Malick Mbodj

#8 · WR · Jr. · Cincinnati6′5″ · 210 lb · Atlanta, GA

Malick Mbodj: WR · Cincinnati · #8.

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Malick Mbodj

WR · Cincinnati · Jr · #8

Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the same receiving corps at Cincinnati. One game to point at: 63 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Memphis — Week 15, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Cincinnati in the news

Cincinnati beats Texas Tech for first top-10 win since 2021Yahoo Sports Oct 24
$1M Sorsby lawsuit pendingFront Office Sports Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Cincinnati	23	249	10.8	1	32
2018	Cincinnati	3	74	24.7	0	51
Career		26	323	12.4	1	51

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 5	W 52-14@ Marshall	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 7	W 38-23@ Houston	3	24	8.0	0	9
Wk 10	W 46-43@ East Carolina	5	37	7.4	0	12
Wk 11	W 48-3vs UConn	4	45	11.3	0	23
Wk 12	W 20-17@ South Florida	2	22	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	W 15-13vs Temple	2	16	8.0	0	9
Wk 14	L 24-34@ No. 17 Memphis	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 15	L 24-29@ No. 16 Memphis	2	63	31.5	0	32	Season-high 63 yds
Bowl	W 38-6vs Boston College	3	17	5.7	1	8
Total		23	249	10.8	1	32

Signature game

Week 15 · 2019

L 24-29

at Memphis

2 rec · 63 yds

With D. Ridder — 233 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · 113 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · J. Smith — 39.5 yards per punt · 6 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 15 · Memphis · 1st and 19 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Desmond Ridder pass complete to Malick Mbodj for 32 yds to the Memph 24 for a
Week 1 · Boston College · 2nd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.37Desmond Ridder pass complete to Malick Mbodj for 8 yds for a TD (Sam Crosa KICK) Ryan Jones kickoff for 60 yds (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 7 · Houston · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.30Desmond Ridder pass complete to Malick Mbodj for 8 yds to the Cincy 48 for a
Week 12 · South Florida · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +1.56Desmond Ridder pass complete to Malick Mbodj for 11 yds to the Cincy 36 for a
Week 12 · South Florida · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +1.55Desmond Ridder pass complete to Malick Mbodj for 11 yds to the Cincy 30 for a
Week 1 · Boston College · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.43Desmond Ridder pass complete to Malick Mbodj for 5 yds to the BC 41 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · UConn · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.41Desmond Ridder pass complete to Malick Mbodj for 23 yds to the UConn 32 for a
Week 7 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.38Desmond Ridder pass complete to Malick Mbodj for 9 yds to the Cincy 45
Week 15 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.82Desmond Ridder pass complete to Malick Mbodj for 31 yds to the Memph 8 for a
Week 7 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.60Desmond Ridder pass complete to Malick Mbodj for 7 yds to the Cincy 32

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Luke Fickell, all run-heavy offenses — 22-5 over that span.

2018Cincinnati11-2HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2019Cincinnati11-3HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (82nd percentile). Concern: epa / target (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#411 / 728 · 43rd pct

67.6%

Yards / catch#499 / 728 · 32nd pct

10.8

Explosive rate#499 / 728 · 31st pct

8.8%

TD rate#539 / 728 · 26th pct

2.9%

EPA / target#578 / 728 · 21st pct

0.29

Box-score rates (6)

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 82nd pct

Receptions#363 / 556 · 34th pct

Rec yards#430 / 556 · 22nd pct

249

Rec TDs#388 / 556 · 22nd pct

Yards / catch#431 / 556 · 22nd pct

10.8

Long catch#460 / 556 · 17th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

2019 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home2g	3.0	30.5	9.7	0.0
Road6g	2.3	28.5	13.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-73g	2.3	17.7	8.6	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	32.7	13.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Pass share

38.3%

376 pass / 606 run

Plays / game

70.1

14 games

Team sack rate

8.4%

419 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

23 catches in 9 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Malick Mbodj

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

23 catches in 9 games

Three seasons at Cincinnati