Malachi Carter

Senior wide receiver for Georgia Tech. 2022: 23 catches, 342 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #7

6′3″ · 192 lb · Lawrenceville, GA

CFB Index 37 · #347 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceGeorgia Tech 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1038 nationally · Signed with Georgia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Georgia Tech. 2022: 23 catches, 342 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia Tech in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Tech, 1,422 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 89 yds at UCF.UCF · L 10-272022

20183 games

Signed with Georgia Tech3-star out of Mountain View

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1038 national

CFB

College

Georgia Tech

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

2019–2021

Geoff Collins

Georgia Tech

era →

2022

Brent Key

Georgia Tech

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Paul Johnson, Geoff Collins, and Brent Key. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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: Brent Key · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #347 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.2	26.2	12.8	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #347 of 488 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 26–21

at Pittsburgh

1 rec · 5 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With D. Shanahan — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG · J. Sims — 102 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.3 · 81 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · UCF · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.66Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 59 yds for a TD, (Jude Kelley KICK)
Week 13 · Georgia · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +3.59Dontae Smith pass complete to Malachi Carter for 24 yds for a TD, (Gavin Stewart KICK)
Week 3 · Ole Miss · 3&20 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 18 yds to the GTech 33 for a 1ST down OLE MISS Penalty, Personal Foul (15 Yards) to the GTech 48 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Virginia · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 23 yds to the Virg 33 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Florida State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.37Zach Pyron pass complete to Malachi Carter for 19 yds to the FlaSt 35 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · UCF · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 26 yds to the UCF 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · North Carolina · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.11Malachi Carter run for 40 yds to the NCaro 20 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Clemson · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.76Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 21 yds to the GTech 34 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.34Jeff Sims pass complete to Malachi Carter for 9 yds to the GTech 49
Week 8 · Virginia · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.23Zach Gibson pass complete to Malachi Carter for 12 yds to the GTech 34 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-41vs 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 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@ 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@ North Carolina	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 13	L 14-37@ Georgia	1	24	24.0	1	24
Total		23	342	14.8	2	59

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Malachi Carter

20183 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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