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Player Dossier
2022-2025USC
Jayden Maiava
QB • 6'4" • 230 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Jayden Maiava is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UNLV • USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Air Force
Player Story
Jayden Maiava built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a quarterback from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 14, spending time with UNLV and USC. The clearest part of Jayden Maiava's career was his passing role:...
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- Committed To
- UNLV
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jayden Maiava, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · USC. Jayden Maiava is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 8,476
- Passing yards
- 7,997
- Rushing yards
- 479
- Touchdowns
- 65
Quick Answers
Jayden Maiava quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 8,476
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · USC
- Top game
- Air Force
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Liberty · UNLV
- High school pipeline
- Liberty · 26 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Junior
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 3,868 total offense · QB 10th (top 3%) · Big Ten 1st (top 1%) · National 10th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | UNLV | 14 | 307 | 291 | 16 | 3 | 65.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UNLV | 14 | 3,055 | 2,794 | 261 | 17 | 65.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | USC | 7 | 291 | 295 | -4 | 4 | 45.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 7 | 955 | 906 | 49 | 11 | 45.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | USC | 13 | 287 | 280 | 7 | 1 | 70.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | USC | 13 | 3,581 | 3,431 | 150 | 29 | 70.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Jayden Maiava played QB for UNLV and USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jayden Maiava recorded 7,997 passing yards, 479 rushing yards, and -3 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
USC paired 3,868 primary output with 64.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 67.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UNLV, USC.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · UNLV
Games
14
Primary Metric / G
240.1
Efficiency
67.1
Usage
13.8
Consistency
78.2
Best Game by takeover score
Air Force
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kansas: 307. Bryant: 53. Michigan: 81. Vanderbilt: 290. UTEP: 218. Hawai'i: 174. Nevada: 291. Colorado State: 348. Fresno State: 275. New Mexico: 257. Wyoming: 272. Air Force: 375. San José State: 238. Boise State: 183
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas: 39 by 63.8. Bryant: 8 by 71.8. Michigan: 9 by 79.3. Vanderbilt: 40 by 63.2. UTEP: 33 by 61.5. Hawai'i: 25 by 72.2. Nevada: 29 by 83.3. Colorado State: 41 by 64.2. Fresno State: 40 by 53.7. New Mexico: 22 by 74.3. Wyoming: 35 by 71.9. Air Force: 37 by 66.6. San José State: 34 by 62.3. Boise State: 34 by 51.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins253.1 · Games = 9 · +36.3 vs Losses
Losses216.8 · Games = 5 · -36.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Air Force
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Nevada
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/27 | vs Kansas3+ TD | L 36-49 | 24 | 35 | 291 | 68.6 | 3 | 2 | 63.8 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 12/2 | vs Boise State | L 20-44 | 15 | 29 | 166 | 51.7 | 0 | 2 | 51.5 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/25 | vs San José State | L 31-37 | 19 | 29 | 229 | 65.5 | 1 | 0 | 62.3 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Air Force300-yard game | W 31-27 | 15 | 29 | 339 | 51.7 | 2 | 2 | 66.6 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 0 | 34 |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Wyoming3+ TD | W 34-14 | 17 | 24 | 232 | 70.8 | 1 | 0 | 71.9 | 11 | 40 | 3.60 | 2 | 10 |
| Sat 11/4 | @ New Mexico3+ TD | W 56-14 | 13 | 18 | 247 | 72.2 | 3 | 0 | 74.3 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 6 |
| Sun 10/29 | @ Fresno State | L 24-31 | 21 | 35 | 268 | 60.0 | 2 | 2 | 53.7 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Colorado State300-yard game | W 25-23 | 27 | 36 | 353 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 | 5 | -5 | -1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Nevada | W 45-27 | 19 | 24 | 259 | 79.2 | 2 | 0 | 83.3 | 5 | 32 | 6.40 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Hawai'i | W 44-20 | 11 | 21 | 142 | 52.4 | 2 | 0 | 72.2 | 4 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| Sun 9/24 | @ UTEP | W 45-28 | 15 | 27 | 190 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 61.5 | 6 | 28 | 4.70 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Vanderbilt | W 40-37 | 19 | 33 | 261 | 57.6 | 1 | 1 | 63.2 | 7 | 29 | 4.10 | 1 | 24 |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Michigan | L 7-35 | 5 | 7 | 68 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 79.3 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Bryant | W 44-14 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 71.8 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 8 |
Player Story
Jayden Maiava story
Jayden Maiava built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a quarterback from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 14, spending time with UNLV and USC. The clearest part of Jayden Maiava's career was his passing role: 7,997 passing yards, 52 touchdown passes, 925 attempts, and 479 rushing yards across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with USC. 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 479 rushing yards and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UNLV and USC.
The arc is straightforward: Jayden Maiava 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
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
USC
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | UNLV | 3,362 | 67.1 | 13.8 | 3,362 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UNLV | 3,362 | 67.1 | 13.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | USC | 1,246 | 66.1 | 9.9 | -2,116 |
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 1,246 | 66.1 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | USC | 3,868 | 64.8 | 12.5 | 2,622 |
| 2025 Regular Season | USC | 3,868 | 64.8 | 12.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Air Force
Week 12 · W 31-27 · Conference game
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
375
Total Offense
73.5 takeover
375 total offense with 66.6 efficiency.
#2
vs Wyoming
Week 11 · W 34-14 · Conference game
272
Total Offense
65.8 takeover
Win with 272 yards of offense and 71.9 efficiency.
272 total offense with 71.9 efficiency.
#3
vs Notre Dame
Week 14 · L 35-49
371
Total Offense
65.1 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
371 total offense with 55.5 efficiency.
#4
vs No. 103 Georgia Southern
Week 2 · W 59-20
417
Total Offense
62.2 takeover
Win with 417 yards of offense and 72.9 efficiency.
417 total offense with 72.9 efficiency.
#5
@ Nevada
Week 7 · W 45-27 · Conference game
291
Total Offense
61.3 takeover
Win with 291 yards of offense and 83.3 efficiency.
291 total offense with 83.3 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · USC
3,868 primary output · 64.8 efficiency · 12.5 usage
70.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · USC
70.9
3,868 primary · 64.8 efficiency · 12.5 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · UNLV
65.7
3,362 primary · 67.1 efficiency · 13.8 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
11
3+ TD games
23
Above avg efficiency
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