Receiver, App State, 2012–⁠15

Malachi Jones

Number
No. 7
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Roswell, GA

Malachi Jones played receiver at App State (2012–⁠15).

Career highs

7catches, career hightwice; last vs. UL Monroe, 2014105receiving yards, career highvs. Liberty, 2014

Team titles: Southern champions, 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012*App State56913.8027
2013App State2105.005
2014App State3658516.3359
2015App State2546318.5345
Career681,12716.6659

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012App State7WR
2013App State7WR
2014App State7WR
2015App State7WR6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013App State (FCS)21.28––2.6–
2014App State620.5351st (n=496)0.5233.07%
2015App State380.8189th (n=465)0.5330.65%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 App State 12 games, 25 catches, 463 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5vs.HowardW 49–⁠0228019
Sep 12atClemsonL 10–⁠41114014
Sep 26atOld DominionW 49–⁠0219011
Oct 3vs.WyomingW 31–⁠131909
Oct 10atGeorgia StateW 37–⁠33102045
Oct 17atUL MonroeW 59–⁠14143143
Oct 31vs.TroyW 44–⁠41255038
Nov 5vs.Arkansas StateL 27–⁠40475136
Nov 14atIdahoW 47–⁠20221115
Nov 28vs.LouisianaW 28–⁠7358037
Dec 5atSouth AlabamaW 34–⁠2729012
Dec 19 ✦vs.OhioW 31–⁠29230024
2014 App State 12 games, 36 catches, 585 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30atMichiganL 14–⁠52112012
Sep 6vs.CampbellW 66–⁠0111011
Sep 20atSouthern MissL 20–⁠21761113
Sep 25atGeorgia SouthernL 14–⁠34459027
Oct 4vs.South AlabamaL 21–⁠47464123
Oct 11vs.LibertyL 48–⁠555105052
Oct 18atTroyW 53–⁠14159159
Nov 1vs.Georgia StateW 44–⁠0113013
Nov 8vs.UL MonroeW 31–⁠29782027
Nov 15atArkansas StateW 37–⁠32231016
Nov 22atLouisianaW 35–⁠16133033
Nov 29vs.IdahoW 45–⁠28255039
2013 App State 1 game, 2 catches, 10 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Nov 9atGeorgiaL 6–⁠4521005

No box score in the source for Sep 1 at Montana; Sep 7 vs. North Carolina A&T; Sep 21 at Elon; Sep 28 vs. Charleston Southern; Oct 5 at The Citadel; Oct 12 vs. Samford; Oct 19 at Furman; Oct 26 vs. Georgia Southern; Nov 2 vs. Chattanooga; Nov 16 at Wofford; Nov 23 vs. Western Carolina, so those games are not listed.

2012 App State 1 game, 5 catches, 69 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1atEast CarolinaL 13–⁠35569027

No box score in the source for Sep 8 vs. Montana; Sep 15 vs. The Citadel; Sep 22 at Chattanooga; Sep 29 vs. Coastal Carolina; Oct 6 vs. Elon; Oct 13 at Samford; Oct 20 vs. Wofford; Oct 27 at Western Carolina; Nov 3 at Georgia Southern; Nov 10 vs. Furman; Dec 1 vs. Illinois State, so those games are not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2016
Height6′1¾″
Weight211 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.53 s
10-yard split1.51 sW
Vertical jump37½″
Broad jump10′5″
Bench press14 reps
3-cone drill6.90 s
20-yard shuttle4.30 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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