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LSU · 2026

Malachi Thomas

TEJunior6' 3", 242 lbsThomasville, GA
LSU Tigers5-2 · TDC #6
2025 charting · Pittsburgh

2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Thomas’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.

Charted targets
6
4 caught (67%)
Avg. depth of target
8.3
air yards per target
YAC per catch
6.8
27 yds after the catch
Air yards caught
31
of 58 yds on charted catches
Deep targets
0%
20+ air yards

Where he's targeted6 targets charted

68% comp8.3 avg. depth6.8 YAC/catch0% 20+ air yds2–0 TD–INT
101020203030LOSLeft, Behind air yards: noneLeft, 0–4 air yards: 1 targets (17%), 1 caught (100%), 5 yds, 5.0 per target1100% · 5yLeft, 5–9 air yards: noneLeft, 10–14 air yards: noneLeft, 15–19 air yards: noneLeft, 20–29 air yards: noneLeft, 30+ air yards: noneMiddle, Behind air yards: noneMiddle, 0–4 air yards: 1 targets (17%), 1 caught (100%), 26 yds, 26.0 per target1100% · 26yMiddle, 5–9 air yards: noneMiddle, 10–14 air yards: noneMiddle, 15–19 air yards: 1 targets (17%), 1 caught (100%), 17 yds, 17.0 per target1100% · 17yMiddle, 20–29 air yards: noneMiddle, 30+ air yards: noneRight, Behind air yards: noneRight, 0–4 air yards: 1 targets (17%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, 5–9 air yards: noneRight, 10–14 air yards: 1 targets (17%), 1 caught (100%), 10 yds, 10.0 per target1100% · 10yRight, 15–19 air yards: 1 targets (17%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, 20–29 air yards: noneRight, 30+ air yards: none
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.

Career

3 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnapsRecRec ydsRec TDTgt share
2026 so farLSU#6 · 5-2——————
2025Pittsburgh#31 · 8-5935%1319226.0%
2024Pittsburgh#64 · 7-623%2221—

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

6.0 avg. game scoreBest: 7.5 vs Duquesne (Week 1)0 of 9 games at 8.0+
Receiving
WkOpponentResultGame scoreRecYdsY/RTDLong
1DuquesneW 61–97.513434.0134
2Central MichiganW 45–17—no stats recorded
3@West VirginiaL 24–316.322613.0022
5LouisvilleL 27–345.111111.0011
6Boston CollegeW 48–76.23227.3011
7@Florida StateW 34–31—no stats recorded
8@SyracuseW 30–135.812020.0020
9NC StateW 53–344.0155.005
10@StanfordW 35–20—no stats recorded
12Notre DameL 15–376.912121.0121
13@Georgia TechW 42–285.611717.0017
14MiamiL 7–38—no stats recorded
BowlsvsEast CarolinaL 17–236.923618.0026
2025 · 9 games6.01319214.8234

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Malachi Thomas hasn't recorded any stats yet this season.

Position Room

7 TEs on the LSU roster, ordered by rec

#PlayerPosClassRecYdsTDTgt shareEPA/play
7Trey'Dez GreenTEJR14222117%+1.28
44Zach GraceTEJR34314%-0.02
12Malachi ThomasTEJR—————
46James LarsonTESO—————
47JD LaFleurTEFR—————
81Landon CraigTESO—————
87JC AndersonTEFR———2%-0.97

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. LSU depth chart →