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Malik Willis

Malik Willis is a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins. Depth chart: QB1.

Scouting report

Malik Willis: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Malik Willis at a glance

Malik Willis is a 27-year-old quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, listed at 6'1" and 225 pounds. The Tennessee Titans drafted Willis 86th overall in the third round in 2022, out of Liberty; this is year five in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Willis at 304.6 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB10 at the position and works out to 17.9 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Willis has scored 29.2 PPR points, or 14.6 per game. That is 9.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Willis would finish with about 248 points, behind the 304.6 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 16.7 points in Week 1 against LV, the QB14 finish that week. Willis has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 33 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Willis ranks in the 74th percentile in yards per attempt, the 71st percentile in intended air yards and the 68th percentile in rush yards. The softest mark is the 14th percentile in cpoe.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Willis has finished as QB53 in 2022, QB70 in 2023, QB44 in 2024 and QB43 in 2025. The high-water mark is 51.8 PPR points in 2024. Across 21 regular-season games on record, the totals read 1,739 passing yards, 7 passing touchdowns, 450 rushing yards and 5 rushing touchdowns.

Malik Willis by the numbers

Willis has finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time and finished in the top twelve 2 times. The career high is 31.5 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2025 against BAL. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Willis has reached 20 points in 2 games, 10% of career appearances.

Contract

Willis is playing on a three-year, $67.5 million contract signed with the Miami Dolphins in 2026, an average of $22.5 million per year with $45 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
304.6
PPR / game
17.9

Malik Willis fantasy outlook

Malik Willis enters the 2026 season with MIA and ranks QB10 and #18 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 304.6 PPR points across 17.0 games, or 17.9 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Malik Willis as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Malik Willis produced 51.2 PPR points in 4 games (12.8 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 42%, with a 77% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Malik Willis is projected for 19.8 PPR points on the road at LV in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 61.8.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.8 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
12.0
Dynasty
17.8
Superflex redraft
39.2
Superflex dynasty
47.9
TE premium dynasty
10.7

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCmpAttPass ydsPass TDIntRush ydsRush TDPPR
2026MIA229504171145129.2
2025GB4303542230123251.2
2024GB6405455030138151.8
2023TEN24574002103.1
2022TEN7316127603123119.3

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