2026
2026 season · QB · #2 · 5th season
Malik Willis
Age 27 · 6'1" · 225 lb · Liberty; Auburn · Pick 86 overall (2022). Listed QB1 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 100% across 7 games.
- How goodWillis's +2.1 EPA is 21st of 38 quarterbacks.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+81.7, 33rd percentile per dropback).
- Fantasy14.5 standard points a game, QB22 of 34.14.5 half-PPR points a game, QB22 of 34.14.5 PPR points a game, QB22 of 34.
- How he's usedHe pushes the ball downfield: 18% of his attempts travel 20 yards or more (league 11%).
- LatelyDropbacks are steady: 30 a game over his last three against 29.1 for the season.
- This weekA soft matchup: the Lions rank 29th vs the pass, allowing +0.18 EPA per dropback.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA per dropback | -0.07 | 27th of 38 | 30th | |
| CPOEcompletion over expected | -5.8 | 35th of 38 | 9th | |
| Sack rateper dropback, lower is better | 10% | 36th of 38 | 7th | |
| Yards per attempt | 6.9 | 19th of 38 | 51st | |
| TD rateper attempt | 3% | 28th of 38 | 26th | |
| INT rateper attempt, lower is better | 3% | 30th of 38 | 22nd |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth of targetair yards per attempt | 9.3 | 2nd of 38 | 96th | |
| Rush EPA per game | +2.37 | 3rd of 38 | 93rd | |
| Success rate | 43% | 26th of 38 | 33rd | |
| ANY/A | 5.21 | 28th of 38 | 28th | |
| Total EPA | +2.1 | 21st of 38 | 46th |
How this is measured
Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.
Willis scores 14.5 standard points a game, QB22 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 10.5 and 18.4; 1 boom week (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). This week the Lions allow the 1st-most standard points to QBs, 24.7 a game.
Willis scores 14.5 half-PPR points a game, QB22 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 10.5 and 18.4; 1 boom week (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). This week the Lions allow the 1st-most half-PPR points to QBs, 24.7 a game.
Willis scores 14.5 PPR points a game, QB22 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 10.5 and 18.4; 1 boom week (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). This week the Lions allow the 1st-most PPR points to QBs, 24.8 a game.
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the QB12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
He pushes the ball downfield: 18% of his attempts travel 20 yards or more (league 11%). Motion is part of the plan: 72% of his dropbacks come with pre-snap movement (league 56%). He runs when it breaks down: 10% of his dropbacks end in a scramble (league 4%).
How this is measured
Every trait is a share of his own dropbacks, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying quarterbacks; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.
Willis's +2.1 EPA is 21st of 38 quarterbacks. The biggest share comes after the catch (+81.7, 33rd percentile per dropback). His scrambles rank in the 93rd percentile (+19.7). Sacks cost him more than most (-38.5, 4th percentile).
career -0.18 over 2022–2024 · his 2nd best of 3
How this is measured
Every dropback and run this season, split by what happened. Completions divide at the catch: the yards in the air, and his credited share of what came after (nflverse's air EPA and QB EPA). Per dropback counts scrambles as dropbacks. The percentile is him among the qualifying quarterbacks, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 50 attempts.
He throws deep middle 2.3× as often as the league (5% of his attempts against 2%) but averages -0.38 EPA a throw there.
How this is measured
Every pass attempt with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three throws show no EPA.
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
The game
vs LionsHard Rock Stadium
DET −7 · O/U 50.5
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A soft matchup: the Lions rank 29th vs the pass, allowing +0.18 EPA per dropback. He has averaged 214 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Cmp/Att | Yds | TD | INT | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LV L 13-2727th D | 27th vs the pass | 100% | 15/27 | 220 | 1 | -5.5 | |
| 2 | at SF L 13-3518th D | 18th vs the pass | 100% | 14/23 | 197 | 1 | +4.5 | |
| 3 | vs KC L 10-2413th D | 13th vs the pass | 100% | 20/36 | 210 | 1 | -4.0 | |
| 4 | at MIN L 10-151st D | 1st vs the pass | 100% | 9/17 | 85 | -12.4 | ||
| 5 | vs CIN L 24-3112th D | 12th vs the pass | 100% | 15/27 | 137 | 1 | 2 | -11.4 |
| 6 | Bye week | |||||||
| 7 | at NYJ W 28-2525th D | 25th vs the pass | 100% | 14/21 | 208 | 2 | +11.4 | |
| 8 | vs NE L 19-2422nd D | 22nd vs the pass | 100% | 21/32 | 211 | 2 | 1 | +3.1 |
| 9 | vs DETSun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||
| 10 | at INDSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | at BUFSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs NYJSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | at DENSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs CHISun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | at GBSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | vs LACSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs BUFSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at NESun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 7 games | 100% | 108/183 | 1268 | 6 | 5 | -14.4 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | EPA/DB | CPOE | aDOT | Sk | Sk % | Rush EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LV L 13-2727th D | 27th vs the pass | -0.17 | -8.9 | 11.4 | 5 | 16% | +1.0 |
| 2 | at SF L 13-3518th D | 18th vs the pass | +0.16 | -8.6 | 7.3 | 4 | 15% | +1.8 |
| 3 | vs KC L 10-2413th D | 13th vs the pass | -0.11 | -7.1 | 10.9 | 0% | -1.0 | |
| 4 | at MIN L 10-151st D | 1st vs the pass | -0.65 | -12.3 | 9.1 | 2 | 11% | +3.0 |
| 5 | vs CIN L 24-3112th D | 12th vs the pass | -0.38 | -1.8 | 11.7 | 3 | 10% | +4.3 |
| 6 | Bye week | |||||||
| 7 | at NYJ W 28-2525th D | 25th vs the pass | +0.50 | -4.5 | 5.0 | 2 | 9% | +6.9 |
| 8 | vs NE L 19-2422nd D | 22nd vs the pass | +0.08 | +2.3 | 8.1 | 5 | 14% | +0.5 |
| 9 | vs DETSun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||
| 10 | at INDSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | at BUFSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs NYJSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | at DENSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs CHISun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | at GBSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | vs LACSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs BUFSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at NESun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 7 games | -0.07 | -5.8 | 9.3 | 21 | 10% | +16.6 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LV L 13-2727th D | 27th vs the pass | 15 | 27 | 56% | 220 | 8.1 | 1 | 66.9 | |
| 2 | at SF L 13-3518th D | 18th vs the pass | 14 | 23 | 61% | 197 | 8.6 | 1 | 103.0 | |
| 3 | vs KC L 10-2413th D | 13th vs the pass | 20 | 36 | 56% | 210 | 5.8 | 1 | 61.1 | |
| 4 | at MIN L 10-151st D | 1st vs the pass | 9 | 17 | 53% | 85 | 5.0 | 67.0 | ||
| 5 | vs CIN L 24-3112th D | 12th vs the pass | 15 | 27 | 56% | 137 | 5.1 | 1 | 2 | 51.0 |
| 6 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 7 | at NYJ W 28-2525th D | 25th vs the pass | 14 | 21 | 67% | 208 | 9.9 | 2 | 130.7 | |
| 8 | vs NE L 19-2422nd D | 22nd vs the pass | 21 | 32 | 66% | 211 | 6.6 | 2 | 1 | 92.1 |
| 9 | vs DETSun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||||
| 10 | at INDSun Nov 15 | |||||||||
| 11 | at BUFSun Nov 22 | |||||||||
| 12 | vs NYJSun Nov 29 | |||||||||
| 13 | at DENSun Dec 6 | |||||||||
| 14 | vs CHISun Dec 13 | |||||||||
| 15 | at GBSun Dec 20 | |||||||||
| 16 | vs LACSun Dec 27 | |||||||||
| 17 | vs BUFSun Jan 3 | |||||||||
| 18 | at NESun Jan 10 | |||||||||
| 7 games | 108 | 183 | 59% | 1268 | 6.9 | 6 | 5 | 79.7 |
Dropbacks are steady: 30 a game over his last three against 29.1 for the season. 6 straight games below a starter's median in pass yards.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 18th-toughest slate vs the pass: his opponents rank 16.9 of 32 on average (league middle 16.4). Ahead: 3 of his next 10 are top-10 vs the pass and 4 are bottom-10, starting with the Lions (29th) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Att/g | Yds/g | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | 1 | 17.0 | 85 | -0.65 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 4 | 29.5 | 189 | -0.06 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 2 | 24.0 | 214 | +0.11 |
| All games | 7 | 26.1 | 181 | -0.07 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
How this is measured
His yards climb as the defense gets softer (r = 0.88): the schedule has been doing some of the work.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2024, 550 passing yards in 6 games with GB. This season's 181.1 a game puts him on pace for 3,079 over 17, a career high.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Y/A | Rating | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | TEN | 7 | 31/61 | 51% | 276 | 0 | 3 | 4.5 | 42.8 | -0.55 |
| 2023 | TEN | 2 | 4/5 | 80% | 74 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 | 118.8 | -0.01 |
| 2024 | GB | 6 | 40/54 | 74% | 550 | 3 | 0 | 10.2 | 124.8 | +0.25 |
| 2025 | GB | 4 | 30/35 | 86% | 422 | 3 | 0 | 12.1 | 145.5 | +0.74 |
| 2026 | MIA | 7 | 108/183 | 59% | 1,268 | 6 | 5 | 6.9 | 79.7 | -0.07 |
| Career | 3 tm | 26 | 213/338 | 63% | 2,590 | 12 | 8 | 7.7 | 88.5 | -0.03 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- QB1 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- Groin, full participation in practice
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- CPOE
- -5.8 pts over expected
- Sack rate
- 10%
- Play action
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- Blitzed
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ollie Gordon IIRB | 100 | 422 · 4 TD | -4.7 |
 Malik WashingtonWR | 53 | 367 · 1 TD | +7.4 |
 De'Von AchaneRB | 46 | 176 | -5.7 |
 Greg DulcichTE | 28 | 256 | +13.2 |
 Chris BellWR | 26 | 172 | -0.8 |
 Jaylen WrightRB | 24 | 41 | -10.3 |
 Kevin Coleman Jr.WR | 21 | 82 · 2 TD | -7.3 |
 Caleb DouglasWR | 19 | 226 · 2 TD | +10.8 |