Malachi Carter

#7 · WR · Sr. · Georgia Tech6′3″ · 192 lb · Lawrenceville, GA · Mountain View

Malachi Carter: WR · Georgia Tech · #7.

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Malachi Carter

WR · Georgia Tech · Sr · #7

Beats you over the top. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Georgia Tech. On tape: 89 receiving yards and 3 receptions against UCF, Week 4, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Georgia Tech in the news

NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Georgia Tech releases depth chartSports Illustrated Oct 27

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Georgia Tech	23	342	14.9	2	59
2021	Georgia Tech	38	494	13.0	2	53
2020	Georgia Tech	20	290	14.5	3	41
2019	Georgia Tech	16	240	15.0	2	54
2018	Georgia Tech	3	56	18.7	1	32
Career		100	1,422	14.2	10	59

Season	Team
2022	Georgia Tech	2	36	--
2021	Georgia Tech	--	--	4
2020	Georgia Tech	--	--	--
2019	Georgia Tech	--	--	--
2018	Georgia Tech	--	--	--
Career		2	36	4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-41vs No. 4 Clemson	2	24	12.0	0	21
Wk 2	W 35-17vs Western Carolina	2	22	11.0	0	13
Wk 3	L 0-42vs No. 20 Ole Miss	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 4	L 10-27@ UCF	3	89	29.7	1	59	Season-high 89 yds
Wk 5	W 26-21@ No. 24 Pittsburgh	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 8	L 9-16vs Virginia	4	43	10.8	0	23
Wk 9	L 16-41@ Florida State	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 10	W 28-27@ Virginia Tech	4	61	15.3	0	25
Wk 11	L 14-35vs Miami	2	24	12.0	0	17
Wk 12	W 21-17@ No. 13 North Carolina	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 13	L 14-37@ No. 1 Georgia	1	24	24.0	1	24
Total		23	342	14.9	2	59

Signature game

Week 4 · 2022

L 10-27

at UCF

3 rec · 89 yds · 1 TD

With J. Sims — 314 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 60.1 · 24 rush yds (11 car) · H. Hall — 54 rush yds (7 car) · 3 rec · 40 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · UCF · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.66Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 59 yds for a TD, (Jude Kelley KICK)
Week 13 · Georgia · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +3.59Dontae Smith pass complete to Malachi Carter for 24 yds for a TD, (Gavin Stewart KICK)
Week 3 · Ole Miss · 3rd and 20 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 18 yds to the GTech 33 for a OLE MISS Penalty, Personal Foul (15 Yards) to the GTech 48 for a
Week 8 · Virginia · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 23 yds to the Virg 33 for a
Week 9 · Florida State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.37Zach Pyron pass complete to Malachi Carter for 19 yds to the FlaSt 35 for a
Week 4 · UCF · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 26 yds to the UCF 49 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · North Carolina · 2nd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +2.11Malachi Carter run for 40 yds to the NCaro 20 for a
Week 1 · Clemson · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.76Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 21 yds to the GTech 34 for a
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.34Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 9 yds to the GTech 49
Week 8 · Virginia · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +1.23Zach Gibson pass complete to Malachi Carter for 12 yds to the GTech 34 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Georgia Tech7-6HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

2019Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Georgia Tech3-7HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

2021Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

2022Georgia Tech5-7HC: Geoff Collins and Brent Key · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 37 (#347 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

37Below cohort / limited sample #347 of 488 · 2022?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (93rd percentile). Concern: catch rate (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#41 / 636 · 93rd pct

25.0%

Yards / catch#145 / 636 · 77th pct

14.9

EPA / target#198 / 636 · 69th pct

0.83

TD rate#312 / 636 · 50th pct

6.2%

Catch rate#456 / 636 · 28th pct

71.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#56 / 275 · 79th pct

Yards / catch#163 / 550 · 70th pct

14.9

Long catch#164 / 550 · 69th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Rec yards#347 / 550 · 37th pct

342

Receptions#363 / 550 · 32nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

75th → 69th percentile

Explosive rate

61st → 93rd percentile

Catch rate

57th → 28th percentile

TD rate

43rd → 50th percentile

Yards / catch

53rd → 77th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.2	26.8	12.9	0.0
Road6g	2.0	35.2	16.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.8	31.6	15.1	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	30.7	14.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

Pass share

47.6%

381 pass / 419 run

Plays / game

66.7

12 games

Team sack rate

9.4%

413 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

23 catches and 2 carries in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

37 · #347 of 488 WRs · 2022

Three-star recruit. Now #347 at the position.

Malachi Carter

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Georgia Tech in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

23 catches and 2 carries in 11 games

Five seasons at Georgia Tech

2018 3 games