Malik Washington

Former wide receiver at Virginia. 2023: 110 catches, 1,426 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Virginia · Sr. · #4

5′8″ · 194 lb · Lawrenceville, GA

CFB Index 95 · #3 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamMiami — drafted 2024, Rd 6, Pick 8, #184 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at Virginia. 2023: 110 catches, 1,426 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Drafted round 6 by the Miami in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Virginia, 2,791 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #184 overall by Miami.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202312 games

All-ACCfirst

2024

Drafted by Miamiround 6, pick 184

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #184

Miami · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2021

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

2022–2023

Tony Elliott

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 3rd NFL season

#184Rd 6 · Pick 8

MiamiEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy

2020Northwestern7-2HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2023Virginia3-9HC: Tony Elliott · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

95All-America level #3 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#210 / 639 · 67th pct

16.8%

Yards / catch#281 / 639 · 56th pct

12.7

Catch rate#303 / 639 · 53rd pct

83.2%

EPA / target#334 / 639 · 48th pct

0.73

TD rate#368 / 639 · 42nd pct

4.6%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#1 / 566 · 100th pct

110

Rec yards#4 / 566 · 99th pct

1426

Rec TDs#26 / 566 · 95th pct

Long catch#132 / 566 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#278 / 566 · 50th pct

13.0

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Rush yards#171 / 294 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

28th → 48th percentile

Explosive rate

57th → 67th percentile

Catch rate

69th → 53rd percentile

TD rate

13th → 42nd percentile

Yards / catch

39th → 56th 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	9.2	123	14.8	1.0
Road6g	9.2	115	12.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.3	111	15.1	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	11.0	126	11.9	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 497 FBS receivers by CFB Index Score.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

95 · #3 of 497 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Virginia	110	1,426	13.0	9	--
2022	Northwestern	65	694	10.7	1	--
2021	Northwestern	44	578	13.1	2	--
2020	Northwestern	5	51	10.2	0	--
2019	Northwestern	6	42	7.0	0	--
Career		230	2,791	12.1	12	--

Season	Team
2023	Virginia	3	7	257	--	--
2022	Northwestern	9	16	--	--	--
2021	Northwestern	5	-2	--	--	--
2020	Northwestern	1	8	--	--	--
2019	Northwestern	--	--	--	--	--
Career		18	29	257	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023

W 30–27

vs Duke

8 rec · 112 yds · 2 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With A. Colandrea — 278 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.1 · 66 rush yds (9 car) · D. Sparks — 43 AVG · 57 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Louisville · 2&27 · Q3 · EPA +6.60Malik Washington 42 Yd pass from Anthony Colandrea (Will Bettridge Kick)
Week 2 · James Madison · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.05Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malik Washington for 63 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 6 · William & Mary · 3&19 · Q2 · EPA +4.42Tony Muskett pass complete to Malik Washington for 42 yds to the W&M 15 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Duke · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.70Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malik Washington for 27 yds to the DUKE 29 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Maryland · 3&23 · Q3 · EPA +3.66Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malik Washington for 25 yds to the MD 12 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Louisville · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.59Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malik Washington for 26 yds to the LOU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Miami · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.56Tony Muskett pass complete to Malik Washington for 64 yds to the MIA 11 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · James Madison · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.46Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malik Washington for 25 yds to the JMU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · NC State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.36Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malik Washington for 59 yds to the NCSU 4 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.34Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malik Washington for 48 yds to the LOU 27 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-49@ Tennessee	4	29	7.3	0	17
Wk 2	L 35-36vs James Madison	5	119	23.8	1	63
Wk 3	L 14-42@ Maryland	9	141	15.7	0	49	141-yard receiving day
Wk 4	L 21-24vs NC State	10	170	17.0	2	59	Season-high 170 yds
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Boston College	9	97	10.8	1	23
Wk 6	W 27-13vs William & Mary	7	112	16.0	1	42
Wk 8	W 31-27@ North Carolina	12	115	9.6	1	30
Wk 9	L 26-29@ Miami	12	152	12.7	0	64	152-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 17-45vs Georgia Tech	11	109	9.9	0	25
Wk 11	L 24-31@ Louisville	9	155	17.2	1	48	155-yard receiving day
Wk 12	W 30-27vs Duke	8	112	14.0	2	34	2 TD catches
Wk 13	L 17-55vs Virginia Tech	14	115	8.2	0	31
Total		110	1426	13.5	9	64

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