Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Massachusetts
AJ Hairston
QB • 6'3" • 215 lbs • Pompano Beach, FL, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
AJ Hairston is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Massachusetts
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Player Story
AJ Hairston built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Pompano Beach, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of AJ Hairston's career was his passing role:...
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- Committed To
- Massachusetts
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
AJ Hairston, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts. AJ Hairston is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,435
- Passing yards
- 1,437
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
AJ Hairston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Massachusetts · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,435
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
- Top game
- Central Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Monarch · Massachusetts
- High school pipeline
- Monarch · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Freshman
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 960 total offense · QB 155th (top 38%) · Mid-American 16th (top 11%) · National 199th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 4 | 475 | 480 | -5 | 6 | 53.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 10 | 960 | 957 | 3 | 4 | 59.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Massachusetts to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 25.2 | Jan 15, 2026 |
AJ Hairston played QB for Massachusetts. Across 2 tracked seasons, AJ Hairston recorded 1,437 passing yards, -2 rushing yards, and -8 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Massachusetts.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Massachusetts paired 960 primary output with 51.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 51.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Loss with 205 yards of offense and 48.6 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Games
10
Primary Metric / G
96
Efficiency
51.4
Usage
13.7
Consistency
57.3
Best Game by takeover score
Central Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Bryant: 28. Iowa: 58. Missouri: 60. Western Michigan: 106. Kent State: 198. Buffalo: 119. Central Michigan: 205. Akron: 53. Northern Illinois: 114. Ohio: 19
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. Bryant: 5 by 58.3. Iowa: 9 by 57.1. Missouri: 32 by 35.7. Western Michigan: 23 by 49.9. Kent State: 55 by 46.3. Buffalo: 27 by 53.4. Central Michigan: 60 by 48.6. Akron: 22 by 45.6. Northern Illinois: 24 by 68.7. Ohio: 2 by 50
Split Comparison
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First Half90 · Games = 5 · -12 vs Second Half
Second Half102 · Games = 5 · +12 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Central Michigan
Best efficiency game
68.7 vs Northern Illinois
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/19 | @ Ohio | L 14-42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Thu 11/13 | vs Northern Illinois | L 3-45 | 13 | 21 | 91 | 61.9 | 0 | 0 | 68.7 | 3 | 23 | 7.70 | 0 | 23 |
| Wed 11/5 | @ Akron | L 10-44 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 45.6 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Central Michigan | L 13-38 | 21 | 51 | 176 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | 48.6 | 9 | 29 | 3.20 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Buffalo | L 21-28 | 6 | 14 | 119 | 42.9 | 2 | 0 | 53.4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Kent State | L 6-42 | 26 | 48 | 227 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 | 46.3 | 7 | -29 | -4.10 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Western Michigan | L 3-21 | 11 | 18 | 131 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | 49.9 | 5 | -25 | -5 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Missouri | L 6-42 | 11 | 31 | 75 | 35.5 | 1 | 1 | 35.7 | 1 | -15 | -15 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Iowa | L 7-47 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Bryant | L 26-27 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player Story
AJ Hairston story
AJ Hairston built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Pompano Beach, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of AJ Hairston's career was his passing role: 1,437 passing yards, 9 touchdown passes, and 289 attempts across 14 career games in the available record. That gives AJ Hairston's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Massachusetts
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 475 | 54.6 | 13.8 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 960 | 51.4 | 13.7 | 485 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 100 Central Michigan
Week 9 · L 13-38 · Conference game
Loss with 205 yards of offense and 48.6 efficiency.
205
Total Offense
75.2 takeover
205 total offense with 48.6 efficiency.
#2
@ No. 130 Kent State
Week 7 · L 6-42 · Conference game
198
Total Offense
63.3 takeover
Loss with 198 yards of offense and 46.3 efficiency.
198 total offense with 46.3 efficiency.
#3
vs Liberty
Week 12 · L 34-35
170
Total Offense
61 takeover
Loss with 170 yards of offense and 54.5 efficiency.
170 total offense with 54.5 efficiency.
#4
vs No. 95 Buffalo
Week 8 · L 21-28 · Conference game
119
Total Offense
59 takeover
Loss with 119 yards of offense and 53.4 efficiency.
119 total offense with 53.4 efficiency.
#5
vs UConn
Week 14 · L 42-47 · Conference game
143
Total Offense
55.1 takeover
Loss with 143 yards of offense and 59.4 efficiency.
143 total offense with 59.4 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
960 primary output · 51.4 efficiency · 13.7 usage
59.8
#2
2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
53.6
475 primary · 54.6 efficiency · 13.8 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
0
300+ total offense
1
3+ TD games
1
Above avg efficiency
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