Malik Heath

Senior wide receiver for Ole Miss. 2022: 60 catches, 971 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Ole Miss · Sr. · #8

6′3″ · 215 lb · Jackson, MS

CFB Index 80 · #35 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceOle Miss 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 172 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Ole Miss. 2022: 60 catches, 971 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2018.
Transferred from Mississippi State to Ole Miss in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ole Miss, 1,720 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 145 yds at LSU.LSU · L 20-452022

2018

Signed with Mississippi State4-star out of Callaway

20209 games

Signed with Mississippi State4-star out of Copiah-Lincoln C.C.

202212 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#172 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Mississippi State4-7HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

80All-Conference level #35 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Strength: epa / target (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#28 / 636 · 96th pct

27.9%

EPA / target#41 / 636 · 94th pct

1.13

Yards / catch#80 / 636 · 88th pct

16.2

Catch rate#127 / 636 · 80th pct

88.2%

TD rate#264 / 636 · 58th pct

7.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#35 / 550 · 94th pct

971

Receptions#59 / 550 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#92 / 550 · 83rd pct

16.2

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Long catch#229 / 550 · 57th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

40th → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

86th → 96th percentile

Catch rate

33rd → 80th percentile

TD rate

80th → 58th percentile

Yards / catch

56th → 88th percentile

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.9	83.1	16.3	0.6
Road5g	5.2	77.8	11.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	69.0	14.8	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	5.8	97.6	14.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #35 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #35 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Ole Miss	60	971	16.2	5	--
2021	Mississippi State	34	442	13.0	5	--
2020	Mississippi State	37	307	8.3	3	--
Career		131	1,720	13.1	13	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 22–19

vs Kentucky

6 rec · 100 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Dart — 213 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.7 · 40 rush yds (8 car) · F. Masin — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Alabama · 2&20 · Q3 · EPA +4.11Jaxson Dart pass complete to Malik Heath for 37 yds to the Alab 37 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Kentucky · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.57Jaxson Dart pass complete to Malik Heath for 26 yds to the Kent 35 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.43Jaxson Dart pass complete to Malik Heath for 53 yds to the Ark 22 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Georgia Tech · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.30Jaxson Dart pass complete to Malik Heath for 18 yds to the GTech 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Troy · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.09Jaxson Dart pass complete to Malik Heath for 12 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Cruz KICK)
Week 5 · Kentucky · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Jaxson Dart pass complete to Malik Heath for 25 yds to the Miss 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Texas Tech · 3&17 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Jaxson Dart pass complete to Malik Heath for 30 yds to the Miss 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Central Arkansas · 1&24 · Q1 · EPA +2.87Luke Altmyer pass complete to Malik Heath for 26 yds to the CArk 23 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Alabama · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.85Jaxson Dart pass complete to Malik Heath for 33 yds to the Alab 26 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Tulsa · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Malik Heath 31 Yd pass from Jaxson Dart (Jonathan Cruz Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-10vs Troy	2	15	7.5	1	12	137-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 59-3vs Central Arkansas	3	52	17.3	1	26
Wk 3	W 42-0@ Georgia Tech	4	78	19.5	0	25
Wk 4	W 35-27vs Tulsa	4	75	18.8	1	31
Wk 5	W 22-19vs Kentucky	6	100	16.7	0	26
Wk 6	W 52-28@ Vanderbilt	4	26	6.5	0	10
Wk 8	L 20-45@ LSU	8	145	18.1	0	31	Season-high 145 yds
Wk 9	W 31-28@ Texas A&M	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 11	L 24-30vs Alabama	6	123	20.5	0	37
Wk 12	L 27-42@ Arkansas	9	140	15.6	1	53	140-yard receiving day
Wk 13	L 22-24vs Mississippi State	5	80	16.0	0	28
Bowl	L 25-42vs Texas Tech	8	137	17.1	1	30
Total		60	971	14.5	5	53

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