Maliq Carr

Former tight end at Houston. 2024: 19 catches, 186 receiving yards, 1 TD.

TE · Houston · Sr. · #6

6′6″ · 265 lb · Inkster, MI

CFB Index 40 · #100 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceHouston 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

TE recruit

No. 175 nationally · Signed with Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Houston. 2024: 19 catches, 186 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Purdue in 2020.
Transferred from Michigan State to Houston in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Houston, 880 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td at Indiana.Indiana · W 24-212023

2020

Signed with Purdue4-star out of Oak Park

20215 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202411 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#175 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Dana Holgorsen

Houston

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Purdue2-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-heavy

2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning

2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2023Michigan State4-8HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2024Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

40Below cohort / limited sample #100 of 135?

Medium-low confidence5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (15th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#95 / 168 · 42nd pct

Yards / catch#115 / 168 · 31st pct

9.8

Rec yards#117 / 168 · 31st pct

186

Rec TDs#110 / 168 · 25th pct

Long catch#140 / 168 · 15th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.6	17.8	9.2	0.2
Road6g	1.8	16.2	8.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	24.2	12.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	10.8	5.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #100 of 135 TEs

Former four-star. Now #100 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Houston	19	186	9.8	1	--
2023	Michigan State	32	335	10.5	3	--
2022	Michigan State	16	209	13.1	2	--
2021	Michigan State	8	135	16.9	0	--
2020	Purdue	1	15	15.0	0	--
Career		76	880	11.6	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 24–19

vs Kansas State

1 rec · 1 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With L. Dougherty — 43 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 65 LONG · Z. Chriss — 103 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.7 · 75 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Rice · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.28Donovan Smith pass complete to Maliq Carr for 22 yds to the RICE 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Kansas · 2&16 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Donovan Smith pass complete to Maliq Carr for 17 yds to the HOU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kansas State · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Zeon Chriss pass complete to Maliq Carr for 1 yd for a TD (Jack Martin KICK)
Week 1 · UNLV · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +2.22Donovan Smith pass complete to Maliq Carr for 21 yds to the HOU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Baylor · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +1.70Zeon Chriss pass complete to Maliq Carr for 7 yds to the HOU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · TCU · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.59Zeon Chriss pass complete to Maliq Carr for 23 yds to the TCU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · TCU · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.46Zeon Chriss pass complete to Maliq Carr for 16 yds to the TCU 2 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Rice · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.38Donovan Smith pass complete to Maliq Carr for 10 yds to the HOU 30 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Utah · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA -1.30Zeon Chriss pass complete to Maliq Carr for no gain to the HOU 43 Houston Penalty, Offensive holding (Tank Jenkins) to the HOU 33
Week 14 · BYU · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.22Zeon Chriss pass complete to Maliq Carr for 5 yds to the HOU 33 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-27vs UNLV	2	31	15.5	0	21
Wk 2	L 12-16@ Oklahoma	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 3	W 33-7vs Rice	2	32	16.0	0	22
Wk 4	L 0-34@ Cincinnati	2	5	2.5	0	8
Wk 6	W 30-19@ TCU	2	39	19.5	0	23	Season-high 39 yds
Wk 8	L 14-42@ Kansas	2	16	8.0	0	17
Wk 9	W 17-14vs Utah	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 10	W 24-19vs Kansas State	1	1	1.0	1	1
Wk 12	L 3-27@ Arizona	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Wk 13	L 10-20vs Baylor	2	23	11.5	0	16
Wk 14	L 18-30@ BYU	2	24	12.0	0	19
Total		19	186	8.5	1	23

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