Malik Washington

#7 · QB · Maryland6′5″ · 227 lb · Glen Burnie, MD · Archbishop Spalding

ZPR4279th of 119 QBs Last gameL 17–20vs Illinois · Oct 31

Nextat PurdueSat Nov 7 · 12:30 pm ET

Graded Shaky or Rough in each of the last two games.

Last game: L 17-20 vs Illinois, Oct 31 · 19 of 29 for 190 yards, an interception · 5 carries for 25 yards, a rushing touchdown. Started all eight of Maryland’s games.

Maryland’s next game: at Purdue, Sat Nov 7, 12:30 p.m. ET · BTN

Maryland has lost six straight in the games played. A short-game passer.

Strongest: sacked on 3% of dropbacks, 23rd lowest of 158 starters. Weakest: 6.2 yards an attempt, 21st lowest of 158 starters.

Plays most like Moss ’25, Louisville 2025.

Passing yards

1,805

174 of 289, 60%

TD–INT

9–7

6.2 per throw

NCAA rating

118.1

108th of 119

ZPR

79th of 119

How ZPR works

Shaky or worse in 5 of 8 graded games.

Best by our grade: at UConn. Lowest: at Ohio State. Biggest game: at Ohio State, No. 5. Costliest play: Interception, returned for a touchdown, at Nebraska, Q2 2:41. Win chance 39% to 17%.

Tap a game for its plays

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Hampton

W 62–0·FCS

Rough

186 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 4 · Sacked 0

Malik Washington’s heisman campaign starts now!
Maryland fan

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

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at UConn

W 38–14·Unranked

Great

Steady all game · 347 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 3 · Sacked 1

Malik Washington looks bad
Maryland fan

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 21 points of win chance. Win chance: 25% to 46%.

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Virginia Tech

L 26–35·Unranked

Great

359 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · Rush 4 for 16 · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 24 points of win chance. Win chance: 23% to 47%.

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UCLA

L 3–54·Unranked

Shaky

142 yds, 0 TD, 4 INT · Rush 6 for -2 · Interceptions cost about 12 points of win chance · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q3 interception cost the team 12 points of win chance. Win chance: 12% to 0%.

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at Nebraska

L 23–48·Unranked

Solid

Slow start, strong finish · 254 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 10 for 16 · A second-quarter interception took the team's chance of winning from 71% to 46% · Sacked 0

Malik Washington is an awful runner. Just jogging out there. Go. Upfield!
Maryland fan

Biggest swing: a Q2 interception cost the team 26 points of win chance. It flipped the game against the team: 71% to 46%.

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at Ohio State

L 16–45·Ranked #5

Rough

64 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for 19, 1 TD · Sacked 0

Malik Washington f------ sucks. Easy throw after easy throw missed.
Maryland fan

Biggest swing: a Q2 run added 22 points of win chance. Win chance: 21% to 42%.

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Rutgers

L 30–37·Unranked

Rough

Passing grade only · Carried by the second quarter · 263 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 9 for 56 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 16 points of win chance. Win chance: 62% to 78%.

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Illinois

L 17–20·Unranked

Shaky

Slow start, strong finish · 190 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 5 for 25, 1 TD · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q3 completion added 25 points of win chance. Win chance: 60% to 84%.

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Season

Gets better after halftime

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Short-game passer

Also: yards after catch

Why this word

Runs4.2 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws7.0 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes61% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks3% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws shorter than most and runs some. 4.2 carries a game. Closest matches: Moss ’25, Kim, Vattiato ’25, Jackson.

Where the throws go

Behind the line20%typical 17%

Short50%typical 47%

Middle20%typical 22%

Deep9%typical 14%

Runs 4.2 times a game; 51% of starters run more.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Moss ’25 Louisville 2025 · Short-game passer
2,679 yards, 16 TD, 7 INT. Both throw short and score less.
Kim Eastern Michigan · Balanced
1,678 yards, 11 TD, 4 INT so far. Both hit few big plays and are less efficient.
Vattiato ’25 Middle Tennessee 2025 · Balanced
2,157 yards, 16 TD, 7 INT. Both score less and hit few big plays.
Jackson Arkansas · Mobile passer
1,673 yards, 7 TD, 5 INT so far. Both score less and are less efficient.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

RecordMaryland is 2-6.
What fans say
Over the last few games, Maryland fans have been down on Washington's running.
“Malik Washington runs with zero urgency whatsoever”
“On the "bright" side, Malik Washington has absolutely destroyed his own transfer odds. Side note, dumb play by #12”
“Malik Washington looks bad”
From r/CFB game threads. Read by AI.

What’s being said

3 stories in the last 30 days, from 3 outlets.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Maryland football has ‘no doubt’ about quarterback Malik Washington

Baltimore Sun +1 Oct 6

All 42 stories this season

His most important play this season

Q1, 3:24 · Maryland down 7, ties itMaryland scores a touchdownMaryland at UConn, week 2Q1, 3:24 · Maryland 7, UConn 76060-yard touchdown pass6060-yard touchdown pass60-yard touchdown passM.Washington pass complete short right to N.Abdul-Rahim Gladding caught at UC45, for 60 yards to the UC00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play CBS Sports College Football

All 10 of his plays on video

Malik Washington

QB · Maryland · #7

Two seasons in the Maryland quarterback room to date. First career honor, 2025: Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week. One game to point at: 359 passing yards and 16 rushing yards against Virginia Tech — Week 3, 2026.

1,805 passing yards · 9 passing TD · 137 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Maryland	174	289	60.2%	1,805	6.2	9	7	118.1	42
2025	Maryland	273	473	57.7%	2,963	6.3	17	9	118.4	33
Career		447	762	58.7%	4,768	6.3	26	16	118.3	36

Season	Team
2026	Maryland	45	137	3.0	2	21
2025	Maryland	55	317	5.8	4	73
Career		100	454	4.5	6	73

Last game (Wk 9): 190 passing yards, 1 interception.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 62-0vs Hampton	Rough	19/31	186	1	0	6.0	—	0	4
Wk 2	W 38-14@ UConn	Great	34/41	347	2	0	8.5	73.9	1	3	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 3	L 26-35vs Virginia Tech	Great	30/43	359	3	0	8.3	77.7	2	16	Season-high 359 yds
Wk 4	L 3-54vs UCLA	Shaky	18/38	142	0	4	3.7	3.7	2	-2	4 INTs — rough day
Wk 5	L 23-48@ Nebraska	Solid	23/44	254	1	2	5.8	23.1	0	16
Wk 6	L 16-45@ No. 5 Ohio State	Rough	12/25	64	0	0	2.6	62.6	0	19
Wk 7	L 30-37vs Rutgers	Rough	19/38	263	2	0	6.9	44.3	1	56	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 9	L 17-20vs Illinois	Shaky	19/29	190	0	1	6.6	64.0	1	25
Total			174/289	1805	9	7	6.2	—	7	137

The latest game

Oct. 31 · L 17-20 vs Illinois, play by play

19 of 29 for 190 yards and an interception. He was 6 of 12 on third and fourth down.

3 of 9 of his drives scored
6 of 12 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
4 runs for 36 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
TD1 of 1, 16 yds12
Int2 of 6, 38 yds34
Second quarterbegan up 7-0
Punt1 of 3, 14 yds
Punt1 of 2, 1 yds
Third quarterbegan tied 7-7
TD5 of 5, 45 yds
Punt4 of 5, 36 yds
Punt1 of 1, 1 yds
Fourth quarterbegan up 14-10
FG3 of 3, 28 yds
Punt1 of 3, 11 yds
FinalL 17-20

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
21-yard run. First quarter, tied 0-0.
2
8-yard touchdown run on 3rd and 4. First quarter, made it 7-0.
3
17-yard completion to Kaleb Webb on 3rd and 4. First quarter, up 7-0. Converted.
4
Intercepted on 3rd and 8. First quarter, up 7-0. Picked off by Illinois’s Tanner Heckel.

The season, game by game

L 17-20 vs IllinoisOct. 31190 yds19 of 29, 1 INTPlay by play just above

L 30-37 vs RutgersOct. 17263 yds19 of 38, 2 TD

Play by playOn the field

19 of 38 for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was 4 of 14 on third and fourth down.

4 of 10 of his drives scored
4 of 14 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
8 runs for 63 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt2 of 6, 26 yds12
TD4 of 5, 45 yds
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds
Second quarterbegan tied 7-7
TD2 of 2, 16 yds
TD1 of 1, 19 yds
Third quarterbegan up 23-13
Missed FG2 of 4, 27 yds
Punt—
Fourth quarterbegan tied 23-23
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds
TD4 of 7, 95 yds3
Downs4 of 9, 35 yds4
FinalL 30-37

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
No gain on 3rd and 1. First quarter, tied 0-0.
2
1-yard run on 4th and 1. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
3
48-yard completion to Chris Durr Jr. on 4th and 4. Fourth quarter, down 37-23. Converted.
4
Incomplete to Dorian Fleming on 4th and 3. Fourth quarter, down 37-30. Turnover on downs.

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leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

6 more games, with the play by play

L 16-45 at Ohio StateOct. 1064 yds12 of 25Box score only

12 of 25 for 64 yards.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 23-48 at NebraskaOct. 3254 yds23 of 44, 1 TD, 2 INTBox score only

23 of 44 for 254 yards, a touchdown and 2 interceptions.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 3-54 vs UCLASept. 26142 yds18 of 38, 4 INTBox score only

18 of 38 for 142 yards and 4 interceptions.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 26-35 vs Virginia TechSept. 19359 yds30 of 43, 3 TD

Play by playOn the field

30 of 43 for 359 yards and 3 touchdowns. He was 4 of 10 on third and fourth down.

4 of 9 of his drives scored
4 of 10 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice
2 runs for 22 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt1 of 2, 13 yds1
Second quarterbegan down 7-0
TD3 of 4, 70 yds2
Punt3 of 6, 27 yds
TD3 of 3, 60 yds
Half3 of 3, 17 yds
Third quarterbegan down 27-14
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
Downs4 of 7, 32 yds3
TD7 of 9, 54 yds
Fourth quarterbegan down 35-14
TD6 of 8, 86 yds
FinalL 26-35

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
Incomplete to Preston Howard on 3rd and 9. First quarter, down 7-0.
2
44-yard completion to Kaleb Webb. Second quarter, down 13-0.
3
Incomplete to Iverson Howard on 4th and 7. Third quarter, down 35-14. Turnover on downs.

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leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

W 38-14 at UConnSept. 12347 yds34 of 41, 2 TDBox score only

34 of 41 for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

W 62-0 vs HamptonSept. 5186 yds19 of 31, 1 TDBox score only

19 of 31 for 186 yards and a touchdown.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	at UConn	W 38-14 · Graded great · Steady all game · 347 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 3 · Sacked 1
Lowest by our grade	at Ohio State	L 16-45 · Graded rough · 64 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for 19, 1 TD · Sacked 0
Biggest game	at Ohio State	No. 5 at kickoff · L 16-45 · Graded rough · 64 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for 19, 1 TD · Sacked 0
Costliest play	at Nebraska	Interception, returned for a touchdown, Q2 2:41 · Win chance 39% to 17%

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Big Ten
Passing yards	1,805	41st of 370	8th of 50
Yards an attempt	6.2	T-134th of 152	21st of 22
Touchdown passes	9	T-79th of 370	T-12th of 50
Passer rating	118.1	134th of 152	22nd of 22
Completion percentage	60.2	T-110th of 152	T-16th of 22
Rushing yards	137	88th of 370	8th of 50
Rushing touchdowns	2	T-71st of 370	T-5th of 50

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game.

All Big Ten quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Jayden Maiava	2,525	20	5	296	8.5
2	Julian Sayin	2,007	19	4	192	10.5
3	Ryan Browne	1,964	11	5	250	7.9
4	Aidan Chiles	1,898	13	1	202	9.4
5	Josh Hoover	1,860	19	2	206	9.0
6	Rocco Becht	1,839	13	5	234	7.9
7	Anthony Colandrea	1,824	15	7	263	6.9
8	Malik Washington	1,805	9	7	289	6.2
9	Katin Houser	1,663	13	5	216	7.7
10	Drake Lindsey	1,592	10	6	259	6.1
11	Demond Williams Jr.	1,495	9	3	187	8.0
12	Colton Joseph	1,346	11	5	187	7.2
13	Alessio Milivojevic	1,263	7	3	185	6.8
14	Hank Brown	1,190	8	3	169	7.0
15	Dylan Raiola	1,097	9	2	145	7.6
16	Dylan Lonergan	1,066	10	6	127	8.4
17	Nico Iamaleava	982	4	4	116	8.5
18	Dante Moore	926	9	0	99	9.4
19	Bryce Underwood	924	5	6	124	7.5
20	Elijah Brown	714	7	3	99	7.2
21	Ty Dieffenbach	683	3	1	100	6.8
22	AJ Surace	662	7	5	83	8.0
23	Tommy Carr	503	2	1	68	7.4
24	Jeremy Hecklinski	472	4	2	67	7.0
25	Luke Fahey	463	3	2	51	9.1
26	Grant Wilson	230	3	0	22	10.5
27	Brock Thomas	228	1	1	40	5.7
28	Michael Clayton II	172	4	0	26	6.6
29	Jonas Williams	126	0	1	14	9.0
30	Alex Manske	102	0	0	14	7.3
31	Evans Chuba	96	1	0	14	6.9
32	Ryan Hopkins	93	0	1	13	7.2
33	TJ Lateef	82	1	0	11	7.5
34	Leo Hannan	67	0	1	15	4.5
35	Cardell Williams	63	1	0	7	9.0
36	Cam Fancher	59	0	1	11	5.4
37	Tavien St. Clair	52	1	1	7	7.4
38	Max Shikenjanski	50	0	0	3	16.7
39	Sean Ashenfelder	50	0	1	10	5.0
40	Kayd Coffman	42	1	1	10	4.2
41	Jack Capaldi	35	0	0	2	17.5
42	Brady Palmer	34	0	0	6	5.7
43	Akili Smith Jr.	31	0	0	4	7.8
44	Jimmy Sullivan	13	0	0	4	3.2
45	Tyler Cherry	10	0	0	3	3.3
46	Connor Barry	8	0	0	2	4.0
47	Carson Boyd	5	0	0	1	5.0
48	Madden Iamaleava	0	0	0	1	0.0
49	Nicco Marchiol	0	0	0	1	0.0
50	Daniel Kaelin	-1	0	0	2	-0.5

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Passing yards1,8058th in the Big Ten this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -5 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Durr and Webb saw 129 of the 287 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Chris Durr Jr.	81	58	638	7.2	6.8
Kaleb Webb	48	24	319	11.9	4.0
Dorian Fleming	35	23	213	5.4	4.2
DeJuan Williams	20	10	88	0.7	10.7
Iverson Howard	13	9	48	-0.8	7.6
10 others	47	28	220	4.7	4.4
No receiver charted	43	All six interceptions are among these

Play by play: 287 passes, 173 caught, 1,798 yards; the box score counts 289 attempts. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

174/289 (60.2%) · 9 TD · 7 INT

288 of 289 attempts matched to play-by-play

286 of 288 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 288 passing plays (173 completions) against the box score's 289 attempts (174 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

5.42136 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

2.7%24 of 185 QBs

Rarely sacked (24 of 185), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (136 of 185).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

21% of attempts (59)

86%comp

Air -3.5 · YAC 9.5 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

50% of attempts (142)

59%comp4 INT

Air 4.3 · YAC 4.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

21% of attempts (59)

53%comp1 INT

Air 13.5 · YAC 4.8 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

9% of attempts (26)

23%comp1 INT

Air 29.4 · YAC 5.0 avg

Overall 60.2% completion on 289 attempts · 23% completion on 26 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2026 baseline

No situation moves him more than 10 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

+4 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/106 (1.9%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 2

+4 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/79 (3.8%) · league sack rate 5.0%

Down 3+

-10 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/70 (2.9%) · league sack rate 8.3%

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.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Mike Locksley, all pass-leaning offenses — 6-14 over that span.

2025Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning

2026Maryland2-6HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 29 (#130 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

29Below cohort / limited sample #130 of 145?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sack rate (90th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (92nd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#16 / 157 · 90th pct

2.7%

Interception rate#93 / 157 · 41st pct

2.4%

Success rate#93 / 157 · 41st pct

40.3%

EPA / dropback#135 / 157 · 14th pct

-0.01

Explosive rate#143 / 157 · 9th pct

6.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 142 · 92nd pct

Pass yards#42 / 159 · 74th pct

1805

Rush yards#73 / 159 · 54th pct

137

Rush TDs#57 / 159 · 52nd pct

Pass TDs#81 / 159 · 45th pct

Completion %#114 / 159 · 28th pct

60.2%

Yards / att#138 / 159 · 13th pct

6.2

Interceptions#133 / 159 · 12th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

39th → 14th percentile

Success rate

42nd → 41st percentile

Explosive rate

17th → 9th percentile

Sack rate

96th → 90th percentile

Interception rate

68th → 41st 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 255 dropbacks

42Zeitgeist Passer Rating79th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 118.1 108th of 119 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 29 places higher than passer rating does: passer rating cannot see sacks, and a sack comes on only 2.7% of dropbacks.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

45.7%40th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.6% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.6719th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.2 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

3.1%88th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.4% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (41 of 296 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	228	1.2	6.3	1.0
Road3g	222	1.0	5.6	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	231	1.3	6.0	0.9
Weeks 8+1g	190	0.0	6.6	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

Pass share

56.1%

298 pass / 233 run

Plays / game

66.4

8 games

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Maryland’s quarterbacks

Malik Washington	Threw in all 8 games · 174 of 289, 1,805 yds, 9 TD, 7 INT · 6.2 yards an attempt on 289 attempts · ran for 137 yds, 2 TD
Cardell Williams	Threw in 3 of 8 games · 6 of 7, 63 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · 9.0 yards an attempt on 7 attempts · ran for 71 yds, 0 TD
Jack Capaldi	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 2 of 2, 35 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 17.5 yards an attempt on 2 attempts · ran for -4 yds, 0 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Malik Washington. Gray: Cardell Williams, Jack Capaldi. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Hampton@ UConnVirginia TechUCLA@ Nebraska@ Ohio StateRutgersIllinois

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Impact starter

289 pass attempts and 45 carries in 8 games, more passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

29 · #130 of 145 QBs

Former four-star. Now #130 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #10 of 19 Big Ten QBs

How the All-Big Ten base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

Malik Washington

Style of play

This week

What’s being said

His most important play this season

In the news in the last 30 days

In the news this season

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Two seasons at Maryland

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