
Receiver, Oregon (from Alabama, Florida State), 2023–25
Malik Benson
Lettered 2024 at Florida State (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Lansing, KS
- Born
- Oct 17, 2002, in Lansing, Kansas
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Malik Benson played receiver at Alabama (2023), Florida State (2024) and Oregon (2025). The Las Vegas Raiders took Benson in round 6, No. 195 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
119receiving yards, career highvs. James Madison, 20252receiving touchdowns, career highvs. James Madison, 2025Team titles: SEC champions, 2023
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Alabama | 13 | 162 | 12.5 | 1 | 33 |
| 2024 | Florida State | 25 | 311 | 12.4 | 1 | 67 |
| 2025 | Oregon | 43 | 719 | 16.7 | 6 | 64 |
| Career | 81 | 1,192 | 14.7 | 8 | 67 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Oregon | 7 | 143 | 1 |
| Career | 9 | 143 | 1 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Alabama | 4 | WR | So. | ||
| 2024 | Florida State | 4 | WR | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | Oregon | 4 | WR | Sr. | 6′1″ | 195 |
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Alabama | 17 | 0.71 | – | – | 12.2 | – |
| 2024 | Florida State | 35 | 0.53 | 7th (n=581) | 0.92 | 18.5 | 5% |
| 2025 | Oregon | 60 | 0.84 | 95th (n=1040) | 0.46 | 50.5 | 6% |
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
2025 Oregon 15 games, 43 catches, 719 yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 59–13 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 18 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 69–3 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 42 | – |
| Sep 13 | at | W 34–14 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. | W 41–7 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 31 | – |
| Sep 27 | at | W 30–24 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Oct 11 | vs. | L 20–30 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 44 | – |
| Oct 18 | at | W 56–10 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Oct 25 | vs. | W 21–7 | – | – | – | – | −4 |
| Nov 8 | at | W 18–16 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 24 | – |
| Nov 14 | vs. | W 42–13 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 38 | – |
| Nov 22 | vs. | W 42–27 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 30 | – |
| Nov 29 | at | W 26–14 | 5 | 102 | 1 | 64 | – |
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. | W 51–34 | 5 | 119 | 2 | 46 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 23–0 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 24 | – |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs. | L 22–56 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | – |
2024 Florida State 12 games, 25 catches, 311 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24 | vs. | L 21–24 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Sep 2 | vs. | L 13–28 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Sep 14 | vs. | L 12–20 | 5 | 99 | 0 | 67 | – |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 14–9 | 2 | −4 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Sep 28 | at | L 16–42 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Oct 5 | vs. | L 13–29 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 19 | −5 |
| Oct 18 | at | L 16–23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Oct 26 | at | L 14–36 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 9 | – |
| Nov 2 | vs. | L 11–35 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 50 | – |
| Nov 9 | at | L 3–52 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 41–7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | L 11–31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
2023 Alabama 10 games, 13 catches, 162 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 56–7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Sep 9 | vs. | L 24–34 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Sep 16 | at | W 17–3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Sep 30 | at | W 40–17 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Oct 7 | at | W 26–20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Oct 14 | vs. | W 24–21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Oct 21 | vs. | W 34–20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Nov 11 | at | W 49–21 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Nov 18 | vs. | W 66–10 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 20 | – |
| Nov 25 | at | W 27–24 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2026 | Combine or pro day 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅛″ | |
| Weight | 189 lb | |
| Arm length | 31⅞″ | |
| Hand size | 8⅝″ | |
| Wingspan | 78⅛″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.37 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 s | |
| Vertical jump | 32½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′2″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.12 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.45 sW |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
1 season, 5 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | Las Vegas Raiders | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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