#13

Malachi Holt-Bennett

Former wide receiver at UAB. 2024: 16 catches, 241 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · UAB · Sr. · #13

6′3″ · 200 lb · Birmingham, AL

CFB Index 30 · #406 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceUAB 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 422 nationally · Signed with Indiana

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at UAB. 2024: 16 catches, 241 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Indiana in 2021.
Transferred from Indiana to UAB in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UAB, 452 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2021

Signed with Indiana3-star out of Fairfield Preparatory School

20235 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#422 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

2023–2024

Trent Dilfer

UAB

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent, and Trent Dilfer. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

2024UAB3-9HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

30Below cohort / limited sample #406 of 466?

High confidence5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (86th percentile). Concern: receptions (15th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#76 / 541 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#153 / 541 · 71st pct

15.1

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Rec yards#423 / 541 · 22nd pct

241

Receptions#453 / 541 · 15th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.4	17.4	13.4	0.2
Road6g	1.5	25.7	15.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.2	15.3	13.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	29.8	16.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #406 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #406 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UAB	16	241	15.1	1	--
2023	UAB	5	92	18.4	1	--
2022	Indiana	6	90	15.0	0	--
2021	Indiana	1	29	29.0	1	--
Career		28	452	16.1	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–3

vs Alcorn State

1 rec · 22 yds

Dominant 38-point win at home against Alcorn State.

With J. Zeno — 215 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 57.4 · 37 rush yds (5 car) · K. Shanks — 6 rec · 73 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Memphis · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.39Iverson Hooks pass complete to Malachi Holt-Bennett for 71 yds for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Alcorn State · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Jacob Zeno pass complete to Malachi Holt-Bennett for a 1ST down
Week 8 · South Florida · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.00Jalen Kitna pass complete to Malachi Holt-Bennett for 22 yds to the USF 42 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Arkansas · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Jacob Zeno pass complete to Malachi Holt-Bennett for 9 yds to the UAB 48 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Charlotte · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.36Jalen Kitna pass complete to Malachi Holt-Bennett for 7 yds to the CLT 38 for a 1ST down Charlotte Penalty, Personal Foul (15 Yards) to the CLT 23 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.15Jalen Kitna pass complete to Malachi Holt-Bennett for 24 yds to the CLT 46 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Navy · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.91Jacob Zeno pass complete to Malachi Holt-Bennett for 20 yds to the UAB 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Rice · 1&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.88Jalen Kitna pass complete to Malachi Holt-Bennett for 5 yds for a TD (Jonah Delange KICK)
Week 6 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.34Jalen Kitna pass complete to Malachi Holt-Bennett for 21 yds to the TULN 34 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Army · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.01Jalen Kitna pass complete to Malachi Holt-Bennett for 8 yds to the UAB 39

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-3vs Alcorn State	1	22	22.0	0	22
Wk 2	L 6-32@ UL Monroe	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 3	L 27-37@ Arkansas	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 5	L 18-41vs Navy	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 6	L 20-71vs Tulane	2	28	14.0	0	21
Wk 7	L 10-44@ Army	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 8	L 25-35@ South Florida	1	22	22.0	0	22
Wk 10	W 59-21vs Tulsa	2	12	6.0	0	6
Wk 12	L 18-53@ Memphis	2	74	37.0	0	71	Season-high 74 yds
Wk 13	W 40-14vs Rice	1	5	5.0	1	5
Wk 14	L 27-29@ Charlotte	3	36	12.0	0	24
Total		16	241	14.5	1	71

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

Malachi Holt-Bennett

2021

20235 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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