Malick Meiga

#3 · WR · Sr. · Coastal Carolina6′4″ · 200 lb · Saint Jerome, PQ

Malick Meiga is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Coastal Carolina.

Meiga moves the chains on third down. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: James Franklin, Tim Beck and Jeremiah Johnson. A game that shows it: 41 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Louisiana Tech — Bowl, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

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

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Cameron WrightCoastal Carolina · 2025 · 84% season match
Dontay DemusMaryland · 2022 · 84% season match
Trent WhittemoreFlorida · 2021 · 82% season match
Joshua CobbsWyoming · 2021 · 80% season match
Marshaun BrownNevada · 2025 · 78% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Coastal Carolina	19	209	11.0	1	32
2024	Coastal Carolina	7	117	16.7	0	46
2023	Penn State	3	9	3.0	0	7
2022	Penn State	3	19	6.3	0	7
2021	Penn State	3	78	26.0	1	67
Career		35	432	12.3	2	67

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	L 7-48@ Virginia	2	28	14.0	0	19
Wk 2	W 13-0vs Charleston Southern	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 3	L 0-38vs East Carolina	2	15	7.5	0	8
Wk 4	W 38-20@ South Alabama	1	19	19.0	1	19
Wk 6	L 7-47@ Old Dominion	3	33	11.0	0	21
Wk 11	W 40-27vs Georgia State	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 12	L 40-45@ Georgia Southern	3	20	6.7	0	9
Wk 13	L 7-51@ South Carolina	2	23	11.5	0	17
Wk 14	L 10-59vs No. 20 James Madison	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	L 14-23vs Louisiana Tech	2	41	20.5	0	32
Total		19	209	11.0	1	32

Signature game

Week 4 · 2025

W 38-20

at South Alabama

1 rec · 19 yds · 1 TD

With E. Sebafundi — 41.5 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20 · T. Hudson — 112 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 45.1 · 18 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Charleston Southern · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +3.21MJ Morris pass complete to Malick Meiga for 10 yds to the CHSO 42 for a Charleston Southern Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Jamil Bishop) to the CHSO 43 for a
Week 4 · South Alabama · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Tad Hudson pass complete to Malick Meiga for 19 yds for a TD (Kian Afrookhteh KICK)
Week 1 · Virginia · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.14MJ Morris pass complete to Malick Meiga for 19 yds to the UVA 36 for a
Week 1 · Louisiana Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.14Tad Hudson pass complete to Malick Meiga for 32 yds to the LT 30 for a
Week 6 · Old Dominion · 4th and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.10Tad Hudson pass complete to Malick Meiga for 21 yds to the ODU 9 for a
Week 13 · South Carolina · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.09Hudson to Meiga: a 6-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 6 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.37Tad Hudson pass complete to Malick Meiga for 7 yds to the CCU 45 for a
Week 12 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.35Hudson to Meiga: a 9-yard pass.
Week 1 · Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.25MJ Morris pass complete to Malick Meiga for 9 yds to the CCU 34
Week 1 · Louisiana Tech · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.25Tad Hudson pass complete to Malick Meiga for 9 yds to the CCU 34

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

19 rec · 209 yds · 1 TD

17 of 19 receptions matched to play-by-play

16 of 31 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

3110% of team targets

Catch rate

55%17 of 31 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

6% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -1.0 · YAC 10.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

62% of targets (10)

60%catch rate

Air 4.7 · YAC 4.2 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

19% of targets (3)

0%catch rate

Air 15.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

12% of targets (2)

0%catch rate

Air 35.0 avg

55% catch rate on 31 targets · 10% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

17%5 of his 30 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2024Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning

2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 29 (#426 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

29Below cohort / limited sample #426 of 485 · 2025?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: explosive rate (30th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#180 / 798 · 78th pct

0.60

TD rate#289 / 798 · 63rd pct

3.3%

Yards / catch#449 / 798 · 44th pct

11.0

Catch rate#531 / 798 · 33rd pct

63.3%

Explosive rate#556 / 798 · 30th pct

6.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#408 / 558 · 26th pct

11.0

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Receptions#436 / 558 · 21st pct

Rec yards#451 / 558 · 19th pct

209

Long catch#462 / 558 · 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 2025. 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.5	11.2	7.5	0.0
Road5g	2.2	24.6	12.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	25.3	13.3	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	14.2	8.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jeremiah Johnson

Pass share

46.3%

399 pass / 463 run

Plays / game

66.3

13 games

Team sack rate

5.6%

378 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

19 catches in 10 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

29 · #426 of 485 WRs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #426 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #46 of 51 Sun Belt WRs

How the All-Sun Belt base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).