Mercyhurst · W 51-14 · FCS
No catches.
New Mexico · L 18-42
No catches.
Jacksonville State · L 0-24
3 catches, 19 yards
The other 5 games average 31 yards. This one was 12 below.
Malone has catches in 6 of New Mexico State’s 8 games: none against Mercyhurst and New Mexico.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Brodrick Malone
Second year in the New Mexico State receiving corps. On tape: 96 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Florida State, Week 1, 2026.
174 receiving yards · 15 catches · 1 receiving TD
Play style
Moves the chains on third down.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Against Jacksonville State on Oct. 28: 3 catches for 19 yards, 1 of 3 on third and fourth down. In the 6 games drawn here: 15 catches for 174 yards. New Mexico State has thrown to him 23 times in 183 passes.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Mexico State | 15 | 174 | 11.6 | 1 | 33 |
| 2025 | New Mexico State | 22 | 242 | 11.0 | 2 | 41 |
| Career | 37 | 416 | 11.2 | 3 | 41 |
Last game (Wk 9): 19 receiving yards, 3 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ Florida State | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 1 | 33 | Season-high 96 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 19-29@ Hawai'i | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-13vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-22@ Florida International | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-24@ Sam Houston | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-24vs Jacksonville State | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 15 | 174 | 11.6 | 1 | 33 |
Week 1 · 2026
L 17-34
6 rec · 96 yds · 1 TD
With T. Hedden — 272 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 82.5 · B. Richter — 40.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
495th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from -18 to +6 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
2511% of team targetsCatch rate
60%15 of 25 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
60% catch rate on 25 targets · 11% of the team's targets.
2 seasons under Tony Sanchez — 7-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 18.0 | 11.7 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 34.5 | 10.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 32.2 | 12.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 22.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
48.3%
243 pass / 260 run
Plays / game
62.9
8 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
267 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #392 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #37 of 52 Conference USA WRs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
