Malachi Corley

#11 · WR · Jr. · Western Kentucky5′11″ · 210 lb · Campbellsville, KY

Malachi Corley: WR · Western Kentucky · #11.

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Malachi Corley

WR · Western Kentucky · Jr · #11

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at Western Kentucky since. Named All-Conference USA two seasons running, most recently in 2023. On tape: 207 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Louisiana Tech, Week 6, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Western Kentucky	79	984	12.5	11	75
2022	Western Kentucky	101	1,293	12.8	11	76
2021	Western Kentucky	73	691	9.5	7	45
2020	Western Kentucky	6	65	10.8	0	17
Career		259	3,033	11.7	29	76

Season	Team
2023	Western Kentucky	4	11
2022	Western Kentucky	11	87
2021	Western Kentucky	1	−6
2020	Western Kentucky	--	--
Career		16	92

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-24vs South Florida	4	55	13.8	0	39
Wk 3	L 10-63@ No. 6 Ohio State	8	88	11.0	1	34
Wk 4	L 24-27@ Troy	9	107	11.9	1	31
Wk 5	W 31-10vs Middle Tennessee	8	81	10.1	0	31
Wk 6	W 35-28@ Louisiana Tech	8	207	25.9	3	70	Season-high 207 yds
Wk 8	L 17-20@ Jacksonville State	6	47	7.8	0	15
Wk 9	L 29-42vs Liberty	6	62	10.3	2	26	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 21-13@ UTEP	4	10	2.5	1	5
Wk 11	L 29-38vs New Mexico State	6	78	13.0	1	34
Wk 12	W 28-23vs Sam Houston	10	171	17.1	1	75	171-yard receiving day
Wk 13	W 41-28@ Florida International	6	52	8.7	1	18
Bowl	W 38-35vs Old Dominion	4	26	6.5	0	9
Total		79	984	12.5	11	75

Signature game

Week 6 · 2023

W 35-28

at Louisiana Tech

8 rec · 207 yds · 3 TD

Edged out Louisiana Tech on the road in a shootout.

With A. Reed — 297 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.5 · T. Ellard — 40.7 yards per punt · 7 punts · 45 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Sam Houston · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +6.53Austin Reed pass complete to Malachi Corley for 75 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 6 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +5.98Austin Reed pass complete to Malachi Corley for 70 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 6 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +5.32Austin Reed pass complete to Malachi Corley for 48 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 6 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 24 · Q2 · EPA +4.62Austin Reed pass complete to Malachi Corley for 29 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 9 · Liberty · 4th and 13 · Q4 · EPA +4.60Austin Reed pass complete to Malachi Corley for 21 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 3 · Ohio State · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.27Austin Reed pass complete to Malachi Corley for 17 yds to the OSU 39 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Troy · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Austin Reed pass complete to Malachi Corley for 22 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 12 · Sam Houston · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Austin Reed pass complete to Malachi Corley for 39 yds to the SHSU 30 for a
Week 4 · Troy · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Austin Reed pass complete to Malachi Corley for 31 yds to the TROY 44 for a
Week 13 · Florida International · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Austin Reed pass complete to Malachi Corley for 14 yds to the FIU 35 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Tyson Helton — 31-22 over that span.

2020Western Kentucky5-7HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2021Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2023Western Kentucky8-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 84 (#25 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

84All-Conference level #25 of 497 · 2023?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (90th percentile). Strength: rec tds (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#62 / 639 · 90th pct

12.4%

EPA / target#240 / 639 · 63rd pct

0.87

Explosive rate#244 / 639 · 62nd pct

15.7%

Yards / catch#256 / 639 · 60th pct

13.0

Catch rate#306 / 639 · 52nd pct

83.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#11 / 566 · 98th pct

Receptions#25 / 566 · 96th pct

Rec yards#38 / 566 · 93rd pct

984

Long catch#63 / 566 · 88th pct

Rush yards#139 / 294 · 52nd pct

Yards / catch#312 / 566 · 44th pct

12.5

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

71st → 63rd percentile

Explosive rate

81st → 62nd percentile

Catch rate

84th → 52nd percentile

TD rate

83rd → 90th percentile

Yards / catch

66th → 60th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	6.8	89.4	12.9	0.8
Road6g	6.8	85.2	11.3	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.8	94.0	13.2	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	6.3	70.0	9.9	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

Pass share

60.8%

539 pass / 347 run

Plays / game

68.2

13 games

Team sack rate

2.3%

559 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

84 · #25 of 497 WRs · 2023

Two-star recruit. Now #25 at the position.

Malachi Corley

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Style of play

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Western Kentucky, drafted

2020

2022 14 games

2023 12 games

2024