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Malachi Fields
Malachi Fields

#0Malachi Fields

WR·Virginia·2024

Malachi Fields is a Versatile WR for Virginia. Malachi's 2024 season ranks in the 100th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 57 plays — a elite rate for the WR.

What projects, and what doesn't · WRs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.47
    Beats guessing the WR average by 16%. n=6,302 WR seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.09
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=5,767 WR seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.45
    Beats guessing the WR average by 12%. n=5,767 WR seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Malachi Fields's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2024 Production

Receiving
55 Receptions808 Rec yards5 Rec TD14.7 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2024 · vs WR peers

  • Efficiency100
  • Volume21
  • Explosiveness51
  • Consistency86
  • Pass-Down100
Player type
Versatile WR

Balanced profile without a single dominant trait — contributes across multiple dimensions.

Balanced usageMulti-role
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)100th %ile · elite
Game-to-game consistency86th %ile · above avg
Key findings
  • ▸Top-10% efficiency among WRs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
  • ▸Limited usage share suggests a rotational or specialist role.
  • ▸High game-to-game consistency — reliable floor each week.
  • ▸11 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
  • ▸Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
  • ▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.67 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
  • ▸Peak game: 2.55 EPA/play in Wk 1 vs Richmond.

NIL Market Tier· 2024

On3 valuation ↗
Elite

Top-3 player at position nationally. Collective + national brand deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+2.550−2.55Wk 1 vs Richmond: +2.55 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Wake Forest: +1.22 EPA/play2Wk 3 vs Maryland: +1.14 EPA/play3Wk 4 vs Coastal Carolina: +1.81 EPA/play4Wk 6 vs Boston College: +1.65 EPA/play6Wk 7 vs Louisville: +1.50 EPA/play7Wk 8 vs Clemson: +2.02 EPA/play8Wk 9 vs North Carolina: +0.05 EPA/play9Wk 11 vs Pittsburgh: +1.02 EPA/play11Wk 12 vs Notre Dame: +1.08 EPA/play12Wk 13 vs SMU: +1.00 EPA/play13Wk 14 vs Virginia Tech: +0.67 EPA/play14
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+RecRec YdsAvgRec TDLongEPA/play
1vsRichmondW34-13—510020.00412.55
2@Wake ForestW31-30-5.71114813.50451.22
3vsMarylandL13-27-3.94369.00151.14
4@Coastal CarolinaW43-24-6.946516.32371.81
6vsBoston CollegeW24-141.246315.81301.65
7vsLouisvilleL20-2413.6912914.30281.50
8@ClemsonL31-4813.336521.71442.02
9vsNorth CarolinaL14-415.034816.00340.05
11@PittsburghW24-194.92115.5061.02
12@Notre DameL14-3523.948120.30381.08
13vsSMUL7-3317.544210.51151.00
14@Virginia TechL17-3710.022010.00160.67

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
7.2%
Passing plays
13.2%
Rushing plays
0.5%
Standard downs
7.1%
Passing downs
7.6%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
1.11
Passing downs
1.51
Pass / Rush EPA
1.22 / 2.68

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.