Malick Meiga

Senior wide receiver for Coastal Carolina. From Saint Jerome, PQ — one of 82 players from Canada in FBS this season.

WR · Coastal Carolina · Sr. · #3

6′4″ · 200 lb · Saint Jerome, PQ

CFB Index 29 · #426 of 485 WRsHigh confidence

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 78th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

209

receiving yards · 2025

Best game: 1 rec, 19 yds, 1 TD, at South Alabama

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior wide receiver for Coastal Carolina. From Saint Jerome, PQ — one of 82 players from Canada in FBS this season.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cegep du Vieux in 2020.
Transferred from Penn State to Coastal Carolina in 2024.

The full story, with sources

Malick Meiga

WR · Coastal Carolina · Sr · #3

Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: James Franklin, Tim Beck and Jeremiah Johnson. The receipt: 41 rec yds, 2 receptions against Louisiana Tech — Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Coastal Carolina	19	209	11.0	1	--
2024	Coastal Carolina	7	117	16.7	0	--
2023	Penn State	3	9	3.0	0	--
2022	Penn State	3	19	6.3	0	--
2021	Penn State	3	78	26.0	1	--
Career		35	432	12.3	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-48@ Virginia	2	28	14.0	0	19	Season-high 41 yds
Wk 2	W 13-0vs Charleston Southern	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 3	L 0-38vs East Carolina	2	15	7.5	0	8
Wk 4	W 38-20@ South Alabama	1	19	19.0	1	19
Wk 6	L 7-47@ Old Dominion	3	33	11.0	0	21
Wk 11	W 40-27vs Georgia State	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 12	L 40-45@ Georgia Southern	3	20	6.7	0	9
Wk 13	L 7-51@ South Carolina	2	23	11.5	0	17
Wk 14	L 10-59vs James Madison	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	L 14-23@ Louisiana Tech	2	41	20.5	0	32
Total		19	209	11.7	1	32

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 13–0

vs Charleston Southern

2 rec · 16 yds

With E. Sebafundi — 52 yards per punt · 2 punts · 1 inside the 20 · D. Knicely — 92 rush yds (9 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Charleston Southern · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.21MJ Morris pass complete to Malick Meiga for 10 yds to the CHSO 42 for a 1ST down Charleston Southern Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Jamil Bishop) to the CHSO 43 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · South Alabama · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Tad Hudson pass complete to Malick Meiga for 19 yds for a TD (Kian Afrookhteh KICK)
Week 1 · Virginia · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.14MJ Morris pass complete to Malick Meiga for 19 yds to the UVA 36 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Louisiana Tech · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.14Tad Hudson pass complete to Malick Meiga for 32 yds to the LT 30 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Old Dominion · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.10Tad Hudson pass complete to Malick Meiga for 21 yds to the ODU 9 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · South Carolina · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.09(11:42) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 T.Hudson pass complete short right to #3 M.Meiga caught at USC35, for 6 yards to the USC33 (#15 B.Cisse), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Old Dominion · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +1.37Tad Hudson pass complete to Malick Meiga for 7 yds to the CCU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.35(14:30) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 T.Hudson pass complete short right to #3 M.Meiga caught at CCU38, for 9 yards to the CCU48 (#28 E.McDowell), out of bounds
Week 1 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.25MJ Morris pass complete to Malick Meiga for 9 yds to the CCU 34
Week 1 · Louisiana Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.25Tad Hudson pass complete to Malick Meiga for 9 yds to the CCU 34

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2024Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning

2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Jeremiah Johnson · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

29Below cohort / limited sample #426 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (30th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#180 / 798 · 78th pct

0.60

TD rate#289 / 798 · 63rd pct

3.3%

Yards / catch#449 / 798 · 44th pct

11.0

Catch rate#531 / 798 · 33rd pct

63.3%

Explosive rate#556 / 798 · 30th pct

6.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#408 / 558 · 26th pct

11.0

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Receptions#436 / 558 · 21st pct

Rec yards#451 / 558 · 19th pct

209

Long catch#462 / 558 · 17th 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).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

19 rec · 209 yds · 1 TD

17 of 19 receptions matched to play-by-play

16 of 31 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

3110% of team targets

Catch rate

55%17 of 31 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

6% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -1.0 · YAC 10.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

62% of targets (10)

60%catch rate

Air 4.7 · YAC 4.2 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

19% of targets (3)

0%catch rate

Air 15.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

12% of targets (2)

0%catch rate

Air 35.0 avg

55% catch rate on 31 targets · 10% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

17%5 of his 30 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.5	11.2	7.5	0.0
Road6g	2.2	27.3	13.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	25.3	13.3	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	14.2	8.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Beard

Pass share

47.4%

91 pass / 101 run

Plays / game

64.0

3 games

Team sack rate

9.3%

108 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

29 · #426 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #426 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #46 of 51 Sun Belt WRs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

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

Malick Meiga

2020

20246 games

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

2025 snapshot

Receiving profile

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

How he plays

Starter

Where he came from

DNA match

Possession Receiver

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