Jayden Maiava is a Dual-Threat QB for USC. Jayden's 2025 season ranks in the 57th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 429 plays — a average rate for the QB.
2026 Usage Outlook · projected share of team plays
Regressed toward the QB mean. Model correlation r≈0.46 on a 2019-2025 walk-forward — volume only; efficiency not projected.
2025 Production
Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs QB peers
A genuine rushing threat who stresses defenses horizontally. Extends plays with legs and forces extra gap assignments.
- ▸High-volume role — one of the team's most-used QBs by play share.
- ▸High game-to-game consistency — reliable floor each week.
- ▸7 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
- ▸Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
- ▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.43 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
- ▸Peak game: 1.19 EPA/play in Wk 1 vs Missouri State (SP+ -11).
NIL Market Tier· 2025
On3 valuation ↗Top-3 player at position nationally. Collective + national brand deals.
Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.
Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Opp SP+ | C/ATT | Pass Yds | Pass TD | INT | QBR | Rush Yds | Rush TD | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vsMissouri State | W73-13 | -10.7 | 15/18 | 295 | 2 | 0 | 96.1 | 9 | 1 | 1.19 |
| 2 | vsGeorgia Southern | W59-20 | -9.4 | 16/24 | 412 | 4 | 0 | 96.4 | 5 | 0 | 1.06 |
| 3 | @Purdue | W33-17 | -6.1 | 17/28 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 90.1 | 10 | 1 | 0.57 |
| 4 | vsMichigan State | W45-31 | -3.4 | 20/26 | 234 | 3 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | 0.81 |
| 5 | @Illinois | L32-34 | 12.9 | 30/43 | 364 | 2 | 1 | 85.5 | 2 | 0 | 0.47 |
| 7 | vsMichigan | W31-13 | 12.4 | 25/32 | 265 | 2 | 1 | 89.4 | -7 | 0 | 0.43 |
| 8 | @Notre Dame | L24-34 | 24.4 | 22/42 | 328 | 2 | 2 | 87.5 | -9 | 0 | 0.24 |
| 10 | @Nebraska | W21-17 | 6.2 | 9/23 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 72.5 | 62 | 1 | 0.28 |
| 11 | vsNorthwestern | W38-17 | 5.8 | 24/33 | 299 | 2 | 1 | 93.0 | 10 | 1 | 0.37 |
| 12 | vsIowa | W26-21 | 19.7 | 23/32 | 254 | 1 | 0 | 88.7 | 11 | 0 | 0.30 |
| 13 | @Oregon | L27-42 | 25.9 | 25/43 | 306 | 3 | 2 | 95.8 | 16 | 0 | 0.32 |
| 14 | vsUCLA | W29-10 | -8.7 | 21/29 | 257 | 2 | 0 | 87.3 | 10 | 0 | 0.44 |
| 1 | vsTCU | L27-30 | 8.3 | 18/30 | 280 | 1 | 2 | 69.3 | 7 | 0 | 0.24 |
Usage & Situational · Pro
- Standard downs
- 0.40
- Passing downs
- 0.62
- Pass / Rush EPA
- 0.49 / 0.58
Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).
Career · rolling EPA, game by game
Chart shows per-game EPA (bars) and rolling 5-game average (line). Season breaks marked with dashed lines. Line value = est. points over replacement per game.