5% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 51.1% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Honors spine 1 honors loaded

2024 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

QB season snapshot

2024 season snapshot | final

2024 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Pass yards 1,941 19 TD | 5 INT | #95/382 (75th pct)
Completion rate 59.5% 150/252 completions | #222/383 (42nd pct)
Yards/attempt 7.7 Explosiveness through the air | #111/382 (71st pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Steady volume | Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Steady volumeDual-threat

2024 Season · Final

2024 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
150 73rd
ATT
252 74th
CMP%
59.5% 42nd
Y/A
7.7 71st

Passing Production

YDS
1,941 75th
TD
19 89th
INT
5 32nd

Rushing

CAR
161 97th
YDS
851 98th
YPC
5.3 79th
TD
9 95th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2024UNLV11-3HC: Barry Odom · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2024UNLV15025259.5%1,9417.7195145.1----
Career1 loaded season15025259.5%1,9417.7195145.1----
SeasonTeam
2024UNLV1618515.39--
Career1 loaded season1618515.39--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Rush impact 851 9 rush TD | #11/408 (98th pct)
Usage 51.1% 91.9% pass share | 26.6% rush share | #74/428 (83rd pct)
Passing WEPA +0.36 Opponent-adjusted passing value | #37/200 (82nd pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 1,941 #95/382 75th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 19 #44/407 89th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 150 #104/383 73rd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 59.5% #222/383 42nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 7.7 #111/382 71st pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing yards 851 #11/408 98th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Value Passing WEPA +0.36 #37/200 82nd pct Opponent-adjusted passing value | 293 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Usage Role share 51.1% #74/428 83rd pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 252 #105/407 74th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 5 #276/407 32nd pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Rushing Carries 161 #14/408 97th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing LONG 71 #11/391 97th pct Metricvs FBS QB
Rushing Rush TD 9 #23/408 95th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Rushing Yards / carry 5.3 #85/407 79th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 91.9% #47/428 89th pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 67.9% #58/428 87th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 65.9% #64/428 85th pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 52.4% #62/428 86th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 44.1% #83/428 81st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 43.9% #77/428 82nd pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 26.6% #26/428 94th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS QB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.50 #3/140 99th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 133 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #69/258 74th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · QB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dan Mullen

Pass share

46.5%

423 pass / 487 run

Plays / game

65.0

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.8%

283 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2024

1 coach
2024
Barry Odom
UNLV

Played his entire career under Barry Odom.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownAtlanta, GA
Height6'1"
Weight205 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey6

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2024)

All-Mountain West

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2024 All-Mountain West all_conference UNLV | Mountain West QB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 UNLV QB4 #14 #15 1.5% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 UNLV Mountain West QB 4 No. 6 | 6-1 | 205 lb | Atlanta, GA