#12

Malikhi Miller

Senior wide receiver for San José State. 2023: 23 catches, 280 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · San José State · Sr. · #12

6′4″ · 211 lb · Oakland, CA

CFB Index 35 · #374 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceSan José State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2254 nationally · Signed with San José State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for San José State. 2023: 23 catches, 280 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San José State in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at San José State, 513 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 50 yds at Toledo.Toledo · L 17-212023

2019

Signed with San José State3-star out of El Cerrito

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2254 national

CFB

College

San José State

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Brent Brennan

San José State

Played his entire career under Brent Brennan.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Brent Brennan — 19-18 over that span.

2021San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2023San José State7-6HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

35Below cohort / limited sample #374 of 497?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (99th percentile). Strength: epa / target (90th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 627 · 99th pct

100.0%

EPA / target#64 / 627 · 90th pct

1.22

Yards / catch#322 / 627 · 49th pct

12.2

TD rate#421 / 627 · 33rd pct

4.3%

Explosive rate#573 / 627 · 9th pct

4.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#345 / 566 · 39th pct

12.2

Receptions#366 / 566 · 34th pct

Rec yards#391 / 566 · 31st pct

280

Rec TDs#375 / 566 · 23rd pct

Long catch#530 / 566 · 6th 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 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
Home7g	2.1	25.7	11.7	0.1
Road5g	1.6	20.0	12.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.1	25.5	12.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.5	19.0	11.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #374 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #374 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	San José State	23	280	12.2	1	--
2022	San José State	6	35	5.8	0	--
2021	San José State	9	198	22.0	2	--
Career		38	513	13.5	3	--

Season	Team
2023	San José State	--	--	--	--	--
2022	San José State	--	--	--	--	--
2021	San José State	--	1	--	--	--
Career		--	1	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2023

W 42–18

vs Fresno State

2 rec · 43 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against Fresno State.

With A. Weir — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 55 LONG · C. Cordeiro — 146 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 27 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Toledo · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.53Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 18 yds to the TOL 31 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Fresno State · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.23Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 25 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 19 yds to the SJSU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.28Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 13 yds to the CCU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Air Force · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.60Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 8 yds to the SJSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Oregon State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.59Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 19 yds to the ORST 3 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Toledo · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.54Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 5 yds to the TOL 40 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · UNLV · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.52Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 10 yds to the SJSU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Fresno State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.42Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 18 yds to the FRES 41 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · San Diego State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.34Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 9 yds to the SJSU 38

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 28-56@ USC	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 1	L 17-42vs Oregon State	2	24	12.0	0	19
Wk 2	W 59-3vs Cal Poly	3	39	13.0	0	15
Wk 3	L 17-21@ Toledo	4	50	12.5	0	18	Season-high 50 yds
Wk 4	L 20-45vs Air Force	2	14	7.0	0	8
Wk 6	L 27-35@ Boise State	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 7	W 52-24@ New Mexico	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 8	W 42-21vs Utah State	2	14	7.0	0	8
Wk 11	W 42-18vs Fresno State	2	43	21.5	1	25
Wk 12	W 24-13vs San Diego State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 13	W 37-31@ UNLV	1	10	10.0	0	10
Bowl	L 14-24vs Coastal Carolina	3	37	12.3	0	19
Total		23	280	12.0	1	25

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