Malachi Nelson

Syracuse Orange · #16 · Quarterback · Junior

2025 season

YDS

1,163

104th of 453

tied 99th of 453

INT

tied 21st of 453

RTG

110.6

not ranked

Section

Overview

Next game

vs New Hampshire

Sep 5

Passing

Season	Team	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG
2023	USC	1	3	33.3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	33.3
2024	BOIS	12	17	70.6	128	7.5	0	1	28	2	122.1
2025	UTEP	104	190	54.7	1,163	6.1	8	9	74	10	110.6
Career		117	210	55.7	1,291	6.1	8	10	74	12	110.4

Ranks are over the players on a 2026 FBS roster who have been read, counting only those who recorded that statistic in 2025 — how many that is. Rate statistics are shown without a rank, because ranking them without a qualifying minimum would put one long run above a whole season of them.

Stats

Passing

Season	Team	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG
2023	USC	1	3	33.3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	33.3
2024	BOIS	12	17	70.6	128	7.5	0	1	28	2	122.1
2025	UTEP	104	190	54.7	1,163	6.1	8	9	74	10	110.6
Career		117	210	55.7	1,291	6.1	8	10	74	12	110.4

Rushing

Season	Team	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
2024	BOIS	2	-11	-5.5	0
2025	UTEP	23	-13	-0.6	10
Career		25	-24	-1.0	10

Scoring

Season	Team	PASS	RUSH	REC	RET	TD	2PT	PAT	FG	PTS
2025	UTEP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Punting

Season	Team	PUNTS	AVG	LNG	YDS
2025	UTEP	2	46.5	47	93

Season rows count every game played, including bowl and playoff games. The national leaders table ranks the regular season only, so a figure there can be the smaller of the two.

Glossary

2PT: Total Two Point Convs
ATT: Passing Attempts
AVG: Yards Per Pass Attempt; Yards Per Rush Attempt; Gross Average Punt Yards
CAR: Rushing Attempts
CMP: Completions
CMP%: Completion Percentage
FG: Field Goals
INT: Interceptions
LNG: Long Passing; Long Rushing; Long Punt
PASS: Passing Touchdowns
PAT: Kick Extra Points
PTS: Total Points
PUNTS: Punts
QBR: Adj QBR
REC: Receiving Touchdowns
RET: Return Touchdowns
RTG: QBRating
RUSH: Rushing Touchdowns
SACK: Sacks
TD: Passing Touchdowns; Rushing Touchdowns; Total Touchdowns
YDS: Passing Yards; Rushing Yards; Punt Yards

Bio

Team	Syracuse Orange
Position	Quarterback
Class	Junior
Height / weight	6' 3" / 193 lbs
Birthplace	Los Alamitos, CA
Jersey	#16
Status	Active

Career history

UTEP Miners 2025 · 1 season
Boise State Broncos 2024 · 1 season
USC Trojans 2023 · 1 season

Splits

Season

Season, home and away

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Season	104	190	1,163	54.7	6.1	8	9	74	10	110.6	23	-13	-0.6	10
Home	58	120	776	48.3	6.5	7	6	74	6	111.9	13	-12	-0.9	10
Away	46	70	387	65.7	5.5	1	3	43	4	108.3	10	-1	-0.1	5

By month

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
September	78	146	964	53.4	6.6	7	8	74	6	113.8	13	-1	-0.1	0	10
October	4	10	21	40.0	2.1	0	0	9	2	57.6	3	-14	-4.7	0	0

By quarter

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st	23	43	279	53.5	6.5	2	1	73	3	118.7	5	-12	-2.4	6
2nd	29	46	310	63.0	6.7	2	2	49	1	125.3	4	6	1.5	5
3rd	28	51	296	54.9	5.8	2	3	74	4	104.8	8	-13	-1.6	4
4th	24	50	278	48.0	5.6	2	3	44	2	95.9	6	6	1.0	10

By half

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st	52	89	589	58.4	6.6	4	3	73	4	122.1	9	-6	-0.7	0	6
2nd	52	101	574	51.5	5.7	4	6	74	6	100.4	14	-7	-0.5	0	10

Against ranked teams

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
vs AP Top 25	24	36	209	66.7	5.8	0	2	43	2	104.3	3	-3	-1.0	0	3
vs USA ranked teams	24	36	209	66.7	5.8	0	2	43	2	104.3	3	-3	-1.0	0	3

By final margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
0-7	22	46	404	47.8	8.8	3	2	73	3	134.4	5	-15	-3.0	5
8-14	26	44	199	59.1	4.5	1	1	34	4	100.0	10	-12	-1.2	5
15+	56	100	560	56.0	5.6	4	6	74	3	104.2	8	14	1.8	10

In wins, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
22+	4	6	104	66.7	17.3	2	74	0	322.3	1	4	4.0	4
15-21	1	5	4	20.0	0.8	0	4	0	26.7	0	0	0.0	0
8-14	1	1	8	100.0	8.0	1	8	0	497.2	0	0	0.0	0
1-7	6	10	159	60.0	15.9	2	49	1	259.6	1	-6	-6.0	0

In losses, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
1-7	28	53	258	52.8	4.9	2	6	73	2	83.5	2	-14	-7.0	0
8-14	24	47	146	51.1	3.1	0	2	18	3	68.6	10	16	1.6	10
LOSING BY 15-21	14	24	158	58.3	6.6	1	0	44	3	127.4	4	-21	-5.3	0
22+	11	17	167	64.7	9.8	0	0	43	0	147.2	2	5	2.5	3

By field position

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Own 1-19	14	20	81	70.0	4.1	0	1	12	0	94.0	0	0	0.0	0
Own 20-39	44	86	545	51.2	6.3	2	3	74	6	105.1	13	-11	-0.8	10
Between 40's	24	44	313	54.5	7.1	2	1	48	1	124.8	4	4	1.0	5
Opp 39-20	17	31	183	54.8	5.9	2	4	34	3	99.9	5	-8	-1.6	6
Opp 19-Goal	5	9	41	55.6	4.6	2	0	12	0	167.2	1	2	2.0	2
Opp 9-Goal	1	3	8	33.3	2.7	1	0	8	0	165.7	0	0	0.0	0

Goal to go

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	LNG	RTG
1st & Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0
2nd & Goal	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0
3rd & Goal	1	1	8	100.0	8.0	1	8	497.2
4th & Goal	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0

By down

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st	44	75	508	58.7	6.8	2	3	73	5	116.4	13	-2	-0.2	6
2nd	33	58	428	56.9	7.4	5	3	74	3	137.0	4	-13	-3.3	2
3rd	24	50	210	48.0	4.2	1	3	34	2	77.9	4	-12	-3.0	1
4th	3	7	17	42.9	2.4	0	0	11	0	63.3	2	14	7.0	10

By down and distance

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
4th & 6+	2	2	6	100.0	3.0	0	0	4	0	125.2	1	10	10.0	10
4th & 8-10	1	1	2	100.0	2.0	0	0	2	0	116.8	0	0	0.0	0
4th & 3-7	1	5	4	20.0	0.8	0	0	4	0	26.7	1	10	10.0	10
4th & 1-2	1	1	11	100.0	11.0	0	0	11	0	192.4	1	4	4.0	4
3rd & 6+	14	35	123	40.0	3.5	1	2	31	1	67.5	2	-6	-3.0	0
3rd & 11+	5	11	46	45.5	4.2	0	0	24	0	80.6	1	0	0.0	0
3rd & 8-10	6	16	32	37.5	2.0	1	2	9	1	49.9	1	-6	-6.0	0
3rd & 3-7	9	17	86	52.9	5.1	0	1	31	1	83.7	2	-6	-3.0	1
3rd & 1-2	4	6	46	66.7	7.7	0	0	34	0	131.1	0	0	0.0	0
2nd & 6+	23	40	318	57.5	7.9	5	2	74	3	155.5	4	-13	-3.3	2
2nd & 11+	4	6	144	66.7	24.0	3	0	74	0	433.3	0	0	0.0	0
2nd & 8-10	11	21	88	52.4	4.2	0	2	20	3	68.5	3	-15	-5.0	0
2nd & 3-7	16	26	176	61.5	6.8	2	1	43	0	136.1	1	2	2.0	2
2nd & 1-2	2	5	20	40.0	4.0	0	0	12	0	73.6	0	0	0.0	0
1st & 6+	44	75	508	58.7	6.8	2	3	73	5	116.4	13	-2	-0.2	6
1st & 11+	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	-200.0	0	0	0.0	0
1st & 8-10	44	74	508	59.5	6.9	2	2	73	5	120.6	13	-2	-0.2	6
3rd (or 4th) and 9+	7	19	48	36.8	2.5	0	2	24	0	37.0	1	0	0.0	0
3rd (or 4th) and 3-8	13	25	116	52.0	4.6	1	1	31	2	96.2	3	-12	-4.0	1
3rd (or 4th) and 1-2	4	6	46	66.7	7.7	0	0	34	0	131.1	0	0	0.0	0
1st and 10	44	74	508	59.5	6.9	2	2	73	5	120.6	13	-2	-0.2	6

Season and home

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Season	12	17	128	70.6	7.5	0	1	28	2	122.1	2	-11	-5.5	0	0
Home	12	17	128	70.6	7.5	0	1	28	2	122.1	2	-11	-5.5	0	0

By month

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG
September	5	8	66	62.5	8.3	0	28	1	131.8	1	-9	-9.0
October	5	7	47	71.4	6.7	1	15	1	99.3	1	-2	-2.0
November	2	2	15	100.0	7.5	0	11	0	163.0	0	0	0.0

By quarter

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG
1st	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	1	-2	-2.0
3rd	4	7	30	57.1	4.3	1	13	0	64.6	0	0	0.0
4th	8	10	98	80.0	9.8	0	28	1	162.3	1	-9	-9.0

By half

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
2nd	12	17	128	70.6	7.5	0	1	28	1	122.1	1	-9	-9.0	0	0

By final margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
15+	12	17	128	70.6	7.5	0	1	28	2	122.1	2	-11	-5.5	0	0

In wins, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
22+	12	17	128	70.6	7.5	0	1	28	1	122.1	1	-9	-9.0	0	0
1-7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

By field position

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG
Own 1-19	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	1	-2	-2.0
Own 20-39	2	3	26	66.7	8.7	1	15	0	72.8	0	0	0.0
Between 40's	6	8	66	75.0	8.3	0	28	0	144.3	0	0	0.0
Opp 39-20	3	4	23	75.0	5.8	0	11	1	123.3	1	-9	-9.0
Opp 19-Goal	1	2	13	50.0	6.5	0	13	0	104.6	0	0	0.0
Opp 9-Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

Goal to go

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	RTG
1st & Goal	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0
2nd & Goal	1	1	13	100.0	13.0	13	209.2
3rd & Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0
4th & Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0

By down

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG
1st	3	4	20	75.0	5.0	0	11	1	117.0	1	-9	-9.0
2nd	6	8	58	75.0	7.3	0	15	0	135.9	0	0	0.0
3rd	3	5	50	60.0	10.0	1	28	1	104.0	1	-2	-2.0

By down and distance

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG
3rd & 6+	1	3	28	33.3	9.3	1	28	1	45.1	1	-2	-2.0
3rd & 11+	1	1	28	100.0	28.0	0	28	0	335.2	0	0	0.0
3rd & 8-10	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
3rd & 3-7	2	3	22	66.7	7.3	1	11	1	61.6	1	-2	-2.0
2nd & 6+	6	7	58	85.7	8.3	0	15	0	155.3	0	0	0.0
2nd & 11+	2	3	16	66.7	5.3	0	13	0	111.5	0	0	0.0
2nd & 8-10	4	4	42	100.0	10.5	0	15	0	188.2	0	0	0.0
2nd & 1-2	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
1st & 6+	3	4	20	75.0	5.0	0	11	1	117.0	1	-9	-9.0
1st & 11+	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	1	-9	-9.0
1st & 8-10	3	3	20	100.0	6.7	0	11	0	156.0	0	0	0.0
3rd (or 4th) and 9+	1	1	28	100.0	28.0	0	28	0	335.2	0	0	0.0
3rd (or 4th) and 3-8	2	4	22	50.0	5.5	1	11	1	46.2	1	-2	-2.0
1st and 10	3	3	20	100.0	6.7	0	11	0	156.0	0	0	0.0

Season and home

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Season	1	3	0	33.3	0.0	0	0	0	0	33.3	0	0	0.0	0	0
Home	1	3	0	33.3	0.0	0	0	0	0	33.3	0	0	0.0	0	0

By quarter

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
4th	1	3	0	33.3	0.0	0	0	0	0	33.3	0	0	0.0	0	0

By half

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
2nd	1	3	0	33.3	0.0	0	0	0	0	33.3	0	0	0.0	0	0

By final margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
15+	1	3	0	33.3	0.0	0	0	0	0	33.3	0	0	0.0	0	0

In wins, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
22+	1	3	0	33.3	0.0	0	0	0	0	33.3	0	0	0.0	0	0

By field position

Split	CMP	ATT	CMP%	RTG
Own 1-19	0	0	0.0	0.0
Own 20-39	0	0	0.0	0.0
Between 40's	1	3	33.3	33.3
Opp 39-20	0	0	0.0	0.0
Opp 19-Goal	0	0	0.0	0.0
Opp 9-Goal	0	0	0.0	0.0

By down

Split	CMP	ATT	CMP%	RTG
2nd	1	1	100.0	100.0
3rd	0	1	0.0	0.0
4th	0	1	0.0	0.0

By down and distance

Split	CMP	ATT	CMP%	RTG
4th & 6+	0	1	0.0	0.0
4th & 8-10	0	1	0.0	0.0
3rd & 6+	0	1	0.0	0.0
3rd & 8-10	0	1	0.0	0.0
2nd & 6+	1	1	100.0	100.0
2nd & 8-10	1	1	100.0	100.0
3rd (or 4th) and 3-8	0	1	0.0	0.0

Game log

Season

Date	Opp	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
8/30	@ USU	L 28-16	22	34	178	64.7	1	1	34	2	112.5	48.5	7	2	0.3	5
9/6	vs UTM	W 42-17	14	26	278	53.8	4	0	74	1	194.4	48.0	2	-2	-1.0	4
9/13	@ TEX	L 27-10	24	36	209	66.7	0	2	43	2	104.3	36.2	3	-3	-1.0	3
9/20	vs ULM	L 31-25	22	46	404	47.8	3	2	73	3	134.4	35.6	5	-15	-3.0	5
9/27	vs LT	L 30-11	18	38	73	47.4	0	4	10	0	42.5	3.0	3	19	6.3	10
10/8	vs LIB	L 19-8	4	10	21	40.0	0	0	9	2	57.6	2.2	3	-14	-4.7	0
Total			104	190	1,163	54.7	8	9	74	10	110.6	22.1	23	-13	-0.6	10

Date	Opp	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG
9/21	vs PRST	W 56-14	5	8	66	62.5	0	28	1	131.8	23.0	1	-9	-9.0
10/5	vs USU	W 62-30	5	7	47	71.4	1	15	1	99.3	1.4	1	-2	-2.0
11/1	vs SDSU	W 56-24	2	2	15	100.0	0	11	0	163.0	95.8	0	0	0.0
Total			12	17	128	70.6	1	28	2	122.1	11.4	2	-11	-5.5

Date	Opp	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
8/26	vs SJSU	W 56-28	1	3	0	33.3	0	0	0	0	33.3	0.9	0	0	0.0	0	0
Total			1	3	0	33.3	0	0	0	0	33.3	-	0	0	0.0	0	0