#14

Malik Williams

Senior wide receiver for App State. 2021: 52 catches, 819 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · App State · Sr. · #14

5′10″ · 185 lb · Chester, SC

CFB Index 69 · #70 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceApp State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1128 nationally · Signed with App State

Statement game10 rec · 206 yds · 1 TDvs Coastal Carolina (FBS) · W 30-27

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for App State. 2021: 52 catches, 819 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to App State in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at App State, 2,380 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 206 yds vs Coastal Carolina.Coastal Carolina · W 30-272021

201712 games

Signed with App State3-star out of Chester

202113 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1128 national

CFB

College

App State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017–2018

Scott Satterfield

App State

2019

Eli Drinkwitz

App State

era →

2020–2021

Shawn Clark

App State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017App State9-4HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2018App State11-2HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2019App State13-1HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

2020App State9-3HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

69Quality starter #70 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (89th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#74 / 655 · 89th pct

22.1%

Yards / catch#106 / 655 · 84th pct

15.8

EPA / target#126 / 655 · 81st pct

0.91

TD rate#137 / 655 · 79th pct

10.3%

Catch rate#310 / 655 · 53rd pct

76.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#51 / 557 · 89th pct

Rec yards#64 / 557 · 89th pct

819

Receptions#92 / 557 · 83rd pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#115 / 557 · 79th pct

15.8

Long catch#197 / 557 · 64th pct

Rush yards#133 / 273 · 50th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.6	74.7	22.4	0.6
Road6g	4.3	43.3	8.8	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	57.0	12.1	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	3.4	63.0	19.6	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #70 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #70 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	App State	52	819	15.8	7	--
2020	App State	41	536	13.1	3	--
2019	App State	55	601	10.9	4	--
2018	App State	22	249	11.3	3	--
2017	App State	20	175	8.8	0	--
Career		190	2,380	12.5	17	--

Season	Team
2021	App State	2	13	101	90	--
2020	App State	1	-2	70	128	--
2019	App State	5	16	--	33	--
2018	App State	1	1	--	--	--
2017	App State	31	131	24	16	--
Career		40	159	195	267	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2021

W 30–27

vs Coastal Carolina

8 rush yds (1 car)

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

With C. Brice — 347 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.4 · 34 rush yds (5 car) · C. Xavier Sutton — 6 rec · 113 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +5.61Chase Brice pass complete to Malik Williams for 47 yds for a TD, (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 4&9 · Q1 · EPA +5.58Chase Brice pass complete to Malik Williams for 36 yds for a TD, (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 9 · UL Monroe · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +4.28Chase Brice pass complete to Malik Williams for 56 yds to the LaMon 15 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +4.25Chase Brice pass complete to Malik Williams for 45 yds to the CCaro 33 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Elon · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.61Chase Brice pass complete to Malik Williams for 47 yds for a TD, (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 1 · Western Kentucky · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +3.50Chase Brice pass complete to Malik Williams for 36 yds for a TD, (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 3 · Elon · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Chase Brice pass complete to Malik Williams for 50 yds to the ElonU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · South Alabama · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.21Chase Brice pass complete to Malik Williams for 50 yds to the SAlab 22 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Chase Brice pass complete to Malik Williams for 33 yds for a TD (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 2 · Miami · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Chase Brice pass complete to Malik Williams for 41 yds to the MiaFl 9 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 33-19vs East Carolina	2	3	1.5	0	3
Wk 2	L 23-25@ Miami	5	57	11.4	1	41
Wk 3	W 44-10vs Elon	4	123	30.8	1	50
Wk 4	W 31-30vs Marshall	3	28	9.3	0	22
Wk 5	W 45-16@ Georgia State	7	93	13.3	1	33
Wk 7	L 13-41@ Louisiana	6	38	6.3	0	10
Wk 8	W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina	10	206	20.6	1	47	Season-high 206 yds
Wk 9	W 59-28vs UL Monroe	3	72	24.0	1	56
Wk 10	W 48-14@ Arkansas State	5	58	11.6	0	17
Wk 11	W 31-7vs South Alabama	1	50	50.0	0	50
Wk 12	W 45-7@ Troy	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 13	W 27-3vs Georgia Southern	2	41	20.5	1	36
Wk 14	L 16-24@ Louisiana	2	7	3.5	0	7
Total		51	783	16.1	6	56

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

Malik Williams

201712 games

202113 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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