New school, new number, same question — and Malachi Singleton's early answer at App State is No.389 4★, national recruit.
6′1″ · 225 lb · Kennesaw, GA
How he plays
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
EPA / dropback: 97th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
passing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far
The play that turned itSwung App State from 27% to 70% to win.App State at East Carolina · 27-24
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior quarterback for App State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
Buzz vs Tape
His own fans are far more bullish than the rival fanbase.
Had the chance to interview Malachi Singleton. Very excited to see what he puts on the field this season. Early prediction? We’re going to see fireworks! Go App!!! And maybe I’ll see some of you at The Rock Saturday!
Malachi Singleton
Malachi Singleton arrives at App State with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
4★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT
No.389
recruiting national rank
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-22
His career
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Shawn Clark → Dowell Loggains. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to App State
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-3vs Maine | 22/24 | 291 | 3 | 0 | 12.1 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 27-24@ East Carolina | 20/28 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 69.0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 26-21vs Charlotte | 28/42 | 331 | 2 | 1 | 7.9 | 52.4 | Season-high 331 yds |
| Total | 70/94 | 889 | 5 | 1 | 9.8 | 60.7 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 55–3
vs Maine
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +331 passing yards, +2 passing TD, +1 interception.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: epa / dropback (97th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (97th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
9.5125 of 126 QBsSack rate
3.1%37 of 126 QBsRarely sacked (37 of 126 QBs) and still 25 of 126 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Behind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
Overall 75.5% completion on 94 attempts · 33% completion on 9 deep attempts (20+ air yds).
Zeitgeist Passer Rating
2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.
Thin sample: 91 dropbacks62Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks
--NCAA passer ratingno box-score line yet
Positive-play rate weight 24%
50.5%84th pct of FBS QBsshare of dropbacks that gained expected points · -6.7% schedule adj.Yards per attempt weight 56%
7.8980th pct of FBS QBssacks excluded · -1.8 schedule adj.Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)
3.8%79th pct of FBS QBsthe input passer rating cannot see · +0.5% schedule adj.Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (4 of 95 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. Scaled against the 2025 FBS population until enough 2026 QBs qualify. How ZPR is built.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 311 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 267 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 296 | 1.7 | 9.8 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Pass share
47.7%
112 pass / 123 run
Plays / game
78.3
3 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Play style
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Dane Evans’s 2015 season.
Matches Dane on
Differs from Dane on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Trinidad Chambliss’s path through Ole Miss.
Matches Trinidad on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Spencer Rattler's junior season at Oklahoma (2021).
Matches Spencer on
Differs from Spencer on
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #118 this season.