Malikhi Miller

#12 · WR · Sr. · San José State6′4″ · 211 lb · Oakland, CA · El Cerrito

Malikhi Miller: WR · San José State · #12.

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Malikhi Miller

WR · San José State · Sr · #12

Moves the chains on third down. Three seasons in the San José State receiving corps to date. A game that shows it: 50 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Toledo — Week 3, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	San José State	23	280	12.2	1	25
2022	San José State	6	35	5.8	0	8
2021	San José State	9	198	22.0	2	48
Career		38	513	13.5	3	48

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 28-56@ No. 6 USC	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 1	L 17-42vs No. 18 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	12.2	1	25

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 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20 · C. Cordeiro — 146 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 27 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Toledo · 3rd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +3.53Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 18 yds to the TOL 31 for a
Week 11 · Fresno State · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +3.23Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 25 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 19 yds to the SJSU 46 for a
Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.28Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 13 yds to the CCU 48 for a
Week 4 · Air Force · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.60Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 8 yds to the SJSU 45 for a
Week 1 · Oregon State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.59Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 19 yds to the ORST 3 for a

4 more plays

Week 3 · Toledo · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +1.54Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 5 yds to the TOL 40 for a
Week 13 · UNLV · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +1.52Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 10 yds to the SJSU 36 for a
Week 11 · Fresno State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.42Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 18 yds to the FRES 41 for a
Week 12 · San Diego State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.34Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Malikhi Miller for 9 yds to the SJSU 38

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 35 (#374 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

35Below cohort / limited sample #374 of 497 · 2023?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2023. 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.0	23.8	11.6	0.2
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

2023 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

Pass share

47.6%

375 pass / 412 run

Plays / game

60.5

13 games

Team sack rate

5.0%

397 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

23 catches in 12 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

35 · #374 of 497 WRs · 2023

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

Malikhi Miller

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Awards

23 catches in 12 games

Six seasons at San José State

2019