Senior wide receiver for Mississippi State. 2019: 3 catches, 36 receiving yards.
5′9″ · 220 lb · Jackson, MS
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 218 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Mississippi State. 2019: 3 catches, 36 receiving yards.
Malik Dear
Four seasons at Mississippi State, two different head coaches: Dan Mullen and Joe Moorhead. One game to point at: 28 rec yds, 2 receptions against Kentucky — Week 4, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 529 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 0.5 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 0.5 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 0.5 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 0.5 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 23 | 264 | 11.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2015 | Mississippi State | 22 | 217 | 9.9 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 49 | 529 | 10.8 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 3 | 4 | -- | 52 | -- |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | 48 | 9 | -- |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 17 | 124 | 126 | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Mississippi State | 11 | 110 | 99 | 7 | -- |
| Career | 31 | 238 | 273 | 68 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019
W 38–28
at Louisiana
2 NO · 40 YDS · 20 AVG
Edged out Louisiana on the road in a shootout.
With T. Stevens — 236 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.3 · 37 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · K. Hill — 197 rush yds (27 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-28@ Louisiana | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-15vs Southern Miss | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Kansas State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-13vs Kentucky | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 20 | Season-high 28 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 13-36vs LSU | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 54-24@ Arkansas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 3 | 36 | 11.0 | 0 | 20 |