Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025UTEP
Malachi Nelson
QB • 6'3" • 193 lbs • Los Alamitos, CA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Malachi Nelson is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- USC • Boise State • UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Player Story
Malachi Nelson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a quarterback from Los Alamitos, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with Boise State, USC, and UTEP. The clearest part of Malachi Nelson's career was his...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Malachi Nelson, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · USC. Malachi Nelson is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,267
- Passing yards
- 1,291
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Malachi Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,267
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · USC
- Top game
- UL Monroe
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Los Alamitos · USC
- High school pipeline
- Los Alamitos · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Sophomore
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 1,150 total offense · QB 144th (top 35%) · Conference USA 19th (top 14%) · National 161st (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | USC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Boise State | 3 | 117 | 128 | -11 | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTEP | 6 | 1,150 | 1,163 | -13 | 8 | 61.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UTEP to Syracuse | G5/FCS to P4 | 84.7 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| 2025 | Boise State to UTEP | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 85.4 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| 2024 | USC to Boise State | P4 to G5/FCS | 91.9 | Dec 18, 2023 |
Malachi Nelson played QB for USC, Boise State, and UTEP. Across 3 tracked seasons, Malachi Nelson recorded 1,291 passing yards, -24 rushing yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
USC paired 0 primary output with 44.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 49.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Boise State, UTEP.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
6
Primary Metric / G
191.7
Efficiency
49.2
Usage
13.5
Consistency
67.5
Best Game by takeover score
UL Monroe
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 180. UT Martin: 276. Texas: 206. UL Monroe: 389. Louisiana Tech: 92. Liberty: 7
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 41 by 49.9. UT Martin: 28 by 60.7. Texas: 39 by 48.2. UL Monroe: 51 by 50.9. Louisiana Tech: 41 by 46.2. Liberty: 13 by 39.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins276 · Games = 1 · +101.2 vs Losses
Losses174.8 · Games = 5 · -101.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
UL Monroe
Best efficiency game
60.7 vs UT Martin
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10/9 | vs Liberty | L 8-19 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.4 | 3 | -14 | -4.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 9/28 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 11-30 | 18 | 38 | 73 | 47.4 | 0 | 4 | 46.2 | 3 | 19 | 6.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Sun 9/21 | vs UL Monroe300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 25-31 | 22 | 46 | 404 | 47.8 | 3 | 2 | 50.9 | 5 | -15 | -3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Texas | L 10-27 | 24 | 36 | 209 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 48.2 | 3 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sun 9/7 | vs UT Martin3+ TD | W 42-17 | 14 | 26 | 278 | 53.8 | 4 | 0 | 60.7 | 2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Utah State | L 16-28 | 22 | 34 | 178 | 64.7 | 1 | 1 | 49.9 | 7 | 2 | 0.30 | 0 | 5 |
Player Story
Malachi Nelson story
Malachi Nelson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a quarterback from Los Alamitos, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with Boise State, USC, and UTEP. The clearest part of Malachi Nelson's career was his passing role: 1,291 passing yards, 8 touchdown passes, and 210 attempts across 10 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with UTEP. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. With 10 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Boise State, USC, and UTEP.
The arc is straightforward: Malachi Nelson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
USC
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Boise State
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
UTEP
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 44.4 | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Boise State | 117 | 62.6 | 2.5 | 117 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTEP | 1,150 | 49.2 | 13.5 | 1,033 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 131 UL Monroe
Week 4 · L 25-31
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
389
Total Offense
63.6 takeover
389 total offense with 50.9 efficiency.
#2
vs San Diego State
Week 10 · W 56-24 · Conference game
15
Total Offense
56.9 takeover
Win with 15 yards of offense and 87.5 efficiency.
15 total offense with 87.5 efficiency.
#3
vs Portland State
Week 4 · W 56-14
57
Total Offense
54.5 takeover
Win with 57 yards of offense and 57.8 efficiency.
57 total offense with 57.8 efficiency.
#4
vs UT Martin
Week 2 · W 42-17
276
Total Offense
49.8 takeover
Win with 276 yards of offense and 60.7 efficiency.
276 total offense with 60.7 efficiency.
#5
@ No. 79 Utah State
Week 1 · L 16-28
180
Total Offense
46.9 takeover
Loss with 180 yards of offense and 49.9 efficiency.
180 total offense with 49.9 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · USC
0 primary output · 44.4 efficiency · — usage
72.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · UTEP
61.7
1,150 primary · 49.2 efficiency · 13.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Boise State
38.1
117 primary · 62.6 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
2
250+ passing yards
1
300+ total offense
2
3+ TD games
2
Above avg efficiency
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