Malachi Singleton

#3 · QB · App State6′1″ · 225 lb · Kennesaw, GA · North Cobb

Graded Solid or better in each of the last two games.

Last game: L 3-19 at Georgia Southern, Oct 31 · 15 of 28 for 215 yards, 2 interceptions, a lost fumble · 9 carries for -13 yards

App State’s next game: vs Georgia State, Sat Nov 7, 2:30 p.m. ET

App State is 5-3 in the eight games played. A balanced passer.

Strongest: 14% of throws gain 20 or more yards, 27th best of 158 starters. Weakest: a touchdown on 2.6% of throws, 16th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,915

154 of 237, 65%

TD–INT

9–4

8.1 per throw

NCAA rating

142.0

57th of 119

ZPR

49

60th of 119

How ZPR works

One rough passing grade, against Old Dominion.

Best by our grade: at East Carolina. Lowest: Old Dominion, with 1 interception. Best play: Run for 4 yards, touchdown, at East Carolina, Q2 14:17. Win chance 16% to 41%.

Tap a game for its plays

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Season

Steady through the game

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Balanced

Also: big-play arm

Why this word
Runs4.4 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws9.0 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes64% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks5% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws at a middling depth and runs some. 4.4 carries a game. Closest matches: Underwood ’25, Odom ’25, Layne ’25, Retzlaff ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line16%typical 17%
Short43%typical 47%
Middle28%typical 22%
Deep13%typical 14%

Runs 4.4 times a game; 51% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Underwood ’25Odom ’25Layne ’25Retzlaff ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Underwood ’25 Michigan 2025 · Playmaker
    2,428 yards, 11 TD, 9 INT. Both score less and hit big plays.
  • Odom ’25 Kennesaw State 2025 · Mobile passer
    2,594 yards, 19 TD, 8 INT. Both score less.
  • Layne ’25 New Mexico 2025 · Balanced
    2,486 yards, 13 TD, 10 INT. Both hit big plays and score less.
  • Retzlaff ’25 Tulane 2025 · Chain-mover
    3,168 yards, 15 TD, 7 INT. Both protect the ball and are efficient.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordApp State is 5-3.

Worth knowing

  • Malachi Singleton played at Arkansas and Purdue before joining App State.

His most important play this season

  1. Q2, 14:17 · App State down 4, takes the leadMalachi Singleton runs 4 yards for a touchdownApp State at East Carolina, week 2Q2, 14:17 · App State 10, East Carolina 7App State took the lead in the second quarterApp State took the lead in the second quarterM.Singleton rush middle for 4 yards gain to the ECU00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this play Sun Belt Conference

All 8 of his plays on video

Malachi Singleton

QB · App State · #3

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Malachi Singleton takes over from AJ Swann at App State.

1,915passing yards9passing TD30rushing yards

PRODUCES ABOVE PERCEPTION · PCTL GAP

+28

perception vs production percentile · 2026

The production (49th) is outrunning the reputation (20th). The recognition is the thing lagging behind.

Read the story so far

Malachi Singleton arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.389 recruit nationally. Malachi Singleton lines up at QB for App State.

On the field, the headline is 1,915 pass yds, with 9 pass td.

Malachi Singleton inherited the QB job from AJ Swann (4-star).

The number to watch: +28 — produces above perception · pctl gap.

QB successionleap of faith
  • Inherited fromAJ Swann 4★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04