Malik Dear

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.

2019 Mississippi State 6 games, 7 returns, 52 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Aug 31	vs.Louisiana	W 38–⁠28	–	–	–	–	–	2
Sep 7	vs.Southern Miss	W 38–⁠15	–	–	–	–	–	1
Sep 14	vs.Kansas State	L 24–⁠31	–	–	–	–	–	1
Sep 21	vs.Kentucky	W 28–⁠13	2	28	0	–	–	–
Oct 19	vs.LSU	L 13–⁠36	–	–	–	–	–	2
Nov 2	atArkansas	W 54–⁠24	1	8	0	–	–	1

2018 Mississippi State 4 games, 5 returns, 57 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 15	vs.Louisiana	W 56–⁠10	1	12	0	–	–	–
Nov 3	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 45–⁠3	–	–	–	1	21	–
Nov 22	atOle Miss	W 35–⁠3	–	–	–	1	27	1
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Iowa	L 22–⁠27	–	–	–	–	–	2

2016 Mississippi State 11 games, 23 catches, 264 yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 17	atLSU	L 20–⁠23	–	–	–	1	14	–
Sep 24	atMassachusetts	W 47–⁠35	4	41	0	–	–	–
Oct 8	vs.Auburn	L 14–⁠38	3	32	0	–	–	–
Oct 14	atBYU	L 21–⁠28	3	36	0	1	14	–
Oct 22	atKentucky	L 38–⁠40	1	−1	0	1	8	–
Oct 29	vs.Samford	W 56–⁠41	4	61	1	2	39	–
Nov 5	vs.Texas A&M	W 35–⁠28	2	10	0	–	–	–
Nov 12	atAlabama	L 3–⁠51	1	22	0	–	–	–
Nov 19	vs.Arkansas	L 42–⁠58	2	20	0	4	44	–
Nov 26	atOle Miss	W 55–⁠20	1	24	1	1	7	–
Dec 26 ✦	vs.Miami (OH)	W 17–⁠16	2	19	0	–	–	–

2015 Mississippi State 10 games, 22 catches, 217 yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 5	atSouthern Miss	W 34–⁠16	1	4	0	–	–	–
Sep 19	vs.Northwestern State	W 62–⁠13	3	46	0	–	–	–
Sep 26	atAuburn	W 17–⁠9	2	12	0	–	–	–
Oct 3	atTexas A&M	L 17–⁠30	2	23	0	–	–	–
Oct 10	vs.Troy	W 45–⁠17	1	−4	0	–	–	–
Oct 17	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 45–⁠20	6	70	0	3	56	1
Oct 24	vs.Kentucky	W 42–⁠16	1	9	0	–	–	–
Nov 21	atArkansas	W 51–⁠50	1	12	0	2	43	–
Nov 28	vs.Ole Miss	L 27–⁠38	2	20	2	–	–	–
Dec 30 ✦	vs.NC State	W 51–⁠28	3	25	0	–	–	–

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