Hajj-Malik Williams: QB · UNLV · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Hajj-Malik Williams
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Transferred to UNLV from Campbell. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Mountain West. A game that shows it: 244 passing yards and 29 rushing yards against San Diego State — Week 12, 2024.
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
46.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 23.5% conversion-per-dropback — 42.9% 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 30 inside-the-5 carries (23.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Las Vegas Review-Journal Oct 21Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UNLV | 150 | 252 | 59.5% | 1,941 | 7.7 | 19 | 5 | 145.1 | 41 |
| Career | 150 | 252 | 59.5% | 1,941 | 7.7 | 19 | 5 | 145.1 | 41 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UNLV | 161 | 851 | 5.3 | 9 | 71 |
| Career | 161 | 851 | 5.3 | 9 | 71 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 72-14vs Utah Tech | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 59-14vs Fresno State | 13/16 | 182 | 3 | 0 | 11.4 | 87.7 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | L 41-44vs Syracuse | 21/25 | 227 | 3 | 1 | 9.1 | 80.3 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | W 50-34@ Utah State | 13/20 | 233 | 3 | 0 | 11.7 | 71.5 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 8 | W 33-25@ Oregon State | 15/27 | 196 | 1 | 1 | 7.3 | 63.5 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-29vs No. 17 Boise State | 12/21 | 179 | 2 | 1 | 8.5 | 74.3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-27@ Hawai'i | 13/27 | 175 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 | 58.9 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-20vs San Diego State | 20/29 | 244 | 1 | 0 | 8.4 | 43.2 | Season-high 244 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 27-16@ San José State | 11/20 | 131 | 1 | 1 | 6.6 | 52.5 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-14vs Nevada | 14/21 | 168 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 91.9 | |
| Wk 15 | L 7-21@ No. 10 Boise State | 13/28 | 110 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 | 27.2 | |
 Bowl | W 24-13vs California | 5/18 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 29.9 | |
| Total | 150/252 | 1941 | 19 | 5 | 7.7 | — |
Week 5 · 2024
W 59-14
vs Fresno State
182 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.7 · 119 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 45-point win at home against Fresno State.
With J. Thomas — 30 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 4 yds · J. De Jesus — 2 rec · 50 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 247 passing plays (145 completions) against the box score's 252 attempts (150 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.0769 of 205 QBsSack rate
8.7%172 of 205 QBsSacked on 8.7% of dropbacks (172 of 205) — and still 69 of 205 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 59.5% completion on 252 attempts · 26 deep completions averaging 30.7 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2024 baseline
No situation moves him more than 41 percentile points from his baseline.
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 167 | 1.8 | 9.1 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 169 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 148 | 2.2 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 172 | 1.1 | 7.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Pass share
33.8%
308 pass / 604 run
Plays / game
65.1
14 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #48 at the position.
How it ended
One season at UNLV, 1,941 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM
All-Mountain West 2nd team (2024)
