Malik Knowles

Senior wide receiver for Kansas State. 2022: 48 catches, 725 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Kansas State · Sr. · #4

6′3″ · 200 lb · Mansfield, TX

CFB Index 65 · #103 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceKansas State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1632 nationally · Signed with Kansas State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Kansas State. 2022: 48 catches, 725 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas State, 1,863 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 111 yds at West Virginia.West Virginia · W 48-312022

20183 games

Signed with Kansas State3-star out of Lake Ridge

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12first

202214 games

All-Big 12

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1632 national

CFB

College

Kansas State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Bill Snyder

Kansas State

2019–2022

Chris Klieman

Kansas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Kansas State5-7HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy

2019Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-heavy

2020Kansas State4-6HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

65Quality starter #103 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (99th percentile). Strength: rush yards (98th percentile). Concern: td rate (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#132 / 636 · 79th pct

15.1

Explosive rate#197 / 636 · 69th pct

16.9%

EPA / target#260 / 636 · 59th pct

0.75

Catch rate#446 / 636 · 30th pct

72.3%

TD rate#496 / 636 · 22nd pct

3.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#3 / 275 · 99th pct

Rush yards#6 / 275 · 98th pct

164

Rec yards#96 / 550 · 83rd pct

725

Long catch#104 / 550 · 81st pct

Receptions#135 / 550 · 75th pct

Yards / catch#149 / 550 · 72nd pct

15.1

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

51st → 59th percentile

Explosive rate

62nd → 69th percentile

Catch rate

19th → 30th percentile

TD rate

70th → 22nd percentile

Yards / catch

85th → 79th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.1	40.9	12.2	0.0
Road6g	3.8	66.3	19.4	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	38.7	11.7	0.1
Weeks 8+7g	3.9	64.9	18.8	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #103 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #103 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Kansas State	48	725	15.1	2	--
2021	Kansas State	29	441	15.2	4	--
2020	Kansas State	13	204	15.7	3	--
2019	Kansas State	26	393	15.1	3	--
2018	Kansas State	10	100	10.0	2	--
Career		126	1,863	14.8	14	--

Season	Team
2022	Kansas State	8	164	592	--	--
2021	Kansas State	15	106	662	--	--
2020	Kansas State	6	100	203	--	--
2019	Kansas State	7	70	222	--	--
2018	Kansas State	--	--	12	--	--
Career		36	440	1,691	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2022

W 31–28

at TCU

48 rush yds (2 car)

Edged out TCU on the road in a shootout.

With T. Zentner — 31 LONG · 100 PCT · 7 PTS · D. Vaughn — 130 rush yds (26 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · South Dakota · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Malik Knowles run for 75 yds for a TD, (Chris Tennant KICK)
Week 12 · West Virginia · 3&13 · Q4 · EPA +5.70Will Howard pass complete to Malik Knowles for 43 yds for a TD, (Ty Zentner KICK)
Week 8 · TCU · 3&16 · Q1 · EPA +4.64Will Howard pass complete to Malik Knowles for 37 yds to the TCU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +4.48Adrian Martinez pass complete to Malik Knowles for 62 yds to the Texas 24 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Missouri · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.17Adrian Martinez pass complete to Malik Knowles for 18 yds to the Misso 45 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Oklahoma State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Will Howard pass complete to Malik Knowles for 13 yds to the OKSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Oklahoma State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Will Howard pass complete to Malik Knowles for 28 yds to the KanSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · TCU · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Will Howard pass complete to Malik Knowles for 25 yds to the TCU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Oklahoma · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Adrian Martinez pass complete to Malik Knowles for 6 yds for a TD, (Chris Tennant KICK)
Week 12 · West Virginia · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.28Will Howard pass complete to Malik Knowles for 26 yds to the WVirg 1 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-0vs South Dakota	3	14	4.7	0	7
Wk 2	W 40-12vs Missouri	2	26	13.0	0	18
Wk 3	L 10-17vs Tulane	5	52	10.4	0	19
Wk 4	W 41-34@ Oklahoma	4	52	13.0	1	25
Wk 5	W 37-28vs Texas Tech	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 6	W 10-9@ Iowa State	5	108	21.6	0	68
Wk 8	L 28-38@ TCU	4	69	17.3	0	37
Wk 9	W 48-0vs Oklahoma State	8	113	14.1	0	28	Season-high 113 yds
Wk 10	L 27-34vs Texas	3	93	31.0	0	62
Wk 11	W 31-3@ Baylor	3	18	6.0	0	8
Wk 12	W 48-31@ West Virginia	6	111	18.5	1	43
Wk 13	W 47-27vs Kansas	2	10	5.0	0	11
Wk 14	W 31-28@ TCU	1	40	40.0	0	40
Bowl	L 20-45vs Alabama	1	6	6.0	0	6
Total		48	725	15.3	2	68

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

Malik Knowles

20183 games

202112 games

202214 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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