Malachi Thomas

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.

2025 Purdue 11 games, 243 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Aug 30	vs.Ball State	W 31–⁠0	2	2	0	–	–	–
Sep 6	vs.Southern Illinois	W 34–⁠17	6	14	0	1	10	0
Sep 13	vs.USC	L 17–⁠33	2	5	0	–	–	–
Oct 4	vs.Illinois	L 27–⁠43	–	–	–	2	29	0
Oct 11	atMinnesota	L 20–⁠27	4	21	0	1	5	0
Oct 18	atNorthwestern	L 0–⁠19	7	34	0	–	–	–
Oct 25	vs.Rutgers	L 24–⁠27	3	62	0	3	50	1
Nov 1	atMichigan	L 16–⁠21	15	68	0	2	−1	1
Nov 8	vs.Ohio State	L 10–⁠34	4	15	0	–	–	–
Nov 15	atWashington	L 13–⁠49	6	16	0	–	–	–
Nov 28	vs.Indiana	L 3–⁠56	4	6	0	2	6	0

2024 Virginia Tech 10 games, 165 rushing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Aug 31	atVanderbilt	L 27–⁠34	1	4	0	1	5	0
Sep 7	vs.Marshall	W 31–⁠14	9	52	0	–	–	–
Sep 14	atOld Dominion	W 37–⁠17	4	12	0	–	–	–
Sep 21	vs.Rutgers	L 23–⁠26	2	2	0	–	–	–
Sep 27	atMiami	L 34–⁠38	3	−7	0	–	–	–
Oct 5	atStanford	W 31–⁠7	4	18	0	–	–	–
Oct 17	vs.Boston College	W 42–⁠21	2	4	0	–	–	–
Oct 26	vs.Georgia Tech	W 21–⁠6	3	2	0	1	5	0
Nov 2	atSyracuse	L 31–⁠38	14	73	1	2	15	0
Jan 3 ✦	vs.Minnesota	L 10–⁠24	1	5	0	–	–	–

2023 Virginia Tech 13 games, 381 rushing yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 2	vs.Old Dominion	W 36–⁠17	12	22	0	2	12	0
Sep 9	vs.Purdue	L 17–⁠24	6	18	0	–	–	–
Sep 16	atRutgers	L 16–⁠35	5	12	0	–	–	–
Sep 23	atMarshall	L 17–⁠24	4	10	0	–	–	–
Sep 30	vs.Pittsburgh	W 38–⁠21	10	38	0	–	–	–
Oct 7	atFlorida State	L 17–⁠39	10	58	0	2	23	0
Oct 14	vs.Wake Forest	W 30–⁠13	6	35	0	–	–	–
Oct 26	vs.Syracuse	W 38–⁠10	13	87	0	1	4	0
Nov 4	atLouisville	L 3–⁠34	2	2	0	–	–	–
Nov 11	atBoston College	W 48–⁠22	3	38	1	–	–	–
Nov 18	vs.NC State	L 28–⁠35	1	16	0	–	–	–
Nov 25	atVirginia	W 55–⁠17	7	29	1	3	5	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Tulane	W 41–⁠20	4	16	0	1	5	0

2022 Virginia Tech 3 games, 146 rushing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Oct 8	atPittsburgh	L 29–⁠45	15	84	1	5	14	0
Oct 15	vs.Miami	L 14–⁠20	13	41	0	6	43	1
Oct 27	atNC State	L 21–⁠22	9	21	0	2	34	0

2021 Virginia Tech 10 games, 440 rushing yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 11	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 35–⁠14	2	11	0	–	–	–
Oct 9	vs.Notre Dame	L 29–⁠32	3	4	0	–	–	–
Oct 16	vs.Pittsburgh	L 7–⁠28	6	33	0	–	–	–
Oct 23	vs.Syracuse	L 36–⁠41	21	151	3	–	–	–
Oct 30	atGeorgia Tech	W 26–⁠17	25	103	0	–	–	–
Nov 5	atBoston College	L 3–⁠17	13	70	0	–	–	–
Nov 13	vs.Duke	W 48–⁠17	7	10	0	–	–	–
Nov 20	atMiami	L 26–⁠38	7	39	0	1	−1	0
Nov 27	atVirginia	W 29–⁠24	4	12	0	–	–	–
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Maryland	L 10–⁠54	5	7	0	1	34	0

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