College career · 2021–2025
Malachi Thomas
RB · Purdue → Virginia Tech. Not on a current FBS roster; here is every season we have.
Career
5 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Purdue#100 · 2-10 | 11 | 23% | 53 | 243 | 4.6 | 0 | 37.5% | 11 | 99 | 2 | 6.1% |
| 2024 |  Virginia Tech#27 · 6-7 | 10 | 17% | 43 | 165 | 3.8 | 1 | 35.1% | 4 | 25 | 0 | 4.8% |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech#47 · 7-6 | 13 | 31% | 83 | 381 | 4.6 | 2 | 34.2% | 9 | 49 | 0 | 6.8% |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech#98 · 3-8 | 3 | 18% | 37 | 146 | 3.9 | 1 | 35.1% | 13 | 91 | 1 | 14.6% |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech#78 · 6-7 | 10 | 24% | 93 | 440 | 4.7 | 3 | 43.3% | 2 | 33 | 0 | 4.8% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Malachi Thomas's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Malachi Thomas's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
5.3 avg. game scoreBest: 8.4 vs Rutgers (Week 9)1 of 8 games at 8.0+
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Ball State | W 31–0 | — | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Southern Illinois | W 34–17 | 4.8 | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 |  USC | L 17–33 | — | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Notre Dame | L 30–56 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 6 |  Illinois | L 27–43 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | @ Minnesota | L 20–27 | 5.3 | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | @ Northwestern | L 0–19 | 5.2 | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 0 | 10 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 9 |  Rutgers | L 24–27 | 8.4 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 1 | 44 |
| 10 | @ Michigan | L 16–21 | 6.4 | 15 | 68 | 4.5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 |  Ohio State | L 10–34 | 4.4 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 12 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 12 | @ Washington | L 13–49 | 3.9 | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 14 |  Indiana | L 3–56 | 4.4 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2025 · 11 games | 5.3 | 53 | 243 | 4.6 | 0 | 57 | 11 | 99 | 9.0 | 2 | 44 | ||
2025 charting · Purdue
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Thomas’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Charted targets
6
5 caught (83%)Avg. depth of target
2.3
air yards per targetYAC per catch
7.0
35 yds after the catchAir yards caught
17
of 52 yds on charted catchesDeep targets
17%
20+ air yardsWhere he's targeted6 targets charted
77% comp2.3 avg. depth7.0 YAC/catch17% 20+ air yds2–0 TD–INT
fewer more targets
Direction and air yards come from the play-by-play (left / middle / right thirds of the field), so each glow sits in its zone rather than on an exact spot. Hover a zone for detail.
Run direction32 carries
Left
16%
13.0 YPC · 40% succ.Middle
56%
3.0 YPC · 17% succ.Right
28%
5.3 YPC · 44% succ.Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.