Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2020UNLV
Max Gilliam
QB • 6'3" • 200 lbs • Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Max Gilliam is a balanced quarterback profile with 27.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
52
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UNLV
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UNLV
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Player Story
Max Gilliam built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a quarterback from Thousand Oaks, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Max Gilliam's career was his passing role: 2,180...
Read the storyMax Gilliam, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UNLV. Max Gilliam is a balanced quarterback profile with 27.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 2,428
- Passing yards
- 2,180
- Rushing yards
- 248
- Touchdowns
- 22
Quick Answers
Max Gilliam quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UNLV · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 2,428
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · UNLV
- Top game
- Fresno State
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2020 Total offense rank
- 1,038 total offense · QB 102nd (top 32%) · Mountain West 6th (top 5%) · National 116th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | UNLV | 9 | 1,390 | 1,394 | -4 | 15 | 56 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 6 | 1,038 | 786 | 252 | 7 | 65 |
Related Context
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Max Gilliam played QB for UNLV. Across 5 tracked seasons, Max Gilliam recorded 2,180 passing yards, 248 rushing yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UNLV.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
UNLV paired 1,038 primary output with 57.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 48.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · UNLV
Games
9
Primary Metric / G
154.4
Efficiency
48.8
Usage
17.1
Consistency
37.2
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 0. New Mexico: 80. Utah State: 242. Air Force: 258. San José State: 443. Fresno State: 91. San Diego State: 243. Hawai'i: 29. Nevada: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 1 by 33.3. New Mexico: 44 by 40.2. Utah State: 47 by 49.2. Air Force: 46 by 53.8. San José State: 60 by 63.1. Fresno State: 34 by 40.1. San Diego State: 31 by 60.2. Hawai'i: 10 by 50.1. Nevada: 4 by 49.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins82.3 · Games = 3 · -108.2 vs Losses
Losses190.5 · Games = 6 · +108.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
63.1 vs San José State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/25 | vs Nevada | W 34-29 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 1 | -7 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 11/18 | @ Hawai'i | L 28-35 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 50.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sun 11/11 | @ San Diego State | W 27-24 | 16 | 24 | 237 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 60.2 | 7 | 6 | 0.90 | 0 | 7 |
| Sun 11/4 | vs Fresno State | L 3-48 | 14 | 30 | 98 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | 40.1 | 4 | -7 | -1.80 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ San José State300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 37-50 | 28 | 50 | 387 | 56.0 | 4 | 3 | 63.1 | 10 | 56 | 5.60 | 1 | 17 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Air Force3+ TD | L 35-41 | 26 | 38 | 261 | 68.4 | 3 | 1 | 53.8 | 8 | -3 | -0.40 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Utah State3+ TD | L 28-59 | 18 | 36 | 250 | 50.0 | 3 | 1 | 49.2 | 11 | -8 | -0.70 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs New Mexico | L 14-50 | 15 | 35 | 123 | 42.9 | 2 | 1 | 40.2 | 9 | -43 | -4.80 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 9/9 | vs UTEP | W 52-24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Max Gilliam story
Max Gilliam built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a quarterback from Thousand Oaks, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Max Gilliam's career was his passing role: 2,180 passing yards, 19 touchdown passes, 374 attempts, and 248 rushing yards across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with UNLV. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 248 rushing yards and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UNLV.
The arc is straightforward: Max Gilliam moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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UNLV
2016-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UNLV | 1,390 | 48.8 | 17.1 | 1,390 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | — | — | -1,390 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 1,038 | 57.7 | 27.6 | 1,038 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Fresno State
Week 10 · L 27-40 · Conference game
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
299
Total Offense
80.7 takeover
299 total offense with 63.1 efficiency.
#2
@ San José State
Week 9 · L 37-50 · Conference game
443
Total Offense
74.4 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
443 total offense with 63.1 efficiency.
#3
vs Nevada
Week 9 · L 19-37 · Conference game
227
Total Offense
67.7 takeover
Loss with 227 yards of offense and 57.7 efficiency.
227 total offense with 57.7 efficiency.
#4
@ Hawai'i
Week 15 · L 21-38 · Conference game
244
Total Offense
67.3 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
244 total offense with 64.8 efficiency.
#5
vs Wyoming
Week 13 · L 14-45 · Conference game
128
Total Offense
57.8 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
128 total offense with 54.5 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · UNLV
1,038 primary output · 57.7 efficiency · 27.6 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · UNLV
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1,390 primary · 48.8 efficiency · 17.1 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · UNLV
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
1
300+ total offense
3
3+ TD games
4
Above avg efficiency
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