#11

Hayden Wolff

Former quarterback at Western Michigan. 2024: 2,410 passing yards, 18 TD, 8 INT.

QB · Western Michigan · Sr. · #11

6′5″ · 235 lb · Venice, FL

CFB Index 40 · #88 of 137 QBsHigh confidenceWestern Michigan 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former quarterback at Western Michigan. 2024: 2,410 passing yards, 18 TD, 8 INT.

Transferred from Old Dominion to Western Michigan in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Western Michigan, 9,504 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20238 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019

Tim Lester

Western Michigan

2021–2022

Tim Lester

Western Michigan

2023–2024

Lance Taylor

Western Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tim Lester → Lance Taylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Old Dominion1-11HC: Bobby Wilder · Balanced

2021Old Dominion6-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Old Dominion3-9HC: Ricky Rahne · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2023Western Michigan4-8HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning

2024Western Michigan6-7HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Below cohort / limited sample #88 of 137?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (88th percentile). Strength: epa / dropback (83rd percentile). Concern: rush yards (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#21 / 169 · 88th pct

47.4%

EPA / dropback#30 / 169 · 83rd pct

0.33

Interception rate#42 / 169 · 75th pct

1.4%

Explosive rate#63 / 169 · 63rd pct

10.8%

Sack rate#105 / 169 · 38th pct

6.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#22 / 165 · 87th pct

66.7%

Pass TDs#47 / 165 · 68th pct

Yards / att#57 / 165 · 63rd pct

7.7

Pass yards#77 / 165 · 54th pct

2410

Fumbles lost#68 / 159 · 44th pct

Interceptions#92 / 165 · 40th pct

Rush TDs#137 / 165 · 9th pct

Rush yards#162 / 165 · 2nd pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

27th → 83rd percentile

Success rate

45th → 88th percentile

Explosive rate

23rd → 63rd percentile

Sack rate

29th → 38th percentile

Interception rate

29th → 75th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

203/296 (68.6%) · 18 TD · 8 INT

296 of 312 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

6.8581 of 205 QBs

Sack rate

6.3%121 of 205 QBs

Sacked on 6.3% of dropbacks (121 of 205) — and still 81 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 yds

52%of completions

105 comp4.8 yds avg4 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

33%of completions

66 comp13.8 yds avg5 TD

Deep

20+ yds

16%of completions

32 comp29.9 yds avg6 TD

Overall 68.6% completion on 296 attempts · 32 deep completions averaging 29.9 yds.

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2024 baseline

No situation moves him more than 19 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

+19 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 7/101 (6.9%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 2

-16 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/82 (7.3%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 3+

-8 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/83 (4.8%) · league sack rate 8.1% · ~our read

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	201	1.8	9.2	0.8
Road7g	172	1.0	6.7	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	185	1.4	8.2	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	186	1.3	7.4	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #88 of 137 QBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Western Michigan	208	312	66.7%	2,410	7.7	18	8	145.5	66	--	--
2023	Western Michigan	148	226	65.5%	1,505	6.7	8	5	128.7	36	--	--
2022	Old Dominion	234	409	57.2%	2,919	7.1	18	6	128.8	22	--	--
2021	Old Dominion	159	253	62.8%	1,933	7.6	10	7	134.5	42	--	--
2019	Old Dominion	75	129	58.1%	737	5.7	2	3	106.6	--	--	--
Career		824	1,329	62.0%	9,504	7.2	56	29	131.6	39	--	--

Season	Team
2024	Western Michigan	39	-101	-2.6	0	--
2023	Western Michigan	44	17	0.4	2	--
2022	Old Dominion	62	-74	-1.2	1	--
2021	Old Dominion	14	-92	-6.6	0	--
2019	Old Dominion	12	-10	-0.8	0	--
Career		171	-260	-1.5	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024

W 59–31

vs Bethune-Cookman

305 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 87.1 · -2 rush yds (2 car)

Dominant 28-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With J. Nixon — 189 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · A. Sambucci — 4 rec · 103 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Bethune-Cookman · 2&17 · Q2 · EPA +4.68Hayden Wolff pass complete to Devaughn Mortimer for 38 yds for a TD (Luka Zurak KICK)
Week 3 · Bethune-Cookman · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.18Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 54 yds for a TD (Luka Zurak KICK)
Week 11 · Northern Illinois · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA -4.18Hayden Wolff pass intercepted Nate Valcarcel return for 24 yds to the NIU 29
Week 6 · Ball State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.35Hayden Wolff pass complete to Malique Dieudonne for 43 yds for a TD (Luka Zurak KICK)
Week 1 · Wisconsin · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.33Hayden Wolff pass complete to Malique Dieudonne for 23 yds to the WIS 33 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Kent State · 1&20 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Hayden Wolff pass complete to Jordin Parker for 38 yds to the KENT 20 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Ball State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Hayden Wolff pass complete to Kenneth Womack for 32 yds to the BALL 41 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Buffalo · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.28Hayden Wolff pass complete to Kenneth Womack for 41 yds to the BUF 16 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Buffalo · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.25Hayden Wolff pass complete to Malique Dieudonne for 21 yds to the BUF 30 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Bowling Green · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.23Hayden Wolff pass complete to Kenneth Womack for 12 yds to the BGSU 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 14-28@ Wisconsin	12/18	141	0	1	7.8	56.0
Wk 2	L 0-56@ Ohio State	8/15	71	0	0	4.7	48.3
Wk 3	W 59-31vs Bethune-Cookman	15/19	305	3	1	16.1	87.1	Season-high 305 yds
Wk 5	L 20-27@ Marshall	15/28	126	1	0	4.5	33.9
Wk 6	W 45-42@ Ball State	26/29	264	3	0	9.1	79.5	3 TD passes
Wk 7	W 34-24vs Akron	17/25	191	2	0	7.6	56.0
Wk 8	W 48-41@ Buffalo	20/31	280	3	0	9.0	80.8	3 TD passes
Wk 9	W 52-21vs Kent State	15/21	208	3	1	9.9	70.7	3 TD passes
Wk 11	L 28-42vs Northern Illinois	14/27	179	1	2	6.6	35.0
Wk 12	L 13-31@ Bowling Green	24/32	197	0	2	6.2	19.9
Wk 13	L 14-16@ Central Michigan	13/23	126	0	0	5.5	9.9
Wk 14	W 26-18vs Eastern Michigan	12/17	126	1	0	7.4	34.0
Bowl	L 23-30vs South Alabama	17/27	196	1	1	7.3	—
Total		208/312	2410	18	8	7.8	50.9

How he plays

Play style

Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

63.6%Completion %

16.7%Conversion/dropback

71.4%Land short of sticks

0INTs

63.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 16.7% conversion-per-dropback — 71.4% 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. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

1/29Inside-5 share

1 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (3.4%).