Micah Alejado

#12 · QB · Hawai'i5′10″ · 180 lb · Las Vegas, NV · Bishop Gorman

ZPR32100th of 119 QBsLast gameW 56–21at Northern Illinois · Oct 24
Nextat UTEPSat Nov 7 · 9:30 pm ET

Graded Solid or better in each of the last two games.

Last game: W 56-21 at Northern Illinois, Oct 24 · 22 of 32 for 323 yards, 3 touchdowns, an interception. Started all eight of Hawai'i’s games.

Hawai'i’s next game: at UTEP, Sat Nov 7, 9:30 p.m. ET · FS1

Hawai'i is 2-6 in the eight games played. A balanced passer.

Weakest: a touchdown on 2.6% of throws, 15th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

2,186

202 of 337, 60%

TD–INT

9–6

6.5 per throw

NCAA rating

119.7

104th of 119

ZPR

32

100th of 119

How ZPR works

Solid or better in 4 of 8 graded games.

Best by our grade: at Northern Illinois. Lowest: UNLV, with 1 interception and sacked 5 times. Best play: Completion for 29 yards, touchdown, at Stanford, Q4 4:06. Win chance 34% to 56%.

Tap a game for its plays

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Season

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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. 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

Balanced

Why this word
Runs2.5 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws8.5 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes59% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks6% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws at a middling depth and runs some. 2.5 carries a game. Closest matches: Cutforth ’25, Jenkins ’25, Angeli, Vattiato ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line11%typical 17%
Short55%typical 47%
Middle23%typical 22%
Deep11%typical 14%

Runs 2.5 times a game; 75% of starters run more.

Closest in style

Cutforth ’25Jenkins ’25AngeliVattiato ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Cutforth ’25 Boise State 2025 · Pocket passer
    1,059 yards, 4 TD, 5 INT. Both miss more and score less.
  • Jenkins ’25 Florida International 2025 · Balanced
    1,742 yards, 9 TD, 6 INT. Both hit few big plays and rarely run.
  • Angeli Syracuse · Balanced
    1,186 yards, 7 TD, 5 INT so far. Both rarely throw behind the line 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.

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

  • RecordHawai'i is 2-6.
  • What fans say

    Over the last few games, Hawai'i fans have been down on Alejado's decision making.

    “Micah Alejado and lack of ball security, name a more iconic duo”

    “Alejado runs himself into sacks.”

    “It's kinda amazing how bad of a QB Alejado becomes when he's in desperation mode and forcing the ball downfield”

    From r/CFB game threads. Read by AI.

What’s being said

5 stories in the last 60 days, from 3 outlets.

Sep 10 to Sep 16: 1Oct 1 to Oct 7: 1Oct 8 to Oct 14: 1Oct 15 to Oct 21: 1W 29-19 vs New Mexico StateWL 10-27 at WyomingLL 16-20 vs San José StateLL 12-30 at Arizona StateLL 10-21 vs New MexicoLW 56-21 at Northern IllinoisWSep 10Nov 4Most in a week: 1
Sep 10 to Sep 16: 1Oct 1 to Oct 7: 1Oct 8 to Oct 14: 1Oct 15 to Oct 21: 1W 29-19 vs New Mexico StateWL 10-27 at WyomingLL 16-20 vs San José StateLL 12-30 at Arizona StateLL 10-21 vs New MexicoLW 56-21 at Northern IllinoisWSep 10Nov 4Most in a week: 1
Stories per week. W and L: the team’s results.

Micah Alejado connects with Titan Lacaden for one-yard TD putting Hawai'i in the lead over New Mexico

FOX Sports Oct 18

All 8 stories this season

His most important play this season

  1. Q4, 4:06 · Hawai'i down 2, takes the leadMicah Alejado finds Devon Rice for a 29-yard touchdownHawai'i at Stanford, week 1Q4, 4:06 · Hawai'i 27, Stanford 234:06Go-ahead touchdown for Hawai'i with 4:06 left4:06Go-ahead touchdown for Hawai'i with 4:06 leftGo-ahead touchdown for Hawai'i with 4:06 leftM.Alejado pass complete short middle to D.Rice caught at STAN26, for 29 yards to the STAN00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick no goodWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 4 of his plays on video

Micah Alejado

QB · Hawai'i · #12

One of Usas of Nov 4

Micah Alejado is a cornerstone for Hawai'i — measured against the line Micah Alejado joined.

2,186passing yards9passing TD30rushing yards

PERCEPTION ABOVE TAPE · PCTL GAP

-19

perception vs production percentile · 2026

Hawai'i fans claim the player as family before anything in the box score.

high confidence27 sources

41st-percentile beloved, 22nd-percentile productive — and around here only one of those is negotiable.

Read the story so far

Micah Alejado arrived as a 3-star prospect. Micah Alejado lines up at QB for Hawai'i.

On the field, the headline is 2,186 pass yds, with 9 pass td.

Hawai'i fans claim the player as family before anything in the box score.

The number to watch: -19 — perception above tape · pctl gap.

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04