Tight end, Virginia Tech, 2011–⁠15

Ryan Malleck

Number
No. 88
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Point Pleasant, NJ

Ryan Malleck played tight end at Virginia Tech (2011–⁠15).

Career highs

6catches, career highat Ohio State, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Virginia Tech1717410.2030
2014Virginia Tech241958.1221
2015Virginia Tech2128913.8271
Career6265810.6471

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Virginia Tech88TE
2012Virginia Tech88TE
2013Virginia Tech88TE
2014Virginia Tech88TE
2015Virginia Tech88TE6′5″

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
2014Virginia Tech310.4844th (n=496)0.5215.05%
2015Virginia Tech280.60––16.93%

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 Virginia Tech 11 games, 21 catches, 289 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 7vs.Ohio StateL 24–⁠42448125
Sep 12vs.FurmanW 42–⁠321106
Sep 19atPurdueW 51–⁠24140040
Sep 26atEast CarolinaL 28–⁠35221114
Oct 17atMiamiL 20–⁠30235022
Oct 24vs.DukeL 43–⁠45443019
Oct 31atBoston CollegeW 26–⁠101000
Nov 12atGeorgia TechW 23–⁠211606
Nov 21vs.North CarolinaL 27–⁠301707
Nov 28atVirginiaW 23–⁠20266071
Dec 26 ✦vs.TulsaW 55–⁠52112012
2014 Virginia Tech 8 games, 24 catches, 195 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.William & MaryW 34–⁠9340021
Sep 6atOhio StateW 35–⁠21664016
Sep 13vs.East CarolinaL 21–⁠281606
Oct 16atPittsburghL 16–⁠21328016
Oct 23vs.MiamiL 6–⁠302806
Nov 1vs.Boston CollegeL 31–⁠33530111
Nov 22atWake ForestL 3–⁠621508
Dec 27 ✦vs.CincinnatiW 33–⁠172413
2012 Virginia Tech 9 games, 17 catches, 174 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.Georgia TechW 20–⁠173303
Sep 8vs.Austin PeayW 42–⁠7125025
Sep 15atPittsburghL 17–⁠351505
Sep 29vs.CincinnatiL 24–⁠2726012
Oct 6atNorth CarolinaL 34–⁠48226021
Oct 13vs.DukeW 41–⁠20130030
Nov 1atMiamiL 12–⁠30458026
Nov 17atBoston CollegeW 30–⁠23216011
Nov 24vs.VirginiaW 17–⁠141505

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 29–⁠9).

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′4½″
Weight247 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.81 s
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press18 reps
3-cone drill7.00 s
20-yard shuttle4.33 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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