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Malik Willis

Quarterback, Miami Dolphins · #2.

Player facts

Team: Miami Dolphins
Position: Quarterback
Number: 2
Born: May 25, 1999 (age 27)
Birthplace: Atlanta, GA, USA
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 225 lbs
College: Liberty
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Passing

	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Regular Season	73	130	56.2	849	6.5	2	4	77	14	68.4	27	186	6.9	2	39
Last 5 Games	73	130	56.1	849	6.5	2	4	77	14	69.8	27	186	6.1	2	39
Career	178	285	62.5	2,171	7.6	8	7	77	39	85.0	101	591	5.9	6	39

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Passing	143 dropbacks	-0.23	36%	-7.3	30th of 32
Rushing	10 carries	-0.36	40%		fewer than 36 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Passing											Rushing
Date	Opponent	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Sun, Oct 11	vs CIN	L 31-24	15	27	137	55.6	5.1	1	2	23	3	51.0	67.9	8	74	9.3	1	39
Sun, Oct 4	@ MIN	L 15-10	9	17	85	52.9	5.0	0	0	17	2	67.0	39.6	2	11	5.5	0	8
Sun, Sep 27	vs KC	L 24-10	20	36	210	55.6	5.8	0	1	44	0	61.1	37.0	9	56	6.2	0	11
Sun, Sep 20	@ SF	L 35-13	14	23	197	60.9	8.6	1	0	77	4	103.0	53.6	2	6	3.0	0	4
Sun, Sep 13	@ LV	L 27-13	15	27	220	55.6	8.1	0	1	30	5	66.9	28.8	6	39	6.5	1	14

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Malik Antonio Willis ( mə-LEEK; born May 25, 1999) is an American professional football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers and Liberty Flames, winning the 2020 Dudley Award with the latter. Willis was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft and was traded to the Green Bay Packers in 2024. He served as a backup in Green Bay for two seasons before signing with the Dolphins in 2026.

From Wikipedia’s article on Malik Willis, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Willis attended Westlake High School in Atlanta before transferring to Roswell High School in Roswell, Georgia, for his senior year. As a senior, Willis passed for 2,562 yards and rushed for 1,033 yards with 37 total touchdowns. A three star recruit, he committed to Auburn University to play college football.

Auburn

Willis spent 2017 and 2018 at Auburn and played in 15 games. During the two years, he completed 11 of 14 passes for 69 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 309 yards and two touchdowns.

Liberty

Willis transferred to Liberty University in 2019 following a quarterback competition at Auburn with Bo Nix and sat out the season due to transfer rules.

In 2020, Willis was named the team's starting quarterback. Against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, he threw for six touchdowns and rushed for another. Willis was named the winner of the 2020 Dudley Award, given to the best college football player in the state of Virginia, and was the recipient of the 2021 Bobby Bowden Award, awarded to the best college football player who epitomizes being a Christian student-athlete. He was named MVP of the 2020 Cure Bowl and the 2021 LendingTree Bowl.